Jobs in London - Lounge Chef De Partie • West London

Company: DO & CO Airline Catering

West London

Job DescriptionStrong culinary ability by preparing and plating of all food items and you will be handling the à la carte food preparation for the Lounge at Heathrow Airport. You will need to have a strong knowledge of food hygiene and safety and always maintaining a clean and safe kitchen including completing all HACCP requirements in your daily duties. In your role you will handling Halal meat so it’s important that you understand the Halal preparation requirements. Also you will need to have a positive approach with all service staff and lounge management and the ability to supervise the Commis and Kitchen Stewards.Always Ensuring food safety and hygienePreparation and plating of all food items as per agreed menu specificationsEnsuring that all kitchen equipment is used as per Standard Operating Procedures and agreed specificationsEnsuring portion control is followed as per the client standards and agreed menu specificationsMonitoring and maintaining expiry/use by dates of all food items so that all items offered to passengers are well within expiryDaily orders of food requirements for the next food service periodAvoiding wastage of food and beverages through effective requisitionsMaintaining kitchen cleanliness together with the stewarding staff to ensure that all aspects of food hygiene are a top priorityMaintaining fridge temperatures, monitoring food labels and all other food safety systems stipulated by the Service Provider Items on the agreed food menus that are unavailable are communicated to the service team promptlyPlay an active role in keeping the whole kitchen environment up to a high level of kitchen hygiene