Head Chef - Sustainable Culinary & Smart Kitchen Operations (CCP PMET)
Core
Leading high-volume kitchen production with a focus on sustainable operations, digital forecasting, waste control, and scalable team standards.
Role type
Head Chef (Sustainable & Digital Operations)
Builds
High-volume breakfast and restaurant production, sustainable menu offerings, and scalable kitchen processes.
Domain
Hospitality / Sustainable Food Production / Data Analytics
Required skills
High-volume production planning, digital forecasting, waste analysis, menu engineering, sustainable procurement, inventory management, team training, energy/resource optimization
Preferred skills
Environmental Sustainability Management, Green Procurement, Sustainable Food Production Design, Data Analytics
Technologies
Digital recipe systems, inventory systems, predictive ordering tools, menu analytics platforms
Responsibilities
Maintain recipe, portion, quality, and production standards; Plan high-volume production using occupancy and historical data; Track yield, spoilage, and waste-to-revenue ratios; Collaborate on sustainable supplier assessment and pricing; Implement predictive ordering to reduce dead stock; Develop waste-reduction practices; Monitor energy and water consumption; Engineer menus based on food-cost and margin data; Train staff on standardized production and digital systems; Support scalable processes for future expansion