CHEF-KOK Central Production Kitchen Antwerp

You coordinate and supervise the production, the team, and the workload in our central production kitchen. This kitchen supplies our locations in Antwerp, Brussels, Ghent, and various events.

Your responsibilities:

• You organize task distribution, provide guidelines, and manage the kitchen team during bulk production, cooking, packaging, and finishing.
• Processing and monitoring orders from all outlets.
• Placing orders with various suppliers.
• Managing inventory, determining needs, and following up on orders.
• Creating daily, weekly, and monthly planning for cooking and deliveries.
• Preparing the kitchen staff schedules.
• Coordinating task distribution between the day kitchen and the evening shift.
• Maintaining a clean and orderly working environment and handling kitchen equipment with care.
• Working in compliance with safety regulations.
• Monitoring safety and hygiene standards during operations, including food safety, correct labeling, and proper storage in accordance with HACCP standards.
• Supervising the maintenance of the kitchen, ventilation hoods, and all equipment, in coordination with the cleaning team and other service providers.
• Communicating with and reporting weekly to the overarching management team
• Minimum of 10 years of experience as a chef.
• Experience managing multiple outlets and in similar leadership roles.
• Knowledge of Indian cuisine is required.
• Strong knowledge of HACCP standards and consistent application thereof.
• Fluent in spoken and written English.
• Good computer skills (Excel & Word).
• A team player who approaches problems quickly and practically.