Breakfast Chef (Lodge) – Experienced

You'll cook fast, clean food on the line at a city hotel kitchen in Tzaneen. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

Location: Tzaneen, Limpopo. Applicants who already live in the area get looked at first.

• Run your station during service and call back every ticket from the pass.
• Bake breads, pastries or desserts for the morning buffet.
• Label, date and rotate stock using first-in, first-out.
• Prep veg, sauces, marinades and portions from the daily mise en place list.
• Cook for banquets and conference lunches of 100 to 400 guests.
• Plate to the spec photo so every dish looks the same.
• Help cost recipes and track waste on the weekly sheet.

• You know food safety basics under R638 and HACCP
• Weekend, holiday and evening work is part of the deal
• 1 to 3 years in a busy commercial kitchen
• A culinary certificate or City & Guilds, or solid on-the-job experience
• You take instruction from the head chef without drama
• Good knife skills and you can prep at speed

• Stock and ordering experience on a system such as Micros or Pilot
• Experience with combi ovens and batch cooking
• A food safety certificate from a registered training provider

• Two staff meals per shift
• Chef whites and safety shoes provided
• On-the-job training with a path to chef de partie

• List your stations (grill, pastry, cold, sauce) under each job; head chefs scan for this first.
• Do not leave gaps unexplained; if you did casual banquet work between jobs, say so on your CV.