Chef De Partie

About the job

Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.

Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.

As a leading food-tech business, Kitopi’s growth has been largely fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) - an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real-time. As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry as we know it today.

With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.

As a Chef De Partie, you are responsible for culinary operations of your team, staff management, daily production chart reports, wastage reduction, and efficient production flows. You will support the senior culinary leadership in in ensuring the implementation of standards, hygiene, food safety, and consistency are maintained as per company and client requirements.

What You'll Do

Report to work on time and checks schedule the day before.

Attend daily 15 minutes training and present one topic monthly.

Effectively operates the department within his/her team.

Attends daily briefing.

Control of overtime (any over time to be pre – approved by Exec. Chef/Production Manager).

Proper handling of overproduction and wastage.

Assist Sous- Chef and / or Exec Chef/Production Manager where needed.

Prepares complete line products needed in department.

Prepares the daily production charts make sure that quantities are filed in correctly and production is made accordingly.

A par stock to be established to avoid over production.

Prepares order for storeroom according to production charts.

Follows (FIFO) First Out Procedures.

Directs and supervises whole team in their work.

Promotes and maintain effective communication between supervisor and each other.

Checks food presentation and standards.

Ensure implementation of safety standards.

Follows procedures with the use of cleaning supplies.

Maintains the sanitary standards and “Clean as you Go” policy.

Attends all kitchen meetings and comes up with feedback and/suggestions.

Who We Look For

Recruitment Process and Timeline

First, you apply and let our recruiters review your profile. After reviewing, you will receive a link to book a meeting with a recruiter at your convenience to share more about yourself and for us to get to know you better. If you have been shortlisted, you will have the opportunity to meet our hiring managers. Depending on the scope of the role and the function, you may need to attend 2-3 rounds (which might include case study, role-play, trial, or live coding - this will be communicated to you in the initial conversation). Upon successful completion, your recruiter will get in touch with you to discuss the offer. We aim to take you through this process within 2-3 weeks.

Benefits