Catering Chef

Assist Head Chef at all stages from brainstorming, planning to execution based on clients' requirements
- Ensure effective stock purchase, its receipt and storage
- Ensure all dishes are prepared according to specification and served at the correct quality, portion size, and temperature.
- Helps maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen cleaning up spills and other potential hazards immediately
- Assists with training of newly hired kitchen staff
- Makes sure adequate numbers of kitchen staff are scheduled to properly handle each event Develops menus based on client specifications and contracts
- Places orders for recipe ingredients including meats, fresh fruits and produce, herbs, spices and other supplies
- Supervises junior cooks and other members of the kitchen staff
- Ensures that all standards of safety are strictly observed
- Monitors the quality of the banquet meal during the event
- Evaluates clients' feedback and come up with action plan
- Looks for ways to save the company's resources while still providing top quality products and services for clients
- Possesses the ability to handle any menu ranging from breakfast buffets to corporate lunch meetings with sandwiches to formal dinners with multi-course meals that are individually plated Travels to offsite areas in the event a banquet is catered at another location
- Able to work with the team and follow all company policies and procedures
- Thoroughly document the results of cook and process yields, meticulously record all testing and pertinent analytical information
- Conduct product shelf-life, quality testing and trouble shooting
- Participate in product tastings and trials of new products
- Monitoring catalogue assortment, researching and developing new programs and processes
- Participate in food exhibitions to keep yourself updated with current food trends and technologies

Pay: RM2,500.00 - RM3,500.00 per month

**Benefits**:

- Meal allowance

Schedule:

- Rotational shift
- Weekend jobs

Supplemental Pay:

- Performance bonus

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Ara Damansara: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (preferred)

**Education**:

- Bachelor's (preferred)

**Experience**:

- professional kitchen: 3 years (preferred)
- Outside Catering: 3 years (preferred)

Willingness to travel:

- 25% (preferred)

Work Location: In person