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

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to RM3,000.00 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)