Head Cook

Job Title: Head Cook Staff Canteen
Department: JNI & MCH STAFF CANTEEN

Key Responsibilities:

• Manage daily kitchen operations and food production.
• Plan menus and ensure variety, taste, quality, and timely service.
• Ensure proper hygiene, food safety, grooming, and kitchen cleanliness.
• Maintain recipes, SOPs, and food quality standards. .
• Prepare daily production plans according to staff strength.
• FIFO & LIFO
• Weekly Fumigation Process SOP

Food Quality & Taste:

• Conduct quality checks of raw materials before production. .
• Check taste, temperature, consistency, freshness, and portion size before service.
• Take corrective action immediately if food quality is not satisfactory. .

Purchase & Inventory Coordination:

• Coordinate with stores/procurement for daily and weekly requirements along with Store In charge.
• Check the quality and quantity of received ingredients.
• Ensure proper storage of vegetables, fruits, dairy, dry stores, spices, and other ingredients

Equipment & Kitchen Safety

• Ensure all kitchen equipment is used safely and correctly.
• Conduct regular checks of cooking equipment, knives, chopping boards, gas/electrical equipment, etc.
• Report damaged or unsafe equipment immediately. .
• Follow fire safety and emergency procedures.
• Ensure Service area maintained well.
• Ensure pest control is done as per schedule.
• Control food cast as per standard requirement.Role & responsibilities

Preferred candidate profile