The Continental Chef is required to know well about Continental food including Carvery, Mexican and/or Italians and to cook fantastic meals with your talent.

Essential Duties & Responsibilities:

• Preparation, cooking and presenting Continental dishes
• Assist with stock ordering and monitoring procedures
• Maintain high standards of food hygiene and health & safety at all times
• Participate fully in all meetings, training and forums
• Take responsibility for your own personal development
• Demonstrate excellent food preparation practices, portion control and end to end food production
• Supporting the Head Chef to deliver on all company measures & targets
• Follow all company operational kitchen process and procedures, achieving all required standards
• Take responsibility for delivering the highest measures of food production and presentation to customers including manning the live cooking stations if required
• Monitor food consumption to ensure 100% customer satisfaction and minimum waste
• Support the Head Chef in the introduction of new seasonal dishes
• Cascade your knowledge and expert cooking to all kitchen staff
• Suggested innovation and commercially viable ideas to improve food quality
• Monitoring portion and waste control to maintain profit margins
• Perform any reasonable duties as required from time to time in order to contribute to the achievement of business aims and objectives

Key Behaviours:

• Expertise in Continental cooking
• Thrives under pressure in a high volume food environment
• Possess/develop a food & customer focused approach to work
• High standards of personal hygiene
• Detailed and precise working
• High level of enthusiasm and drive to achieve high standards
• Hard working, flexible and prepared for change
• Ambitious and driven by over exceeding customer expectations
• Open for continual development
• Excellent interpersonal skills

Relevant Experience:

• Solid experience in a similar style of cooking
• Excellent knowledge of relevant food and health & safety regulations