Executive Chef – Key Job Responsibilities

1. Culinary & Kitchen Operations
- Lead and oversee all culinary operations across the hotel, including restaurants, banquets, room service, bar/café, and special events.
- Ensure consistent food quality, presentation, taste, portion control, and adherence to established recipes and standards.
- Develop and maintain SOPs for food preparation, production, storage, service, and kitchen operations.
- Ensure smooth coordination between the kitchen, F&B; service, stewarding, purchase, stores, and other operational departments.
- Drive innovation in culinary offerings while maintaining the hotel's brand positioning and guest expectations.

2. Menu Planning & Engineering
- Develop and periodically review menus based on guest preferences, market trends, seasonality, and business requirements.
- Conduct menu engineering to maximise profitability while maintaining quality.
- Introduce recent dishes, concepts, promotions, buffets, themed events, and culinary experiences.
- Ensure appropriate menu pricing in coordination with F&B; and Finance teams.

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Food Cost & Profitability
- Take ownership of food cost and kitchen profitability.
- Ensure food cost remains within the approved budget and established benchmarks.
- Monitor wastage, pilferage, overproduction, portion control, and yield.
- Analyse food cost reports and take corrective action wherever required.
- Work closely with Purchase and Stores to ensure effective procurement and inventory management.

4. Revenue & Business Contribution
- Actively contribute towards achieving the hotel's F&B; revenue targets.
- Develop culinary promotions and special experiences to generate incremental revenue.
- Support banquets, weddings, corporate events, festivals, and other revenue-generating activities.
- Work closely with Sales & F&B; teams to develop customised menus and commercial offerings.

5. Guest Experience & Quality
- Drive improvement in guest satisfaction through food quality, consistenc

📌 Executive Chef (Howrah)
🏢 Polo Hotels Group
📍 Howrah