Event & Culinary Head Chef (m/f/d)

About this role

What you’ll do… Create, execute, and produce top-notch food with a constant eye on the highest quality standards, presentation, and flavor, with an eye on industry trends and neighborhood demands. Leading an international and dynamic culinary team. Ensure budget goals are achieved with industry leading metrics, with a specific focus on food and labour costs. Run the day in and day out Culinary operations of the meeting and events space, the Charlotte’s & Room Service.

Ensure the authenticity of our meals, products, and flavours to the spirit of the brand. Craft culinary creations for meeting and events operations that continuously evolve and progress and which sets us apart from the competition. Collaborate with our GME team, F&B operations and the Culinary Teams to ensure every event is a success! Join in for guest site inspections and event consultations together with the GME team to give culinary advice.

Attend weekly BEO meetings to ensure guarantees, quantities and food products are correct. Supervise the preparation of dishes for meeting & events, ensuring each culinary standard is met from dietary restrictions to H&S and maintain consistency in quality and taste. Make sure things are running without hitch, orders and deliveries are coming and going as needed, our service is smooth as chipotle butter, and our food hygiene standards are sky-high.

Manage the orderings and receiving’s from all ingredients needed and maintain the adaco ordering system Perform regular inventory checks to replenish stock and optimize your inventory levels to minimize food waste and control costs. Work with the Culinary Team on ideas and techniques that make our kitchen a creative, ever-changing environment where we’re always looking to make the best food out there. Think outside the box and drive standards, always striving to find efficient solutions whilst maintaining the quality and integrity of the menu.

Both guest and team experience will be at the heart of all you do. You’ll lead your team by example, keeping them involved and motivated; helping them feel empowered and supported, confident in providing top Hox experiences for our guests and comfortable turning to you with questions. What we are looking for… 2+ years’ experience as a Banquet Chef or Executive Sous Chef, in a busy, bustling, multi venue environment with freshness and provenance of ingredients as a key priority.