Demi Chef De Partie - Sushi Specialist - Jumeirah Messilah Beach

Role Overview

Demi Chef De Partie - Sushi Specialist at Jumeirah Messilah Beach, Jumeirah Group. Based in Kuwait, reporting to the Cold Kitchen team.

Company Overview

Jumeirah is a global leader in luxury hospitality and a member of Dubai Holding. The company operates a portfolio of 31 properties, including 33 signature F&B restaurants, across the Middle East, Europe, Asia and Africa. Since 1999, the brand has been renowned for distinguished beachfront resorts, esteemed city hotels and luxury residences, synonymous with warm and generous service and crafting distinctive and purposeful experiences.

Jumeirah Messilah Beach is uniquely located in a secluded area with easy access to Kuwait's Central Business District, airport, and major Kuwait attractions. The resort comprises 316 rooms and suites, 79 residential suites, and 10 villas, totalling 405 units. The beachfront hotel features exceptional dining destinations: Garden Café (all-day dining), Pepper Steakhouse, Olio Trattoria Italiana, Mint Café, and The Lobby Lounge. The award-winning Talise Spa features a stunning Himalayan Salt Room, the first of its kind in the Middle East, with dedicated ladies' and men's areas and extensive treatment rooms including two private suites. The property also offers superior conference and banqueting facilities.

Role Purpose

To support the Cold Kitchen culinary team as a Demi Chef de Partie specializing in sushi, ensuring the highest standards of food preparation, ingredient management, equipment maintenance and kitchen hygiene while maintaining a collaborative team environment.

Key Responsibilities

Culinary Operations

• Assist colleagues in supporting Culinary teams as required to enhance team spirit, develop credibility, respect, openness and trust.
• Ensure all quality ingredients are professionally prepared in accordance with recipes, plating guides, buffet set-ups, with an emphasis on maximizing production time and minimizing waste.
• Adhere to all pre-determined set-up times and breakdowns for each meal period and event.
• Follow all control and key procedures.

Inventory & Ingredients

• Ensure all quality ingredients are accurately ordered, received and stored following F.I.F.O. rotation.

Equipment & Maintenance

• Ensure operating and kitchen equipment is maintained to a good standard with minimum breakage.
• Ensure any operating equipment malfunction is communicated to the Chef de Cuisine immediately to allow for Engineering response.
• Identify and request assistance if required prior to any breakdowns occurring.
• Liaise with the Stewarding Manager to ensure high standards of cleanliness are maintained in all areas of the kitchen, including machinery, small kitchen equipment, floors and fridges.

Reporting & Communication

• Report accidents and sickness immediately to the Chef de Cuisine with clear and concise details as required.
• Identify and request assistance prior to any breakdowns.
• Relay any breakdown-related information immediately to the Chef de Cuisine to enable root cause identification and eradicate re-occurrences.

Service & Culture

• Be an ambassador of Lateral service for the team.
• Respond to change positively in the departmental function as dictated by the industry, company or hotel.

Compliance & Standards

• Maintain complete understanding of and adherence to the company's policy on Safety Procedures and Practices.
• Maintain complete understanding of and adherence to the company's policy relating to Food Hygiene and Safe Food Handling practices.
• Maintain complete understanding of and adherence to Culinary standards relating to recipes, preparation methods and plating standards in outlets.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum 5 years of culinary experience in a five-star hotel.
• Solid International Culinary experience.
• Knowledge of the sushi cuisine style.
• Knowledge of HACCP (Hazard Analysis and Critical Control Points).
• Knowledge of general health and safety in the workplace.
• Ability to work in a multicultural environment.

Additional Information

• Attractive tax-free salary, paid in Kuwaiti Dinar (KWD).
• Generous F&B benefits.
• Reduced hotel rates across Jumeirah properties globally.
• 30 days of annual leave.
• Flights home.
• Accommodation.
• Life insurance.
• Monthly service charge.
• Additional employee benefits.