F&B Manager & Chef

A well-established leisure resort in KZN is looking to place a F&B Manager (& Kitchen Manager) to manage their popular holiday destination. This position needs to be filled ASAP

Key Performance Duties 

This position offers basic remuneration + accommodation 

• To manage both Kitchen and front of house F&B.
• Capable of cooking or running kitchen service and Kitchen in the Chef absence.
• Attention to details and service on the front of house F&B.
• Understanding of food cost menu planning.
• Understanding of Kitchen hygiene and HACCP implementation

Experience

• Chef / cooking experience would be beneficial
• 5+ years F&B Experience
• 3+ years Management experience
• 5+ years Conference and banqueting experience

The F&B Manager is responsible for:

• managing all operations and delivering an excellent guest experience
• forecasting, planning and managing all F&B orders, staff and finance with the goal to maximize sales and revenue through customer satisfaction and employee engagement
• manages the departments, Restaurant, Bars, Provision and Controlling effectively, enforce company standards, maintain food cost, improve and maintain sales and provability.
• all aspects of the food and beverage operations, including revenues, food costs, budgets, inventories, sanitation and discipline in the department.

Duties and responsibilities

• Purchasing F&B stock
  • Stock control
  • Storage control
  • Goods receiving
  • Monthly stock takes
  • Planning and carrying out of F&B budgets
  • Assisting the Food & Beverage Department with budgets
  • Costing of menus for restaurants
  • Relevant financial reports
• and other financial duties
• Manage all F&B and day-to-day operations within budgeted guidelines and to the highest standards
• Preserve excellent levels of internal and external customer service
• Design exceptional menus, purchase goods and continuously make necessary improvements
• Identify customers’ needs and respond proactively to all of their concerns
• Lead F&B team by attracting, recruiting, training and appraising talented personnel
• Establish targets, KPI’s, schedules, policies and procedures
• Provide a two way communication and nurture an ownership environment with emphasis in motivation and teamwork
• Comply with all health and safety regulations
• Report on management regarding sales results and productivity
• Follow up on company´s policies, rules, regulations and procedures.
• Responsible for the standards of service delivered to the guests in the bars, dinning rooms, buffets and all other food & beverage outlets by F&B employees. He has to ensure the quality of services in accordance with the company standard.
• Approves all F&B requisitions so as to ensure that they are prepared properly and placed in a proper and timely manner in compliance with company´s instructions.
• Maintains the highest level of sanitation throughout all food and beverage areas.
• Oversees the overall operation of the storerooms as per company´s instruction, including but not limited to rotation, preparation, distribution and bookkeeping.
• Participates in the daily preparation of meal times scheduled of all F&B areas
• Responsible for the final delivery of all F&B products in accordance with company´s standards.
• Responsible for the overall implements, consumption of all F&B polices and procedures pertain to employees, work manuals, sanitation requirements, consumptions, costs, qualities, menus, special parties and others.
• Maintain proper consumption levels as instructed by the company.
• Prepare proper forecast and reach desired revenues for all beverage outlets on board.
• Reviews and preparing performance evaluations of all F&B Staff
• Maintaining effective cost control in all areas of the F&B department.

• Perform other duties which are requested by the company.

Qualifications,

• Culinary school diploma or degree in Food service management, related field