(AUS-Melbourne) Japanese Specialty Chef

**Job Number** 20047065 **Job Category** Food and Beverage & Culinary **Location** W Melbourne, 408 Flinders Lane, Melbourne, Victoria, Australia VIEW ON MAP **Brand** W Hotels **Schedule** Full-time **Relocation?** No **Position Type** Management **Start Your Journey With Us** A highly celebrated 14 Michelin-starred Japanese restaurant operator, are set to redefine speciality Japanese dining in Australia with their latest collaboration and first restaurant outside of Asia, WARABI. Located within the new W Melbourne opening in December, the Tokyo based team are lending their culinary expertise to create an intimate and elevated Japanese dining experience. With seating for 30 and a private dining room for 10, the offering will be centred around traditional technique with a menu featuring seasonal and local ingredients paired with curated sake list. W Melbourne is the rebel between the streets, taking its design cues from Australia’s cultural capital and providing the back-lane entrance keys to what’s New/Next in the city. Extending the laneway culture inside, 294 chic rooms and suites peel back the layers and revel in the city’s history. WARABI will feature alongside an additional three other bold and daring bars and restaurants within the hotel, plus over 800 square metres of ultra-modern event space. W Melbourne is set to be the place to see and be seen in. **Start Your Journey With Us** Boldly coloring outside the lines of luxury, W turns the traditional notion of the extravagant hotel on its head. Our irreverent attitude and taste for excess redefine revelry for the modern jet set. Our guests have a lust for a life less ordinary that drives them to demand more, experience it all, and hit repeat. We share our guests’ passions, providing insider access to what’s new and what’s next. Moderation is not in our vocabulary and we know that lust for life demands more, not less. W guests soak it in and live each day with a mantra: Detox. Retox. Repeat. If you’re ready to create the energetic W scene that is magnetic to everyday disruptors around the world, then we invite you to explore a career with W Hotels. **JOB SUMMARY** W Melbourne are on the search for a Speciality Japanese Chef to lead the charge at WARABI, developing and innovating new applications and ideas to elevate and position WARABI as a leading speciality Japanese dining restaurant in Australia. The selected talent will be accountable for the quality, consistency and production of this specialty restaurant kitchen. They will exhibit next level culinary talent whilst personally performing tasks while leading the staff and managing all food related functions. The role is focused on coordinating menus, purchasing, staffing and food preparation, whilst maintaining the operating budget. Ongoing development and training of the team is required to ensure guest and employee satisfaction benchmarks are achieved and celebrated. Highest level of sanitation and food standards are expected to be adhered to. **CANDIDATE PROFILE** **Education and Experience** • High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area. OR • 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or related major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area. **CORE WORK ACTIVITIES** **Setting and Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are Met forSpecialty Restaurant** • Develops, designs, or creates new applications, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for specialty restaurant. • Supervises specialty restaurant kitchen shift operations and ensures compliance with all Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures. • Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards. • Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor. • Plans and manages food quantities and plating requirements for the specialty restaurant. • Communications production needs to key personnel. • Assists in developing daily and seasonal menu items for the specialty restaurant. • Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations. • Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products. • Estimates daily specialty restaurant production needs. • Prepares and cooks foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions. • Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met. • Determines how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays. **Leading Kitchen Team** • Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation. • Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to lead, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/integrity; leads by example. • Leads shift teams while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications. • Supervises and manages specialty restaurant kitchen employees. Managing all day-to-day operations. Understanding employee positions well enough to perform duties in employees' absence. • Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members. • Serving as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors. • Ensuring and maintaining the productivity level of employees. • Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations. • Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters. • Establishes and maintains open, collaborative relationships with employees and ensures employees do the same within the team. **Establishing and Maintaining Specialty Restaurant Kitchen Goals** • Sets and supports achievement of kitchen goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc. • Developing specific guidance and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish daily kitchen operations work. • Understands the impact of kitchen operation on the overall property financial goals and objectives and manages to achieve or exceed budgeted goals. • Effectively investigates, reports and follows-up on employee accidents. • Knows and implements company safety standards. **Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service** • Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention. • Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis. • Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching when needed. • Sets a positive example for guest relations. • Emphasizes guest satisfaction during all departmental meetings and focuses on continuous improvement. • Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service. • Handles guest problems and complaints. • Interacts with guests to obtain feedback on product quality and service levels. **Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities** • Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills. • Participates in training specialty restaurant staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes. • Manages employee progressive discipline procedures. • Participates in the employee performance appraisal process, providing feedback as needed. • Uses all available on the job training tools for employees. • Assists as needed in the interviewing and hiring of employee team members with appropriate skills. **Additional Responsibilities** • Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person. • Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems. • Attends and participates in all pertinent meetings. _Marriott International is an equal opportunity employer committed to hiring a diverse workforce and sustaining an inclusive culture. Marriott International does not discriminate on the basis of disability, veteran status or any other basis protected under federal, state or local laws._