Chef de Partie

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.

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, its robotics hub in Denmark, 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**:

- Demonstrate a strong understanding & experience in **Indian cuisines is mandatory**:

- 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major.
- 5 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area.
- Skills and communication: Strong Communication skills (verbal, listening, writing), innovative, pro-active and reliable.
- Able to work alone and within a team.
- Good level of English is essential

**Recruitment Process and Timeline**

**Benefits**
- Extensive learning opportunities - we offer many hard and soft skills training to help you improve and challenge yourself
- You’ll have access to LinkedIn Learning, Coursera, and Mindvalley where you can choose over thousands of courses to satisfy your hunger for knowledge.
- You'll be involved in customized workshops run by Kitopi Academy
- You’ll have a chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment
- You’ll be part of one of the most caring communities out there.
- Finding a chance to become a shareowner with our ESOP plan (T&C Applies)
- Free and unlimited access to a nutritionist because we care about you
- No Dress Code
- Extended maternity and parental leave
- The infamous team activities and social events are bursting with fun
- Inclusive Private Health Insurance
- Up to 50% discount from Kitopi brands
- 30 calendar days annual leave
- Work from anywhere policy

**So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?**
- We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.

Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a “work from anywhere” policy - you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you’re proud of.

Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite.