Sous Chef Job at Marriott Bonvoy (Johannesburg)

Sous Chef

Marriott Bonvoy

Location:
South Africa , Johannesburg

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Job Description:

The Development Chef is responsible for the research, creation, testing, and implementation of innovative, commercially viable menu concepts across all hotel food outlets. This role drives culinary excellence, consistency, brand alignment, cost control, and revenue growth across Breakfast, A La Carte, Room Service, Archer Bar, Pool Bar, Great Room, Keystone and Banqueting operations. The Development Chef ensures all menus align with brand standards, market trends, guest expectations, and financial targets.

Job Responsibility:

Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are met for Restaurant
Creating new, trend-driven and brand-aligned menus
Developing and documenting standardized recipes with full costing and yield controls
Producing plating guides and photographic standards for consistent execution
Develops, designs, tests and creates new menus, ideas, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions for restaurants
Supervises 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 restaurant
Communications production needs to key personnel
Developing daily and seasonal menu items for the restaurants with training of chefs, picture standards, recipes and documentation
Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations
Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products
Estimates daily 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 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 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 health & 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 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
Does daily briefings

Requirements:

High school diploma or GED
7 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
5-7 years' experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or related professional area

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

Employment Type:

Parttime

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Sous Chef

Marriott Bonvoy

Location:
South Africa , Johannesburg

Category:
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Contract Type:
Not provided

Salary:

Job Description:

Job Responsibility:

Requirements:

Additional Information:

Job Posted:
February 13, 2026

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