Canteen Chef de Partie (Cuoco Capo Partita Mensa)

POSITION SUMMARY

Apply now to join the Corinthia Rome Pre-Opening Team — and help us define a new era of hospitality!

A new icon is rising in the Eternal City. Corinthia Rome is preparing to open its doors in one of the most prestigious and historic locations in the city — and we are looking for a brilliant Canteen Chef to join our pre-opening team.

This is a unique opportunity to contribute to create a synergical and remarkable Kitchen team, directly hired by our Hotel with a long term horizon.

Our Canteen Chef reports to the Executive Chef and aims to organize and deliver excellent canteen meals with a passion to satisfy the colleagues, keeping a constant eye for HACCP compliance. Our Canteen Chef also guarantees the respect of the day to day Health & Safety, business and logistical policies and standards.

What you’ll focus on

• Managing the Canteen meals’ preparation, minimizing the wastage of food and guaranteeing the highest cleanliness and hygiene of all equipment and areas of responsibility,
• Assuring agreed food standards are maintained at all times,
• Liaising with the Executive Chef to ensure accurate food cost and anticipating potential opportunities,
• Attending department training sessions and meetings required,
• Collaborating synergically with other departments (for example, registering the food intolerances of any employees),
• Supporting the kitchen operations in times of demand,
• Ordering foodstuffs as required and ensuring that stock is rotated, labelled and stored in compliance with HACCP manual and Corinthia standards,
• Generally being responsible for eco-sustainability, minimizing the wastage of utilities, such as gas, electricity and water,
• Ensuring that all refrigerated areas are kept clean and temperatures are maintained at correct levels and recorded in the correct manner,
• Timely reporting any defects in the kitchen and in the equipment according to Hotel procedures.

Who we are looking for

• Proven experience as Canteen Chef / Banqueting Chef preferably within Luxury Hotels,
• Demonstrate skills in several parties such as pastas, seafood, meats, vegetables…
• Mandatory knowledge of HACCP,
• Proficiency in Italian and English,
• Strong interpersonal and organizational skills,
• Flexibility, manual dexterity and skills at handiwork are a must,
• Team working and excellent time management for meeting operational needs,
• A proactive, collaborative, team working mindset, high attention to details and stress management are a must,
• Must be comfortable with weekend and national holidays shifts on rotation and unsociable hours if business requires,
• Legal right to work in Italy.

Why to join Corinthia Rome?

You’ll be part of a once-in-a-lifetime project — shaping a 5-star Luxury Hotel from the very beginning.

Corinthia is known globally for elegance, authenticity and excellence and in the historic heart of Rome that legacy will come to life in a breathtaking way.

If you're passionate about Canteen preparation and ready to leave your mark on the next great Luxury Hotel in the downtown of Rome, we can’t wait to hear from you!