Chief Cook for Royal Family / VIP House
Mansur Ali Overseas
Job context
- Prepare innovative recipes to delight and whet the appetite of customers, visitors and guests.
- Prepare culinary dishes and meals as per orders requested by servers.
- Develop new menu items while improvising the existing ones.
- Follow recipe and menu specifications.
- Maintain the cooking premises clean, neat and tidy.
- Monitor and support other cooking staff in preparing culinary dishes and meals.
- Adhere to quality in preparing recipes and meals.
- Develop and initiate cost-cutting ideas without sacrificing the quality and tastes of the dishes.
- Teach and train the other cooking staff.
- Maintain and manage kitchen expenses, food costs, inventory and staffing within the budgetary limits.
Job Responsibilities
- Chief cooks design new recipes and meals to provide to diners and guests. They may modify traditional dishes or create original ideas with available ingredients. When creating their recipes, chief cooks consider the skill level of their kitchen staff, the time they have to produce meals, the duration of prep time before meal service and the number of people they’re serving. For example, a chief cook creating a specialty meal for a private dinner uses their skills differently from planning a bulk dinner for hundreds of people at a buffet.
- Design menus
- Along with producing unique recipes, chief cooks create entire menus and meal plans. In restaurant settings, this can involve building a cohesive menu that provides options for people with different dietary restrictions while still showing a central theme of the restaurant. For chief cooks on ships, designing menus often requires being creative with a limited range of ingredients while providing guests with variety each day. Chief cooks may plan menus weekly and change meals for breakfast, lunch and dinner to incorporate new flavors into the rotation. They may also choose complimentary beverages, like wines, to go with each meal.
- Source ingredients
- Chief cooks compare different suppliers in their area and select vendors who can provide the best combination of quality and price for their kitchen’s requirements. They usually source ingredients and inspect them for quality after each delivery to ensure that the kitchen has enough food to serve their guests for every meal service. They usually form close relationships with suppliers to get bulk discounts on the ingredients they require to prepare meals, including spices, condiments, meat and produce.
- Ensure cleanliness and hygiene
- Maintaining a clean and sanitary environment is one of the top priorities for a chief cook. They’re responsible for ensuring that everyone in the kitchen follows proper food safety and food management standards. They may also sanitize and clean areas in the kitchen themselves whenever they prepare or cook food and supervise other kitchen employees during routine cleaning tasks. The chief cook often creates their own procedures and checklists for creating a safe and sanitary kitchen environment, and then trains their team to complete those processes correctly.
- Coordinate meal service
- To execute a successful meal service, the chief cook creates a system for preparing and cooking all meal elements. They delegate tasks to each member of the kitchen team as per their strength and training requirements. During the service, they lead the group and provide directions on what to cook first, what techniques to use and how to solve problems in the kitchen. They make decisions during meal service to ensure that the team delivers all of their dishes as per the schedule and provide direct assistance to other cooks when necessary.
Type of job
full time
Skill type
Skilled, less skilled
Educational qualification
- HSC
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Publication date
12 May 2023
Company information
Mansur Ali Overseas
Address: House No-2, 7th Floor, Road No-2, Block – J, Baridhara, Dhaka
Web: www.mansuralioverseas.com
Business: Trading, Recruiting, Travel Agent, Hajj Tour and Overseas Manpower Supply
