Posted
Ref: GP340-2733
Job description / Role
Role Responsibilities
• Conduct Live Cooking Demonstrations: Perform engaging and informative cooking demonstrations showcasing luxury food products to customers, clients, and event attendees.
• Recipe Development: Create and refine recipes that highlight the unique qualities of luxury food items, ensuring they meet high standards of taste and presentation.
• Customer Interaction and Engagement: Interact with customers during demonstrations, answering questions, providing cooking tips, and promoting the luxury food products.
• Kitchen Management: Maintain the demonstration kitchen's cleanliness and organization, ensuring all equipment and ingredients are prepared and ready for each demonstration.
• Event Coordination: Collaborate with event planners and marketing teams to schedule and promote cooking demonstrations, ensuring each event runs smoothly and meets the brand's standards of excellence.
Essential Requirements
Here are five key essential requirements for the temp chef role in a demonstration kitchen specializing in luxury food goods in Abu Dhabi:
• Culinary Expertise: Proven experience as a chef, with strong culinary skills and knowledge of luxury food products. Formal culinary training or certification is preferred.
• Presentation Skills: Excellent communication and presentation skills to effectively engage and educate audiences during live cooking demonstrations.
• Customer Service Orientation: Strong interpersonal skills with the ability to interact positively with customers, answer their questions, and provide exceptional service.
• Flexibility and Adaptability: Ability to work on a freelance basis with a flexible schedule, adapting to the needs of different events and demonstration requirements.
• Organizational Skills: Strong organizational skills to manage kitchen preparation, inventory, and event coordination efficiently, ensuring smooth and professional demonstrations.
We request that candidates send their CV as a Microsoft Word document where possible.
Quest Search and Selection is acting as an Employment Agency in relation to this vacancy.
Requirements:
Here are five desirable skills for the temp chef role in a demonstration kitchen specializing in luxury food goods in Abu Dhabi:
• Creative Recipe Development: Ability to create innovative and appealing recipes that highlight luxury food products and attract customer interest.
• Social Media Savvy: Experience in managing and promoting cooking demonstrations through social media platforms, enhancing the reach and visibility of events.
• Multilingual Abilities: Proficiency in multiple languages, particularly Arabic and English, to effectively communicate with a diverse audience.
• Event Management Experience: Prior experience in organizing and managing culinary events or cooking classes, ensuring seamless execution and customer satisfaction.
• Sales Acumen: Understanding of sales techniques and the ability to subtly promote luxury food products during demonstrations, contributing to increased sales and customer loyalty.
About the Company
Quest Search & Selection is a specialist recruitment consultancy with over 20 years' experience in sourcing the world's best candidates for the global Retail, FMCG and Hospitality sectors.
With offices in the UK & Dubai, we have an international presence and a global reach. Our recruiters place candidates locally and internationally for a wide variety of roles focusing on the following areas:
Retail Buying & Merchandising, E-commerce & Digital, Food & Beverage, Hotels, Hospitality & Operations, Retail Stores & Operations, HR & Recruitment, Procurement, Supply Chain & Logistics, Sales & Marketing, Technical and New Product Development.
We work in partnership with our clients who range from famous international brands within the Retail, Restaurant, Hotel and Consumer products space. Our reputation is built on our in-depth understanding of the industry and our consultants' skill, knowledge and passion for their sectors.
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