Head Chef

"Family Food" is a leading company in the food industry in the Imereti region. We own a modern, 3000 sq.m. production facility equipped with European-standard technology, where high-quality ready-to-eat food and confectionery products are created daily.

The company is expanding and "Family Food" is looking for a highly qualified and experienced Head Chef with extensive professional knowledge, a deep understanding of food technology, and the ability to strategically develop the production of ready-to-eat food products.

The main goal of this position is to improve the existing product range, create new products, refine taste and quality standards, optimize technological processes, and implement modern approaches.

Remuneration and working conditions:

Salary: 3,000-5,000 GEL, depending on the candidate's experience and professional competence; Cooperation format: both full-time and project/consulting cooperation are considered; Workplace: Kutaisi, Nikaia Street N21

Qualification requirements:

Experience: at least 10 years of professional experience as a chef; Kitchen knowledge: in-depth knowledge of Georgian and international cuisine, traditional and modern cooking technologies; Hot and cold dishes: high professional level of preparation of salads, soups, main courses, side dishes, sauces, and other ready-to-eat food products; Meat technology: knowledge of selection, quality assessment, cutting, processing, marinating, and thermal processing of various types of meat; Storage technologies: knowledge of cooling, packaging, storage, freezing, and canning technologies for finished products; Production technologies: knowledge of large-scale food production specifics, recipe adaptation to production scales, and ensuring product quality stability; Technological equipment: knowledge of modern professional equipment and devices, their capabilities, and the ability to assess their needs; Priority: experience working in a chain food business, centralized kitchen, or ready-to-eat food production.

Main responsibilities:

Assessment of the existing product range and development of improvement paths; Creation and implementation of new dishes and ready-to-eat food products; Refining the taste properties, texture, visual aspect, and quality standards of dishes; Development of technological cards and improvement of existing recipes; Optimization of raw material yield and technological losses; Improvement of meat and other raw material processing technologies; Evaluation of product cooling, packaging, and storage methods and preparation of recommendations for improvement; Search for modern technologies and production equipment, assessment of their implementation needs, and presentation of relevant recommendations; Offering new technological solutions and product range development initiatives.

Application procedure:

Interested candidates, please send your CV and a portfolio of professional experience to the email address.