Graceal Holdings Limited (Maison Prive Apartments) is seeking Chefs to join their team in Nakonde, Zambia. This role is crucial in ensuring the highest standards of culinary service within the establishment.

Roles and Responsibilities

The primary duties include preparing and cooking meals according to the establishment's menu, recipes, and food quality standards. Ensuring meals are properly prepared, presented, and served to meet customer expectations is paramount. Maintaining consistency in food taste, quality, portion sizes, and presentation is expected. Proper handling, storage, and preservation of food items to maintain freshness and prevent contamination are essential. Maintaining high standards of kitchen cleanliness, hygiene, and sanitation is a key responsibility. Monitoring kitchen inventory, checking stock levels, and reporting shortages of ingredients and supplies are part of the role. Minimizing food wastage through proper planning, portion control, and efficient use of ingredients is also required. Coordinating food preparation activities and ensuring meals are ready within the required service times is necessary. Following food safety procedures and ensuring compliance with applicable health and hygiene standards is mandatory. Maintaining kitchen equipment and reporting faults or maintenance requirements promptly are also duties.

Requirements

Candidates must possess a Grade 12 Certificate. A Certificate or Diploma in Culinary Arts, Food Production, or a related field is an added advantage. Previous experience in a restaurant, hotel, or similar kitchen environment is required. Knowledge of food preparation, presentation, kitchen hygiene, and food safety is essential. The ability to prepare a variety of meals consistently and work under pressure is necessary. Creativity, discipline, and attention to detail are important attributes.

General Requirements

Applicants must be honest, reliable, disciplined, and professional. Good communication and teamwork skills are required. A customer-focused approach and commitment to quality service are essential. Willingness to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays where required is necessary. The ability to work under pressure and meet operational expectations is important. Relevant hospitality industry experience is an added advantage.

• Prepare and cook meals according to the establishment's menu, recipes and food quality standards.
• Ensure meals are properly prepared, presented and served to meet customer expectations.
• Maintain consistency in food taste, quality, portion sizes and presentation.
• Ensure proper handling, storage and preservation of food items to maintain freshness and prevent contamination.
• Maintain high standards of kitchen cleanliness, hygiene and sanitation.
• Monitor kitchen inventory, check stock levels and report shortages of ingredients and supplies.
• Minimise food wastage through proper planning, portion control and efficient use of ingredients.
• Coordinate food preparation activities and ensure meals are ready within the required service times.
• Follow food safety procedures and ensure compliance with applicable health and hygiene standards.
• Maintain kitchen equipment and report faults or maintenance requirements promptly.

• Knowledge of food preparation
• Knowledge of food presentation
• Knowledge of kitchen hygiene
• Knowledge of food safety
• Ability to prepare a variety of meals consistently
• Ability to work under pressure
• Creativity
• Discipline
• Attention to detail
• Good communication skills
• Teamwork skills
• Customer-focused
• Committed to quality service

• Grade 12 Certificate
• Certificate or Diploma in Culinary Arts, Food Production or a related field is an added advantage
• Previous experience in a restaurant, hotel or similar kitchen environment
• Relevant hospitality industry experience is an added advantage