Food Specialist

4 weeks ago


Cape Town, South Africa vida e caffe Full time

**PURPOSE OF THE POSITION**
The Food Specialist is responsible for all food preparation and production in the store, focusing on quality, presentation and the freshness of the ingredients used.

**KEY RESPONSIBILITIES AND DUTIES**:
**1. Cleaning**
**Back of house**:
Cupboards and shelving
Food prep station and surfaces
Scale and baking utensils
Oven, cooling fan and cooling rack
Oven, salamander, sandwich press, microwave and meat slicer
Fridge/freezer
Food storage containers
**Front of house**:
Display fridge and/or shelves
**2. Maintaining**:
**Back of house**:
Food safety and hygiene
Stock rotation and organisation
Top-up
Food prep
**Front of house**:
Top-up and organising
Food items
Packaging
**3. Conducting and completing**:
**Checklists**:
Opening
Food preparation
Daily/weekly deep clean
**4. Preparing**
**Food items**:
Muffins & pastries
Croissants, panini’s, rolls, tostas, wraps and salads
**5. Contributing and monitoring**
**Atmosphere**:
Communicating using the correct company jargon
Customer focused
**6. Sales**
**Food items**:
Detailed product knowledge
Serving and interacting with customers on the food display
**7. Additional**
**Meza duties**:
Assisting Meza on all duties, according to the Meza job description

**REQUIRED SKILLS**:
Good command of the English language, both verbal and written
Can communicate clearly with colleagues and customers
Must be able to work in high pressured environment
Must be willing to work long hours
Takes pride in personal appearance and hygiene
Good understanding of basic customer service and hospitality principles
Must be able to perform independently, as well as excel as part of a team
Always willing to work, learn and grow - “siyafunda, siyakhula”
Passionate, driven and self-motivated individual, with a love for food
Must have a good understanding of food handler’s hygiene & able to implement and follow at all times
Must be willing and able to openly interact with customers
- **STORE LOCATION: vida e caffe Flamingo Square, Tableview, Cape Town**_

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent


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