Executive Chef at Intercontinental®

**About us**
As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambiance where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.

If you'd like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand.

The InterContinental® Ras Al Khaimah Mina Al Arab Resort and Spa has 351 keys, a health club, spa, and two pools. Covering an area of 43,770 sq. m, the resort is a short drive from famous archaeological sites such as Dhayah Fort and Sheba’s Palace.

**Your day to day**
- Manage all functions of the Food Production operations to achieve optimum departmental profit
- Manage all functions of the Food Production and Stewarding operations to achieve the optimum quality level of food production and sanitation
- Oversee special events and special food promotions
- Issue’s recipes and maintains up-dated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food and Beverage operation
- Develop new dishes and products
- Take steps to ensure that outstanding culinary technical skills are maintained
- Maintain comprehensive product knowledge including ingredients, equipment, suppliers, markets and current trends and make appropriate adjustments to kitchen operations accordingly
- Control and analyzes, on an on-going basis, the level of the following:

- Sales
- Costs
- Issuing of food
- Quality and presentation of food products
- Condition and cleanliness of facilities and equipment
- Guest satisfaction
- Marketing
- Develop with the Director of Food and Beverage popular menus, offering guests value for money in accordance with IHG guidelines
- Plan and organize with the Director of Food and Beverage successful Food and Beverage activities in the hotel and oversee them
- Attend and participate in other meetings as required by the administrative calendar
- Keep an up-dated Hotel Policies and Procedures file and up-dated files on the following Food Production matters:

- Recipes
- Finance
- Standards
- Personnel and Training
- Outlets
- Promotions
- Meetings
- Projects
- Material and Equipment
- Miscellaneous
- Set Food Production and Stewarding goals and develops strategies, procedures and policies
- Determine with the Director of Finance the minimum and maximum stocks of all food, material and equipment
- Set standards of all food and equipment purchases in accordance with IHG guidelines
- Monitor local competitors and compare their operation with the hotel Food and Beverage operation

**What we need from you**
InterContinental® Ras Al Khaimah Mina Al Arab Resort and Spa is seeking a foodie and polished Executive Chef, who will direct the operation of the kitchen(s), including food preparation and quality, physical maintenance, and inventory functions, to ensure hotel quality standards and revenue goals are met and food and supply costs are controlled.

To be successful in this role, you must have a bachelor’s degree / higher education qualification/equivalent in Hotel Management, Culinary Arts, or any other related field. You should also have a minimum of three years' experience as an Executive Chef in a five-star hotel. Experience in a resort is desirable and pre-opening experience in hotels or outlets is a must for this role.

**What we offer**
We’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits - including a uniform, great room discount and superb training.

Job Reference: EMEAA34045