# Head Chef - Kitchen Restaurant

**Company**: Marriott
**Location**: Hong Kong
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: senior
**Job type**: full-time
**Category**: Hospitality
**Industry**: Hospitality

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## Description

We are seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead our kitchen operations in Hong Kong. As a Head Chef, you will be accountable for the overall success of the daily kitchen operations, exhibiting culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food-related functions.

**Job Summary** You will supervise all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high-quality product is produced. You will be responsible for guiding and developing staff, including direct reports, and ensuring sanitation and food standards are achieved.

**Responsibilities**

- Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.

- Review and adjust systems and procedures in the kitchen to ensure their effectiveness.

- Develop, design, or create new menus and recipes based on standards or artistic contributions.

- Demonstrate knowledge of high-quality food products, presentations, and flavor.

- Ensure compliance with food handling and sanitation standards.

- Supervise kitchen shift operations and ensure compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards, and procedures.

- Maintain purchasing, receiving, and food storage standards.

- Operate and maintain all department equipment and report malfunctions.

- Support procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.

- Develop and implement environmentally friendly processes and procedures for food preparation, energy use, and waste management in the restaurant.

- Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.

- Assist in determining how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.

**Leading Culinary Team**

- Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.

- Utilize interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others.

- Supervise and manage employees, manage all day-to-day operations, and understand employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence.

- Encourage and build mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.

- Serve as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.

- Ensure and maintain the productivity level of employees.

**Requirements**

- High school diploma or GED; 4 years of experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

- OR 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years of experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.

## Skills

### Required
- culinary arts
- food and beverage management
- kitchen operations
- team leadership
- communication skills

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