Description:
· Planning menus
· Ensure all food is prepared as per food preparation requirements.
· Cook food items on the menu.
· Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and other food preparation workers.
· Preparing dishes according to different dietary needs.
· Selects choice ingredients that will give dishes the best flavor.
· Analyse recipes to assign prices to menu items, based on food, labour, and overhead costs.
· Develop recipes and determine how to present dishes.
· Estimating and setting portion sizes.
· Managing inventory of stock and ordering raw materials
· Ensure wastage is minimised by careful supervision of food preparation methods.
· Maintaining health and hygiene in the kitchen.
· Delegate duties to kitchen staff as per the menu requirements
· Using kitchen equipment such as knives, ranges and oven, scales, grills, griddles and deep fryers etc.