Head of Kitchen

Location: Lagos

Role Summary

• The Head of Kitchen leads all kitchen production, ensuring consistent quality, safety, and timely output across both catered events and daily individual/corporate food package deliveries.
• This role combines hands-on culinary leadership with production planning and team management.

Key Responsibilities

• Oversee all kitchen operations, ensuring consistent quality and on-time production for events and daily delivery orders.
• Plan and manage kitchen production schedules aligned with the event calendar and delivery order volumes.
• Develop, standardize, and document recipes, portion sizes, and quality benchmarks.
• Recruit, train, supervise, and coach kitchen staff (cooks and kitchen assistants).
• Ensure strict compliance with food safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards across the kitchen.
• Coordinate with the Inventory Officer to plan ingredient needs and minimize stockouts or wastage.
• Manage food costs and kitchen budget, identifying opportunities to control costs without compromising quality.
• Conduct quality checks and tastings prior to dispatch for deliveries or service at events.
• Work closely with the Event Manager on menu planning for catered events, including special requests and dietary requirements.
• Collaborate with the Head of Operations on production capacity planning and scaling for business growth.
• Maintain kitchen equipment, cleanliness, and workplace safety standards.
• Innovate and develop new menu offerings and seasonal specials to keep the brand competitive.

Qualifications & Skills

• Culinary degree/certification or equivalent proven professional experience.
• Minimum of 3 years' experience in a professional kitchen, catering, or food production environment, including supervisory experience.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and HACCP standards.
• Proven leadership, team management, and staff training skills.
• Strong organizational and time-management skills, with the ability to manage multiple event and order deadlines simultaneously.
• Ability to remain calm and effective under pressure.

Salary
N150,000 – N200,000 per month.

Application Closing Date
Not Specified.

Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV to: careers@elvaridah.com using the Job Title as the subject of the email.