DEMI CHEF – InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa

IHG® Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s leading hotel companies, with a promise to provide True Hospitality for everyone. As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand. If you’d like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

Do you see yourself as a Demi Chef – Pastry at InterContinental Fiji Golf Resort & Spa?

As Demi Chef – Pastry, you will be a motivated person with a positive attitude who has an interest to progress your culinary career and exposure to leadership, skill development, and versatility amongst different outlets of the Culinary/Food & Beverage Department.

Your day to day

Every day is different, but you’ll mostly be:

• Working alongside Senior Chefs to grow your skills, whilst training, supervising and supporting those in more junior positions and apprentices.
• The opportunity to influence seasonal menus.
• Prepare and present menu items showing variety and flair, whilst simultaneously achieving budget requirements.
• Perform all duties and tasks when rotated or assigned to another department as per departmental standards.
• Have a thorough understanding and knowledge of all food and beverage items in the menu and the ability to recommend food and beverage combinations and upsell alternatives.
• Assist the Senior Sous Chef and Junior Sous Chefs in ensuring all culinary standards comply with company and hotel policy and procedure.
• Drive HACCP culture within assigned kitchen ensuring standards are continuously met and procedures are followed at all times.
• Assist in effective payroll control through a flexible work force maximizing utilization of employees with other kitchen outlets.
• Assign responsibility to subordinates, implementing the multi-tasking principle and to check their performance periodically.
• Ensure colleague training is completed as per brand standards and identify and promote opportunities of growth for engagement within the team.
• Ensure guest satisfaction and customer experience by following IHG policies and procedures

What we need from you

To be successful in this role, you will need:

• Commercial cookery/ baking & pastry certification and will have worked with a food safety system such as HACCP.
• Minimum 3 years previous culinary experience, ideally with leadership exposure and in a hotel or luxury restaurant environment.
• Commitment to work rotating shifts, weekends and public holidays.
• Great communication skills.  
• Oral and written fluency in English.
• Outgoing and people oriented. 
• Able to multi-tasks and ability to handle stressful situations. 
• Proficient in Excel and Microsoft word (optional). 
• Look smart – wear your uniform with pride.
• Excellent communication skills, attention to detail, enthusiasm to learn new things and above all, a can-do attitude.
• Creatively focused and have a genuine passion for creating exceptional cuisine.

How do I deliver this?

There’s so much more to the job than we can capture here. It’s simply about creating great experiences, doing the right thing and understanding people.

What we offer

We give our people everything they need to succeed. From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life – including a medical cover, term life insurance, birthday leave, community service leave, paternal leave, impressive room discounts and some of the best training in the business.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well – both inside and outside of work – and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. 

So, join us and you’ll become part of our ever-growing global family.