Executive Chef

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Executive Chef – DaVinci Hotel & Suites

We are looking for an experienced and passionate Executive Chef to lead the hotel’s culinary operations and deliver an exceptional five-star dining experience.

Key responsibilities:

• Provide leadership across all hotel kitchen operations.

• Manage restaurant, breakfast, banqueting, private dining and special events.

• Develop innovative, commercially viable menus and culinary concepts.

• Manage menu engineering, recipe costing and portion control.

• Control food costs, purchasing, stock, wastage and kitchen profitability.

• Maintain five-star standards of food quality, flavour and presentation.

• Ensure compliance with food safety, hygiene, health and safety standards.

• Plan staffing levels and manage kitchen labour productivity.

• Recruit, train, coach and develop the culinary team.

• Manage employee performance and support succession planning.

• Monitor kitchen equipment and coordinate maintenance requirements.

• Engage with guests and resolve food-related concerns professionally.

• Work closely with Food & Beverage, Front Office and hotel management.

• Support promotions, events and culinary initiatives that increase revenue.

Requirements:

• Relevant culinary, hospitality or food-service qualification.

• Minimum two years’ experience as an Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef or similar.

• Five-star hotel, luxury hospitality or high-end restaurant experience preferred.

• Experience managing high-volume breakfast and banqueting operations.

• Strong knowledge of menu costing, food costs and stock control.

• Proven experience developing menus and culinary concepts.

• Strong leadership, team-development and performance-management skills.

• Excellent communication and organisational abilities.

• Proficiency in Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.

• Ability to perform effectively in a fast-paced hospitality environment.