Pure Job Opportunities Kenya | Chef de Cuisine - Pan-Asian Restaurant - Nairobi Serena Hotel

Vacancy: Chef de Cuisine

•Pan-Asian Restaurant

Location: Nairobi Serena Hotel

Employment Type: Full-Time

Job Purpose

Nairobi Serena Hotel is seeking an experienced, creative, and quality-focused Chef de Cuisine

to lead the culinary operations of our Pan-Asian restaurant. The successful candidate will be

responsible for designing and executing an authentic, innovative, and commercially viable

Southeast Asian-inspired menu while ensuring consistency, quality, cost control, food safety,

and an exceptional guest dining experience.

The ideal candidate should demonstrate strong expertise in authentic Southeast Asian cuisine,

with practical knowledge of dishes, ingredients, cooking techniques, sauces, herbs, spices, and

presentation styles from cuisines such as Thai, Vietnamese, Malaysian, Indonesian,

Singaporean, and other regional Asian culinary traditions.

Key Responsibilities

•Lead the day-to-day culinary operations of the Pan-Asian restaurant’s kitchen, ensuring

smooth kitchen workflow, high productivity, and excellent service delivery.

•Design, develop, and implement authentic Pan-Asian menus that reflect quality,

creativity, seasonality, and cultural authenticity.

•Prepare, standardize, and maintain detailed recipes, including ingredients, methods of

preparation, portion sizes, plating standards, allergen information, and yield controls.

•Conduct accurate food costing for all menu items and work closely with the Executive

Chef and Cost Controller to maintain approved food cost targets.

•Ensure consistent quality, taste, presentation, portioning, and temperature of all dishes

served from the restaurant’s kitchen.

•Carry out regular quality checks on raw ingredients, mise en place, cooked products, à

la carte items, and final plate presentation.

•Train, coach, supervise, and motivate kitchen team members in Pan-Asian cooking

techniques, hygiene practices, food safety, presentation standards, and service

expectations.

•Maintain high standards of food safety, sanitation, cleanliness, and storage in line with

Nairobi Serena Hotel’s policies and applicable public health regulations.

•Monitor stock levels, and ensure the proper use, storage, rotation, and control of

ingredients, especially specialty Asian products.

•Work collaboratively with service teams to ensure menu knowledge, smooth guest

communication, and prompt resolution of guest feedback relating to food quality or

presentation.

•Introduce creative chef’s specials, tasting menus, promotions, and culinary concepts

that enhance the restaurant’s reputation and guest experience.

•Ensure kitchen equipment is used properly, maintained in good working condition, and

reported promptly when repairs or replacements are required.

Required

Qualifications

& Experience

•Professional training in Culinary Arts, Hotel Management, Food Production, or a

related field.

•Working experience of 3-5 years as a Chef de Cuisine, Sous Chef, Specialty Chef, or

senior culinary leader in a Pan-Asian, or high-quality specialty restaurant.

•Strong hands-on ability to prepare authentic Southeast Asian dishes using traditional

and contemporary cooking techniques.

•Excellent knowledge of Asian ingredients, condiments, sauces, spices, noodles, rice

dishes, broths, marinades, seafood, meats, vegetables, and specialty cooking methods.

•Demonstrated experience in menu design, menu engineering, recipe writing, costing,

portion control, and quality assurance.

•Strong leadership, organizational, planning, training, and team management skills.

•Good understanding of food hygiene, HACCP principles, kitchen safety, stock control,

and waste management.

•Ability to communicate clearly and professionally in English, both verbally and in

writing.

•Proven commercial awareness especially in food costing and cost control.

Interested applicants who meet the above criteria are invited to submit their application

including an updated CV to: Email: Jobvacancy.kenya@serenahotels.com, on or before 28th August

2026.

Chef de Cuisine - Pan-Asian Restaurant - Nairobi Serena Hotel

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