What are the responsibilities and job description for the Hot Chef position at Empire Jointstar?
Hot Chef Job Description
My Key Responsibilities
These are my areas of responsibility
- Hot food training
- Hot food quality and availability
- Cleanliness and Health & Safety
- Equipment maintenance
- Maximizing hot food sales
My Pret Behaviors
These are the behaviors Pret wants to see
- Passion
- Business Sense
- Clear Communication
- Great Execution
- Team Working
- Open to change
- Realizing Potential
Pret Values
- Happy Teams Happy Customers
- Amazing Standards Every day
- Never Standing Still
- Doing the Right Thing
The Right Pret People
HOT FOOD TRAINING
- To coach and train TMs and TM Stars on hot food and standards
- To communicate with the TMT to ensure all hot food training is planned and carried out as appropriate
- To carry out hot food Team Briefs and attend any relevant meetings, courses, and conferences relating to hot food when appropriate.
- To ensure all hot food training material is available and up to date
- To follow Pret’s dress code and be immaculately presented, wearing the correct Hot Chef uniform
Delicious Food and Drink
HOT FOOD QUALITY & AVAILABILITY
- To ensure all hot food is prepared, displayed according to planograms and sold to Pret standards
- To ensure all hot food is of great quality with appropriate availability for the time of day
- To ensure that all new hot food product launches are managed in a timely and effective way in the shop
- To ensure hot food is cooked and held at correct temperatures and recorded in an accurate and timely fashion, in accordance with Pret Standards
- To follow the hot food production setting standards
- To ensure all our hot food production is completed as per production principles using the hot food plan
Well Loved Shop
CLEANLINESS AND HEALTH & SAFETY
- To adhere to all aspects of kitchen ‘health & safety’ in accordance with the law and Pret standards
- To adhere to aspects of kitchen ‘food safety’ in accordance with the law and Pret standards
- To clean all areas of the shop- including front of house, back of house, and restroom
- I am responsible for ensuring I follow Food Safety Standards; and for the Health and Safety of myself, my team, and customers
- I complete all training, to enable me to understand the Pret standards and safety processes I must follow. I ensure I follow these processes at all times. I immediately tell my Manager when I believe standards or processes are not being met
Well Loved Shop
EQUIPMENT MAINTENANCE
- To ensure all hot food equipment is prepared and set up at the start of each day
- To test, clean and maintain all hot food equipment according to Pret’s standards and report any maintenance issues to a Manager
- To train all Team Members to use hot food equipment effectively and efficiently
Growing Sales
MAXIMIZING HOT FOOD SALES
- To communicate with AMK/AMF and organize fresh hot food sampling - Joy of Pret
- To be aware of your hot food sales within your shop
- To ensure sufficient stocks of hot food ingredients, packaging, and small equipment using the five-point check
Additional Responsibilities
- Hot Food Chef will from time to time be required to work in other shops as needed
- Hot Food Chef must be able to lift/push/pull/carry up to 50 lbs; able to walk up/down stairs and be standing on your feet for up to 8-10 hours per day
- Hot Food Chef is required to carry out any other reasonable duties as requested by the Manager on duty