Head Cook - Hamad Medical Corporation

1. Supervise and coordinate activities of Cooks and Asst. Cooks, taking responsibility for the operation of his unit and management of staff, including determining production schedules and personnel requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
2. Ensure that food items are prepared following the approved menu and standard recipes
3. Responsible for store requisitions for groceries, perishables and other food items issued by the sub-provision store and meat items from the meat cold room
4. Inspect kitchen supplies, equipment and work area to ensure conformance to established HMC standards
5. Coordinates with the Catering Supervisor and/or Dietetics staff to ensure that food prepared conforms to the patients’ individual requirements as specified in the Daily Diet Requisition Sheet
6. Assign personnel to record daily inventory
7. Collaborate with other Head Cooks and Catering Supervisors on planning and developing menus and recipes taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and food preferences of HMC’s multi-cultural customer base
8. Reduce and control wastage of food and non-food items
9. Comply with HMC policies and procedures, and in particular infection control, safety and quality management

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