Kitchen Assistant - BET, Umhlanga at Hollywoodbets

A Bonus To Have:

• Food and Beverage experience

What You’ll Do For The Brand:

• Ensure appropriate dress code together with health and safety requirements are in accordance with company standards.
• Inspect and clean food preparation areas, such as equipment and work surfaces, to ensure safe and sanitary food-handling practices and ensure conformance to established standards.
• Inspect kitchen stock - all food, spices, etc. Recommendations to defrost freezers as and when required.
• Ensure all kitchen stock is well maintained, packaged and allocated to the correct area- shelves, freezers etc.
• Ensure stock rotation and ensure expired food is disposed of and classified as waste.
• Leftover food from the previous day is dished into appropriate containers and appropriately stored for serving.
• Ensures preparation of food in readiness for chefs for all manufactured menu items as per GAAP.
• Dish up orders in accordance with GAAP portion sizes as per waitron orders.
• Ensures that all orders are prepared and dished up timeously to ensure exceptional customer service.
• Ensures presentation of orders is in line with company standards.
• Reports any operational problems (faulty/damaged equipment) that could hinder daily operations.
• Assisting in reporting of all stock items to the Chef on items that are running low.
• Ensures that all wastages and breakages during the shift are disclosed and accounted for.
• Ensures the cleaning of kitchen appliances, work surfaces, floors and walls as and when the need arises.
• Ensures that the kitchen and cooking area is left neat and tidy prior to the next shift.
• Continuously monitor the kitchen area to ensure that the kitchen is clean and tidy.
• Responsible for kitchen stock count.
• Stock Reporting on back of house stock: daily report indicating issued stock, receiving/ordering/GRV of stock, transfer of stock between branches if applicable, stock disclosure of breakages/wastages.
• Management of the store man/stock clerks. Ensure that stock control is always maintained. Manage the portioning of stock into containers.
• Ensure timeous submission of daily, weekly, monthly F&B stock reports.
• Capture stock on GAAP system.
• Complete voids on POS.
• Attend to customer query and complaints.
• Any ad hoc duties that might be required.

Skills and competencies:

• Good communication and interpersonal skills
• High level of integrity, trustworthiness and reliability
• Good numeracy and stock analysis
• Ability to take initiative whilst adhering to company policies and procedures
• Strong attention to detail
• Excellent time management
• Ability to meet deadlines while maintaining efficiency and professionalism at all times