Strong culinary ability by preparing and plating of all food items and you will be handling the à la carte food preparation for the Lounge at Heathrow Airport. You will need to have a strong knowledge of food hygiene and safety and always maintaining a clean and safe kitchen including completing all HACCP requirements in your daily duties. In your role you will handling Halal meat so it’s important that you understand the Halal preparation requirements. Also you will need to have a positive approach with all service staff and lounge management and the ability to supervise the Commis and Kitchen Stewards.

• Always Ensuring food safety and hygiene
• Preparation and plating of all food items as per agreed menu specifications
• Ensuring that all kitchen equipment is used as per Standard Operating Procedures and agreed specifications
• Ensuring portion control is followed as per the client standards and agreed menu specifications
• Monitoring and maintaining expiry/use by dates of all food items so that all items offered to passengers are well within expiry
• Daily orders of food requirements for the next food service period
• Avoiding wastage of food and beverages through effective requisitions
• Maintaining kitchen cleanliness together with the stewarding staff to ensure that all aspects of food hygiene are a top priority
• Maintaining fridge temperatures, monitoring food labels and all other food safety systems stipulated by the Service Provider 
• Items on the agreed food menus that are unavailable are communicated to the service team promptly
• Play an active role in keeping the whole kitchen environment up to a high level of kitchen hygiene