Sancak Inflight Service has state-of-art production facilities based around seven International Airports around Turkey, including Antalya, Bodrum, İzmir, Dalaman, Ankara. We have an open position for an Executive Chef, who would mainly be responsible for the whole production process within all the facilities across Turkey. Preferably living in Istanbul, however residency in other cities (i.e, Antalya, İzmir, Ankara, Dalaman, Bodrum) will also be taken into consideration. 

İş Tanımı/Job Description 

What will I be doing?

As an Executive Chef, you are fully responsible for developing the reputation of the airline catering and the production of excellent quality food throughout the airline catering, and the development of a high quality kitchen brigade. An Executive Chef will oversee the operational management of the kitchen and team members. Specifically, an Executive Chef will perform the following tasks to the highest standards:

Lead of the kitchen brigade and ensure ongoing development of team members. Identify an effective approach to succession planning, create menus that meet and exceed customers' needs and conform to brand standards, ensure the consistent production of high quality food through all airline catering production facilities, develop positive customer relations through proactive interaction with guests, team members, contractors, and suppliers, to resolve promptly and completely any issues that may arise in the kitchen or related areas among guests and team members, manage department operations, including budgeting, forecasting, resource planning, and waste management, manage all aspects of the kitchen including operational, quality and administrative functions, actively seek verbal feedback from customers on a regular basis and respond to all guest queries in a timely and efficient manner, ensuring adequate resources are available according to business needs, manage the provision of production facilities and taking action where necessary to ensure compliance with current legislation, control costs without compromising standards, improving gross profit margins and other departmental and financial targets, ensure team members have an up-to-date knowledge of menu items, special promotions, functions and events, maintain good communication and work relationships in all catering areas, ensure that staffing levels are maintained to cover business demands, ensure monthly communication meetings are conducted and post-meeting minutes generated, manage staff performance issues in compliance with company policies and procedures, recruit, manage, train and develop the kitchen team legislation, ensure maintenance, hygiene and hazard issues are dealt within a timely manner, manage financial performance of the department so that all plannings are in line with catering objectives, manage food control systems are adhered to them  so margins are on target in a pro-active way, regular review of all menus with production manager to confirm offerings are in line with market trends, to be environmentally aware, to ensure food wastage program is adhered to so that margins are on target, responsible for ensuring that the monthly working schedules are made and maintained in accordance with local legislation, to participate in food presentations as designated  by the sales and marketing manager, to be responsible for technical advise on menu presentations.

Aranan Nitelikler/Job Specification 

What are we looking for?

An Executive Chef always working on behalf of our guests and working with other team members. To successfully fill this role, you should maintain the attitude, behaviours, skills, and values that follow:

Previous, relevant experience as an Executive Chef, or a high-performing Sous Chef in a first class property, required Excellent leadership skills, a creative approach to the production of high quality food, a business focused approach to managing a hotel and airline catering kitchen, excellent communication skills, ability to build relationships internally and externally, excellent planning and organizational skills, ability to multi-task and meet deadlines, a current, valid, and relevant trade qualification (proof may be required).

It would also be advantageous in this position for you to demonstrate the following capabilities and distinctions:

A certification in management Proficiency with computers and computer programs, including Microsoft Word, Excel and Outlook.