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Head Chef at Morsan HR Consulting
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Nairobi 🇰🇪 Kenya
Posted 12 days ago (24 Aug 2026) Updated 11 days ago
How to Apply
Apply by visiting Morsan HR Consulting at morsan.africa.
Job Description
The Head Chef leads daily kitchen operations, ensuring smooth food production and high‑quality output. Responsibilities include supervising, training, and scheduling kitchen staff while maintaining discipline and teamwork. The chef oversees food preparation, quality control, and consistency of taste, portioning, and presentation, and drives menu innovation and costing. Strong culinary expertise and the ability to work under pressure are essential for success in this role.
Qualifications & Requirements
- • BA/BSc/HND or professional culinary certificate
- • Minimum 4‑6 years progressive experience in a busy restaurant or hotel kitchen
- • Proven ability to lead, train, and motivate kitchen staff
- • Strong knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and sanitation standards
- • Excellent menu development, recipe costing, and pricing skills
Required Skills
Responsibilities
- • Oversee all daily kitchen operations to ensure smooth and efficient food production
- • Supervise, train, and manage kitchen staff, assigning duties and monitoring performance
- • Ensure food orders are prepared accurately, consistently, and within required timelines
- • Maintain discipline, teamwork, and professionalism within the kitchen
- • Prepare and oversee high‑quality meals in accordance with menu standards and recipes
- • Conduct regular quality checks on ingredients, preparation processes, and finished dishes
- • Develop and improve recipes, introduce creative menu ideas, and plan seasonal offerings
- • Support menu planning, recipe costing, and pricing strategies