Job Title: Head Chef – Vegetarian Maharashtrian Cuisine

Location: Kalyan
Job Type: Full-time
Department: Kitchen
Cuisine: Vegetarian Maharashtrian Cuisine

Job Description:

We are looking for an experienced and skilled Head Chef – Vegetarian Maharashtrian Cuisine to lead our kitchen team in Kalyan. The candidate should have robust hands-on experience in authentic Maharashtrian vegetarian cuisine, kitchen management, menu planning, bulk preparation, team handling, quality control, portion control, and food cost management.

The ideal candidate should be confident in managing complete kitchen operations independently and should have deep knowledge of traditional Maharashtrian food, thalis, snacks, breakfast items, festive dishes, regional preparations, and local flavour profiles.

Key Responsibilities:
- Lead and manage complete kitchen operations for vegetarian Maharashtrian cuisine.
- Prepare and supervise authentic Maharashtrian dishes such as misal, usal, poha, sabudana khichdi, pithla bhakri, zunka, bharli vangi, varan bhaat, amti, batata bhaji, kothimbir vadi, thali items,



snacks, breakfast items, and festive dishes.
- Plan daily production, mise-en-place, section allocation, prep sheets, and service readiness.
- Maintain consistency in taste, quality, portion size, plating, and presentation.
- Supervise CDPs, Commis, helpers, and kitchen support staff.
- Train kitchen team on recipes, hygiene, portioning, preparation methods, and service standards.
- Manage vegetarian kitchen production for daily service, rush hours, thali service, bulk orders, and catering requirements if needed.
- Monitor raw material quality, wastage, storage, FIFO, labelling, and stock rotation.
- Coordinate with management for menu planning, recipe standardization, costing, vendor requirements, and procurement planning.
- Maintain food cost controls, portion control, wastage control, and kitchen efficiency.
- Ensure hygiene, cleanliness, grooming, food safety standards, and kitchen SOPs

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