Head Chef
Lead and supervise a commercial kitchen, from menu design to management of a chef team.
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5.0Oct 2018
Reviewer's Qualification
Advanced Diploma of Telecommunications Network Engineeringp
Experience
5 – 9 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Recipes and COGS
The good things
I work in catering and events. The beauty of this is that everything is pre-planned. You have the time to organise yourself properly. But keep in mind at times they all. Add up and time is stretched. ...
The challenges
The challenges every year chef faces are simple. Quality, consistency, staffing, food cost % and labour %.
The biggest challenge where I work is accommodating for very specific dietaries. Some die...
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3.0Apr 2023
Reviewer's Qualification
Bachelor of Hotel Management
Experience
1 – 4 years
Organisation size
Small (1-19 employees)
Specialisation
Hospitality & Tourism
The good things
Its a real good job if you have a passion for food. Yes regular odd shift you would be required to do some time. Its a labour intensive job and not a computer of office centric job. We have to do roun...
The challenges
1. Working on holidays when entire country is off work.
2. Working in odd shift no fixed shift depends on bussiness senario.
3. Job insecurity when pandemic hit the country.
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