Head Chef

Head Chef position available in Franschhoek.

Core Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee all kitchen operations, ensuring exceptional food quality, presentation, and guest satisfaction.


• Create and maintain seasonal menus, special dining experiences, picnics, “braais”, conferences, and private dining events.


• Ensure all guest dietary requirements and special requests are accommodated to the highest standard.


• Manage daily kitchen operations, including staff scheduling, service planning, and team coordination.


• Lead, mentor, train, and develop kitchen staff to maintain high culinary and service standards.


• Conduct regular team meetings, performance reviews, and identify training and development needs.


• Monitor food quality, recipe adherence, portion control, and presentation standards.


• Manage food costs, labour costs, stock levels, ordering,...