Chef - Meliá Barajas

Description

***“The world is yours with Meliá”*** Discover a limitless path at Meliá, where growth and development opportunities are infinite. Embark on a journey that will take you to work across multiple countries and become part of our extensive global family. **Discover some of the benefits we offer:** * **My MeliáRewards:** Participate in our exclusive loyalty program and enjoy unique benefits and advantages. * **My MeliáBenefits:** Take advantage of flexible compensation and exclusive discounts on a wide variety of products and services, promoting an active and healthy lifestyle. At the Meliá Barajas hotel, we are seeking a Chef responsible for food preparation/regeneration and presentation in the kitchen to which they are assigned, by efficiently performing their duties while consistently meeting established quality standards and recipes for each requested dish, with special attention paid to creativity, composition, seasoning, and presentation to ensure guest and customer satisfaction—and earn their recognition and preference for the hotel’s cuisine. **Primary Mission** * Follow instructions from your immediate supervisor regarding shifts, schedules, daily tasks, and workload, supported by the assigned Kitchen Assistant. * Organize the cold room and refrigerators in your station to ensure optimal use of ingredients, continuously striving to achieve the highest efficiency levels in resource utilization within your section and department. * Monitor the condition of all refrigerated items, using the oldest stock first and separating newly received items for later use. Continuously verify that appropriate temperatures are maintained in refrigerators and cold rooms. * Carry out assigned production according to procedures and presentation standards defined in quality guidelines, recipes, and photographs, monitoring portion control and ensuring waste remains at the minimum acceptable level. * Ensure all requests from the point-of-service area are fulfilled efficiently and promptly, meeting required specifications for accompaniments, cooking degrees, etc. * Comply with HACCP, safety, cleanliness, and hygiene regulations in all duties, maintaining the highest hygiene, cleanliness, and order standards, minimizing accident risks arising from unsafe practices, and guaranteeing the quality of prepared food. * Ensure all ingredients used in preparations meet quality, quantity, and yield standards, reporting any anomalies or deviations immediately to your immediate supervisor. * Maintain close communication with your immediate supervisor to coordinate interactions between your section and other kitchen areas, the point-of-service area, and other hotel departments. * Immediately inform your supervisor of any issues arising during your duties that may affect section operations. **What are we looking for in you?** EDUCATION AND TRAINING: University degree and/or higher education in Tourism; training in Gastronomy/Culinary Arts/Cooking…; Food Handling certification. LANGUAGES: Native Spanish; intermediate English is valued. SPECIFIC KNOWLEDGE: Knowledge of food handling, food hygiene, and safety. Culinary knowledge specific to the role. Proficiency in Microsoft Office and tools related to the position. Knowledge of hotel operations. Versatility across offered services. Teamwork, passion for service, and customer orientation. Team spirit. Proactivity. EXPERIENCE: Minimum 1 year of experience in a similar position at 4- and 5-star hotels. **What do we offer you?** * Join an internationally leading hotel company. * Genuine professional development and internal mobility opportunities. * Continuous training and access to development programs. * Exclusive employee discounts and benefits. * An excellent working environment at one of Madrid’s most prestigious hotels. **At Meliá, everyone is VIP** *At Meliá Hotels International, we champion* ***equal opportunities*** *for* ***women and men*** *in the workplace, backed by management commitment and the principles outlined in our Human Resources policies. Likewise, we value fostering throughout our entire workforce a corporate culture committed to effective equality and raising awareness about the need for joint, global action.* *We advance our commitment to* ***equality and diversity****, avoiding any form of discrimination—particularly based on disability, race, religion, gender, or age. We believe that* ***diversity and inclusion among our employees are fundamental to our success as a global company****.* *Furthermore, we support the sustainable growth of our industry through a socially responsible human team. In this regard, our motto is “****Toward a sustainable future, from a responsible present****.” Thanks to all our collaborators, this becomes possible.* To protect you and prevent fraud during recruitment processes, we invite you to review our recommendations on the "**Protect Your Application**" page. If you want to be “**Very Inspiring People**,” follow us on: **INSTAGRAM** **–** **TIKTOK** **–** **LINKEDIN** **–** **INDEED** **–** **GLASSDOOR**