Title                         :      Sous Chef

Location                  :      Dubai

Salary                      :      AED 10K++

Benefits                   :      3 Year visa  + Free Uniforms & Laundry +  Health Insurance + Annual Holidays/ Flight Tickets

Interview Type         :     In-person Interview

CVs                          :    Resume@macgroup.me

NOTE:  To avoid spamming with irrelevant resumes, we suggest genuinely interested candidates to read through the entire job description to understand and verify the suitability of your profile for this role before applying. If the relevant skills/experiences are not highlighted/included to standout from rest of the profiles then please elaborate it so that we can choose the apt candidates easily. Please ensure that your CV is customized for this particular role by highlighting the most relevant expertise required for this role as managers tend to reject generic profiles that may not look like exact match for this role. This is a “Plug and Play” role to get risk-free quick-results for a family business. Due to our limited time/resources, only shortlisted candidates can be contacted but we would always consider your profile for other suitable roles. Salary depends on candidate’s skills, experience and other attributes. Hiring preference depends on candidates’ expertise and other attributes which are suitable for client’s customer demographics to gain better revenue/customer experience.

One of our elite clients in Dubai is looking for dynamic, self-motivated, highly skilled Sous Chef with experience in Indian cuisine to work as part of a great team who are really striving to put Dubai based restaurant chain on the map. This is a fantastic opportunity for an experienced Sous Chef looking for a new role in an award winning, critically acclaimed group in U.A.E. It is a progressive Indian restaurant serving dishes inspired by ingredients and memories from the Indian subcontinent. You will have the opportunity to work alongside the head chef to create your own menu and really develop your cooking style

Position Purpose :

Are you a chef skilled in Indian cuisine ready to create some of the tastiest Indian food in Dubai ?  As a Sous Chef you are responsible for the smooth operation of the kitchen with emphasis on quality, presentation within the guidelines of the standardized menus and employee training,
Position Responsibilities:

Responsible for all food production and manages all kitchen staff .
Ensures efficient and effective production of all meals to budget, controlling food and labor costs through effective use of menu specifications, staff training and planning, and monitoring of hygienic and safety norms.
Schedules and coordinates the work of chefs, cooks and other kitchen employees including stewards in the lounges to assure that food preparation is economical and technically correct and within budgeted labor cost goals.
Ensures proper staffing for maximum productivity and high standards of quality; controls food and payroll costs to achieve maximum profitability.
Evaluates food products to assure that quality standards are consistently attained.
Execute the culinary process steps and menu design for while adhering to deadlines, cost targets, and interface with procurement and costing
Interacts with colleagues to assure that food production consistently exceeds the expectations of guests.
Plan, organize and execute training for the team in different countries or centers.
Safeguards all food preparation employees by implementing training to increase their knowledge about safety, sanitation and accident prevention principles
Ensures that high standards of sanitation, cleanliness and safety are maintained throughout all kitchen areas at all times by promoting Health & Safety, Hygiene, Quality and Security Awareness.
Supervise the main / outlet kitchen in the preparation and presentation of all food items in accordance with the chain’s SOPs and standardized menu guidelines
Monitor regular standards of production to ensure highest level of quality
Monitor all aspects pertaining to the control of the restaurant’s food cost
Participate in the drafting of concept ideas and menus for all special events and functions while encouraging all employees to put forward their ideas and utilizing them wherever practical
Ensure HACCP standards are implemented and follow the appropriate hygiene standards as per Municipality requirements at all times
Ensure consistent on the job training session for culinary colleagues and promote health & safety
Position Requirements :
Minimum 5+ years of experience in 5 star Hotel or Restaurant Kitchen Production on supervisory level
The ideal candidate will be positively spirited and passionate about food and be committed to work together with the service team to deliver an amazing guest experiences every time. You will demonstrate energy and enthusiasm at work, be customer driven, ‘hands on’ and organized. You portray a strong, firm and fair effective leadership style and have proven the ability to work in busy restaurants.
Good-To-Haves:

Diploma /Degree/Vocational training in hospitality /Food & Beverage
Knowledge & Competencies
The ideal candidate will be hands-on with a true passion for food, people and service .
Position Benefits :

Complimenting your salary, our elite client offers annual holidays, flight tickets and health insurance.
Client offers a 3 year residence visa along with access to a huge variety of benefits and services to support your physical and psychological well-being.
Free Uniforms and laundry is offered along with free accommodation and transportation.
Throughout your career promotions, our client will invest in you, and you will enjoy additional support and benefits including:
Award-winning learning and development and support to achieve qualifications.
An opportunity to learn from experienced colleagues as part of an outstanding and committed team.
Excellent colleague discounts
Excellent recognition schemes
MAC as an extended HR Partner of our elite client is committed to providing the quickest possible turnaround from the date of interview to you starting with our client on day one.
This posting is just an outline of the basic responsibilities and requirements for the position, there is more to being a member of the team, so just keep in mind that this is not a comprehensive list of everything the job will entail. Your duties, responsibilities and activities may change as per business/market requirements.

Please refrain from applying if your profile is not exact match for this role.

Whilst we will endeavor to contact you following your application, due to the high volume of applications if you have not had notification from us within 24 hours please take your application as not being successful this time, we will keep your details in the database for future opportunities.

NB: Please note that, not getting shortlisted for a role is no reflection on your skills or qualifications; it simply means that the hiring manager is giving more priority to many other specific factors other than expertise or experience which are relevant to this position based on their current business/market requirements/customer demographics.*

We give interview status but not feedback for following reasons:

•           We do not give interview feedback for Idiosyncratic Rater Effect and it’s not feasible to fix such systematic errors behind it.

•           Feedback is interviewer’s truth, not candidate’s.

•           It’s a time consuming procedure to structure a legally apt constructive feedback and to deliver it.

•           Accepting critical feedback is a rare skill.

* Please note that candidates are NOT selected merely based on expertise or experience. We urge majority of the Hiring Managers who work with us to use Talent Analytics that check various factors based on their previous hires, including Nature of the job, Suitability to team/company culture, Possible duration a candidate sticks with the company, Nature of client-pool, Work locations/timings, Market Knowledge and many other factors that add value to business/customers. The hiring decisions are taken to run the business at low-risk in steady, optimized, efficient manner.

About MAC : MAC Group’s Executive Search Consulting wing conducts necessary research to recruit for elite set of clients across the globe. We search for suitable candidates for our clients to hire, train, empower, and reward exceptional people.  MAC’s Middle East consulting wing works with Royal Family Entities, MNCs and Bigger Family Groups supporting them to recruit uniquely talented candidates for Reception to CXO roles.MAC Group supports Equal Employment Opportunity but it may not be possible always to do so due to nature of business, team culture, regional issues etc. At MAC we exist to provide rewarding careers and better lives for applicants and their families. Our journey is guided by our desire to get the right match every time and the acknowledgement that we have an opportunity to be better. MAC Group do not discriminate deliberately on the basis of race, religion, color, national origin, gender, sexual orientation, age, marital status, or disability status, unless certain positions with our clients demand it strictly for business reasons.