Junior Sous Chef

Role Overview

Junior Sous Chef at Four Seasons, located in Kuwait City, Kuwait.

Company Overview

Four Seasons is powered by its people—a collective of individuals committed to becoming better and pushing themselves to new heights. Team members around the world create amazing experiences for guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. Four Seasons believes in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one, and treating everyone the way they would want to be treated themselves. The company's purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime, founded on the belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

The Kuwait location is a resort-like sanctuary in the heart of Kuwait City: a contemporary curation of Middle Eastern architecture, dazzling art and resort-like spaciousness. It is the first and only hotel in Kuwait to receive the prestigious Forbes Five-Star rating. The property features soaring rooftop restaurants, leisure facilities, the city's largest guest rooms, chic surrounds including Al Soor (known as La Chocolaterie of Kuwait), air-conditioned cabanas by an infinity pool, a buzzing rooftop, and lush adjacent parkland. The city's malls and souks are within a few minutes' drive.

Role Purpose

The Junior Sous Chef manages and supervises the kitchen team in accordance with Four Seasons core values and culture standards while maintaining the highest standards of food quality, safety, and culinary excellence. The role combines hands-on kitchen execution with team leadership, training, and operational oversight to deliver exceptional dining experiences.

Key Responsibilities

Team Management & Leadership

• Manage and supervise the kitchen team in accordance with Four Seasons core and culture standards and local operating criteria at all times.
• Form a strong team spirit within the team by taking a personal interest in every employee in the department and fostering excellent inter-departmental cooperation.
• Actively promote the career development of team members by offering continuous training and exposure opportunities, performance feedback, effective coaching, and disciplining when necessary.

Training & Development

• Take a lead in all facets of training activities in the Preparation Department.

Quality & Standards

• Drive quality standards for all food prepared in the kitchen, constantly inspecting taste, temperature, visual appeal, and portion size.
• Ensure standard recipes are followed strictly.
• Verify the taste and presentation of produced food prior to meal periods.
• Follow all control and key procedures.

Health, Safety & Sanitation

• Comply with HACCP procedures and ensure the highest level of hygiene and sanitation in all food preparation.
• Examine food suppliers and received goods for quality and quantity.
• Inspect and supervise the sanitation and maintenance of equipment.

Culinary Operations

• Be "hands on" and practice and demonstrate excellent technical kitchen skills.
• Lead in the execution of special culinary events.
• Requisition all food items needed daily from the food storeroom in concert with all cooks.
• Supervise all employees during the setup, service, and breakdown for each meal period.
• Communicate and delegate the production schedule for the day, collating quantities to be produced from the forecast and for the next day's banquet function sheets.
• Expedite orders on the line.

Menu Development

• Assist the Executive Sous Chef in the development of creative menus and implementation of promotions in keeping with seasonality and restaurant concepts.

Qualifications & Experience

• Minimum of three years' experience working in a similar position in an Arabic Cuisine Restaurant.

Skills & Competencies

• Ability to work well under pressure.
• Works well in a team environment and ability to work effectively under pressure.
• Thorough attention to detail.
• Excellent verbal communication skills in English and Arabic.
• Excellent technical kitchen skills.

Additional Information

• Full board one bedroom accommodation in a high quality, well-resourced compound.
• Complimentary nights at Four Seasons Hotels worldwide.
• Regular social and sporting events.
• Paid home leave tickets.
• Quality employee meals.
• Transportation to and from work.
• Free Wi-Fi in accommodation and employee transportation buses.
• Hotel will apply for work authorization for the successful candidate.