Keva is building a better approach to everyday nutrition through healthy, balanced, and thoughtfully prepared meals. We combine food, nutrition, and operational efficiency to make healthy eating practical and enjoyable.

We are looking for a skilled and disciplined Chef with experience in batch cooking and healthy meal production who wants to take ownership of kitchen operations and grow into an Executive Chef role.

Key Responsibilities

- Batch Cooking: Plan and execute large-batch food preparation while maintaining consistent taste, texture, portion sizes, and quality.
- Healthy Cooking: Prepare nutritious, balanced meals with an understanding of cooking techniques that preserve food quality and nutritional value.
- Combi Oven Operations: Independently operate a combi oven for bulk cooking, roasting, steaming, baking, and other production requirements.
- Kitchen Operations: Manage daily mise en place, food preparation, cooking schedules, and timely meal dispatch.
- Recipe Standardisation: Follow standardised recipes, ingredient quantities, cooking procedures, and portion specifications to ensure consistency across every meal.
- Food Safety & Hygiene: Maintain high standards of kitchen hygiene, food handling, storage, temperature control, and sanitation.
- Inventory Management: Monitor ingredient usage, minimise food wastage, and coordinate with the team to ensure stock availability.
- Team Coordination: Work closely with kitchen staff to maintain productivity,



discipline, and smooth daily operations.
- Quality Control: Check the taste, appearance, portion size, and overall quality of meals before packing and dispatch.
- Packaging & Labelling: Ensure meals are packed correctly and that labels, meal identification, and other required details are accurate.

Requirements

- Minimum 3 years of professional kitchen experience.
- Prior, hands-on experience in batch cooking or large-scale food production.
- Practical experience preparing healthy meals, diet meals, or nutrition-focused food.
- Previous experience operating a combi oven is mandatory.
- Solid understanding of food safety, kitchen hygiene, storage, and temperature control.
- Ability to follow recipes, calculate ingredient quantities, and maintain portion consistency.
- Ability to read and write, understand written instructions, and maintain basic kitchen records.
- Good organisational skills, attention to detail, and a disciplined approach to work.
- Willingness to work in a structured, process-driven kitchen environment.

Pay: ₹20,000.00 - ₹38,000.00 per month

Benefits:

- Commuter assistance
- Food provided

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Calicut, Kerala: Reliably commute or planning to relocate before starting work (Required)

Education:

- Higher Secondary(12th Pass) (Preferred)

Experience:

- Culinary: 1 year (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

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