Job Title: Chef
Organisation: Watoto Child Care Ministries
Duty Station: Kampala, Uganda
About US:
Watoto Church Ministries and Community Care has experienced exponential growth in the past couple of years composed of multiple Celebration Centres (Campuses) and diverse Community care initiatives that include; Child Care, Community and Neighbourhood, Education and FM Radio amongst others. In all of this, Watoto remains a local church, committed to celebrating Christ and caring for community.
Job Summary: We are seeking to recruit a Chef to oversee and support in the effective management of the kitchen and staff so that set objectives of the café are achieved.
Key Duties and Responsibilities:
- Supervise the preparation and administration of quality meals from the kitchen.
- Ensure compliance to the best standards regarding food handling standards, health, safety regulations and sanitation within the kitchen area are adhered to.
- Lead and coordinate the work of the entire kitchen staff in the operations.
- Manage quality inventory and requisitions are within approved budget.
- Create the menu and determine the quantity of food that will be needed within a particular time frame.
- Responsible to develop and create new menus, products and recipes and actively participate in the process of costing dishes and setting prices.
- Identify new potential sales opportunities for the business and actively seek ways of advertising and marketing available product.
- Oversee the ordering and control of stock levels and maintain a record keeping system and send a monthly stock update report to line manager.
- Locate fresh produce suppliers, consumables, and equipment to establish relationships with them to benefit from discounts and get supplies on credit.
- Ensure proper hygienic storage methods are utilized and supervise food prpparation methods to minimise wastage plus maintain high standards of hygiene in the kitchen.
- Oversee staff duties and operations of machinery to ensure maintenance of specified quality standards and production schedules.
- Ensure all kitchen staff are aware of their duties and what is expected of them and always follow safe work practices.
- Ensure that all new staff are taught and trained in skills they require to perform their roles to the required standard.
- Conduct appraisals and give staff feedback on their performance to’ enable staff development.
- Timely preparation of management and performance reports.
Qualifications, Skills and Experience:
- A minimum of a bachelor’s degree in food science and technology, Pastry and Bakery, Hotel or Management, Human Nutrition and Dietetics, any other related field, or a relevant discipline
- At least three years’ experience working in a supervisory role and a mastery of culinary skills and methods.
- Must be willing to live up to organisational values, confident and
- Should be a good communicator, must have a high level of in onfidentiaty, trust,
- good work ethics and sound judgement.
How to Apply:
All suitably qualified and interested candidates can apply by visiting our website; Click Here
- Go to Apply for a job section
- Under that, view the Job Role and click on the link that reads; Apply
- Fill out the form that will be open and submit after all sections have been filled.
- Submit your CV, academic and professional documents, and a cell/pastor’s recommendation letter to [email protected] (Subject Line: Job Title – First Name, Last Name)
Deadline: 17th May 2024
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