Vacancy for a Cook at Limewood Villa Hotel, Lagos

Job Description

Cook is responsible for using their culinary expertise to create appetizing dishes for diners to enjoy. Their duties include overseeing kitchen staff, tasting dishes before going to customers and restocking food produce as needed.
Cook work with other kitchen staff to ensure that your kitchen runs effectively, and they have to be experts at ensuring food quality and maintaining kitchen equipment.
Responsibilitie
Other duties and responsibilities that every good Chef has include:

Ensure that all dishes are cooked well and presented in an aesthetically pleasing way.
Oversee food preparation, checking that all kitchen staff are performing their duties.
Monitor equipment quality and order new equipment as needed.
Help the restaurant determine how much food and supplies need to be ordered.
Train new kitchen staff.
Setting up the kitchen with cooking utensils and equipment, like knives, pans and food scales.
Studying each recipe and gathering all necessary ingredients.
Cooking food in a timely manner.
Study each recipe and gather all necessary ingredients.
Cook food in a timely manner.
Delegate tasks to kitchen staff.
Inform wait staff about daily specials.
Ensure appealing plate presentation.
Supervise Cooks and assist as needed.
Slightly modify recipes to meet customers’ needs and requests (e.g. reduce salt, remove dairy).
Monitor food stock and place orders.
Check freshness of food and discard out-of-date items.
Experiment with recipes and suggest new ingredients.
Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area.
Qualifications

Interested candidates should possess an SSCE, OND, NCE, or HND with 5-9 years experience.