Head Chef - Upholder of Doing It Right

As It Should Be was founded in 2023 and is based close to Al Hiyar in the UAE. The team are passionate about producing the best quality food and are laser focused on one target….. Doing it right.Always!Quality in everything we do is our key goal.The fair treatment of everyone and treating everyone with respect is our core DNA and our unwavering commitment to this is how we operate.As It Should Be.

As It Should Be now has an exciting opportunity to join a specialist team of trailblazers, who thrive on overcoming challenges and have a fearless belief that no matter what you do, you can make a difference by Doing It Right…… Always!

This newly created role reports to one of our Founders and is part of our second phase, moving from farm construction to operating. This should excite you, as you will be joining a team at the beginning of our extremely well planned and thoroughly powerful journey. You will be someone who wants to feel passionate about what you are doing and why you are doing it. With us, the enthusiasm is infectious so you should be a person who is deeply motivated by the impact you can make in the world. Yes, we think that big!

Your role in As It Should Be’s success will predominantly focus on the development of our staff restaurant, designed to feed up to 200 employees across different shift patterns. You will be working with our home grown produce, adapting and adjusting the menu according to what is ready for harvest. Our team live and work on site and we are firm believers in making sure our food is not only nutritious, but also varied and delicious. Our staff restaurant will be a place to socialise, relax, enjoy and have fun, so you will need to love your job and treat the space like an extremely fun restaurant with paying guests. It is indeed a staff restaurant with a difference!

This role also has the opportunity to expand and grow, impacting many other aspects of our business as we diversify our product offerings and establish our brand in the market, therefore there will be great opportunities for upward mobility and career growth as the business expands.

Responsibilities:

As Head Chef you will oversee the day-to-day running of the kitchen and be able to manage, lead, motivate and develop the team.

Our most successful Head Chef is someone who:

• Has at least 5 years experience including a fine dining background in awarded restaurants
• Is passionate about flavours from across the world
• Is talented and creative
• Loves to work in a team and has great people skills
• Wants to grow within a new brand
• Wants to work in a place that makes you proud
• Has an approachable, positive and growth mindset
• Desires the freedom to own a space and make it their vision

As our Head Chef you will:

• Exhibit culinary talents by personally performing tasks
• Lead the staff and managing all food related functions
• Work to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction
• Be responsible for guiding and developing the restaurant chefs
• Develop educational or training programs or classes, and teaches or instructs others
• Maximizes the financial performance
• Supervise all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high quality product is produced
• Ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved
• Be responsible for and oversee all food preparation and all support areas (e.g., dish room and purchasing)
• Review staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met

Due to the relatively remote location, As It Should Be has focused on providing every team member with all the tools required to live comfortably, enjoy their surroundings and to have all they require to live on site.These include:

• Accommodation provided with daily cleaning services
• All meals and snacks
• Company smartphone
• Company Laptop
• Company provided Health Insurance
• Annual Ticket Allowance

To apply for this opportunity, please send your CV to Opportunities@asitshouldbe.life