Head Chef Villa Cipriani Restaurant

Reid's Palace, a Belmond Hotel, Madeira is looking for an experienced and qualified Head Chef to organize the kitchen activities. You will be the first in command in the facilities and will create and inspect dishes before they arrive at the customers ensuring high quality and contentment.   Duties and responsibilities: Define the menu concept for Villa Cipriani Restaurant with having in mind the company vision, the hotel identity, and the local and international food trends. Creating new dishes or adapting existing ones, based on the conception, food trends, seasonal ingredients, and guest feedback. Preparing the menu costing and suggest menu pricing. Preparing technical recipes sheets according to the company standards Training and overseeing the kitchen staff on the new menu and dishes preparation and providing leadership and guidance, ensuring they perform their job duties correctly. Reviewing daily with kitchen leadership team the preparation planning of new dishes before they are served in the restaurant. Assisting and directing kitchen staff in dishes preparation, mise en place, plating, and delivery. Identifying new and latest culinary techniques and equipment and introducing and train the team on mastering those new techniques. Ensuring the high standards of food quality and controls the consistency of the dishes are respecting the recipes. Ensuring that food preparation meets health standards and HACCP rules, by conducting regular inspections to the kitchen facilities, storage areas and equipment used in the food preparation. Requirements ·        Working experience of minimum 5 years as a head chef ·        Deep knowledge of the Italian and Mediterranean food industry and trends ·        Focus on excellence and costumers’ satisfaction. ·        Good English knowledge spoken. ·        Degree in culinary or related area ·        Creative mind with the ability to create unique recipes, flavour pairing and cooking best practices. ·        Excellent training and leadership skills ·        Excellent communication and interpersonal skills ·        Time management and organization Benefits ·        Competitive Salary ·         Private Health Insurance ·         Life insurance ·        Other local  benefits ·         Belmond Discorver programme with complementary stays in the hotels of the company