SOUS CHEF

We are looking for an experienced Sous Chef to join our team in Dubai. The ideal candidate should have strong hands-on experience in healthcare and school catering, with a background in central kitchen / large-scale food production and a good understanding of special diets, therapeutic meals, allergens, portion control, and food safety standards.

Key Responsibilities

• Assist the Executive Chef in managing daily kitchen and central production operations.
• Supervise kitchen staff and ensure smooth and timely food production.
• Prepare and oversee meals for healthcare facilities, hospitals, schools, and institutional catering operations.
• Ensure all meals are prepared according to approved menus, recipes, portion sizes, and client specifications.
• Work closely with the Nutritionist/Dietitian to ensure special and therapeutic diets are prepared correctly.
• Oversee preparation of patient meals, modified diets, special diets, allergy-specific meals, and school meals.
• Ensure strict compliance with HACCP, food safety, hygiene, QHSE, and client standards.
• Monitor food quality, taste, presentation, portion control, and consistency.
• Ensure special-diet and allergen meals are correctly identified, prepared, labelled, and distributed.
• Plan and monitor daily production to ensure meals are completed and dispatched within required timelines.
• Monitor food wastage and promote efficient use of ingredients.
• Coordinate with Stores and Procurement to ensure availability of required ingredients.
• Train, guide, and supervise Demi Chefs, Commis Chefs, Kitchen Helpers, and other kitchen staff.
• Assist with recipe standardisation, menu trials, and new product development.
• Maintain high standards of kitchen cleanliness, hygiene, organisation, and discipline.
• Support the Executive Chef during client visits, inspections, audits, and menu reviews.

Requirements

• Minimum 5 years of relevant experience as a Sous Chef or in a similar senior kitchen position.
• Strong experience in healthcare and school catering is highly preferred.
• Candidates with a majority of their experience in hospital, healthcare, school, institutional, or contract catering will be preferred.
• Proven experience in central kitchen / high-volume food production.
• Good knowledge of therapeutic diets, special diets, allergens, and portion control.
• Knowledge of HACCP, food safety, hygiene, and QHSE standards.
• Strong understanding of large-scale meal production and distribution.
• Ability to manage and lead a diverse kitchen team.
• Strong organisational, communication, and leadership skills.
• Ability to work under pressure and meet strict production and dispatch deadlines.
• UAE catering experience is preferred.

Preferred Background

• Healthcare / Hospital Catering
• School Catering
• Institutional / Contract Catering
• Central Kitchen / Food Production

Candidates with predominantly healthcare and school catering experience will be given priority. Interested candidates are invited to send their CV to [email protected] with the subject “Sous Chef”

Pay: From AED1.00 per month

Work Location: In person