Cook

REF 1806238

18.05.2025 | Dubai | full time

Description: As a hospital chef, you prepare and cook foods following precise recipes that are designed to provide a high quality nutritional meal for patients to aid their recovery. These national recipes also contribute to an efficient spend, ensuring portion control to contributing to the reduction of food waste. A hospital chef ensures that strict food safety standards are followed, ensuring the meals served are safe for consumption.

The duties of a hospital chef include:

. Preparing meals to meet the patients dietary or cultural requirement
. Providing healthy food that is appealing to encourage patients to eat
. Preparing meals for general Hospital Restaurant and occasional buffet / function requests.
. Control of food safety and quality through continuous monitoring of food temperature.
. Cleaning of the main kitchen and equipment in accordance to cleaning specifications and hygienic standards

Hours of Work
The normal hours of work associated with the post are 39 hours per week usually
discharged between the hours of 6.30am to 8.30pm on a Monday to Sunday basis.
The roster week is 5/7 days. The appointee may be required to attend at such other
times as are required for the proper discharge of duties including attendance
outside normal working hours.

Salary
Remuneration is in accordance with the Executive Chef Salary scale approved by
the Department of Health and Children Current scale.

Requirements: Experience of working in a busy kitchen environment is expected, along with the ability to cook good healthy meals from scratch.

You should hold, as a minimum, a basic food hygiene certificate which of course should be up to date. As you would be working with vulnerable residents, expect a company to ask for a full DBS disclosure.

Provisions: Salary: to be discussed; Employment visa provided; Transportation provided; Housing provided; Medical insurance provided