HEAD CHEF

About the Role

Property: COMO Metropolitan Bangkok
Position: Head Chef
Division: Food & Beverage
Department: Kitchen
Reports to: General Manager

Job Purpose: To oversee daily kitchen operations across all outlets, ensuring smooth service and consistent food quality. This role involves leading the culinary and food & beverage teams, creating innovative menus, managing kitchen budgets, maintaining the highest standards of hygiene and safety and delivering high quality services to provide an exceptional dining experience for guests.

Responsibilities

• Oversee daily kitchen operations across all outlets to ensure smooth service and consistent food quality.
• Execute the brand’s culinary philosophy through refined presentations, balanced flavours, and seasonal produce.
• Lead menu planning, recipe development, tasting sessions, and rollouts for new concepts; introduce seasonal specials, event menus, tasting experiences and bespoke dining solutions.
• Maintain production standards; ensure recipes, portion sizes and presentation guidelines are met; support R&D for new F&B concepts, wellness menus, banqueting and retail products.
• Manage food cost, labour cost and operating expenses; ensure accurate recipe costing, portion control, yield management and storage procedures; review weekly and monthly financials and forecasts.
• Collaborate with purchasing to source high-quality, sustainable ingredients; work with F&B, service, operations, procurement, engineering and finance teams.
• Enforce HACCP, local regulations and internal hygiene protocols; conduct regular kitchen inspections and maintain cleaning and sanitation standards; ensure occupational health and safety compliance.
• Lead, coach and mentor the culinary team; recruit, train and develop kitchen staff; conduct performance reviews and build succession plans; foster a positive, inclusive and disciplined kitchen culture.
• Engage with guests during service as required; handle special dietary needs; manage guest feedback and resolve service issues; conduct tastings, quality checks and mystery-diner reviews.
• Adhere to hotel standards for personal hygiene, attire, conduct, emergency procedures and sustainable practices; undertake additional tasks as instructed by the superior.

Additional Information

• Performance evaluation based on departmental goals, guest comments and complaints, and individual performance vs hotel standards.
• Please email CV to: kiraya.panitchayakankul@comohotels.com