Nouriva serves fresh, affordable East African food across Kakuma and Kalobeyei. We’re hiring a Head Cook to run the back-of-house: plan production, cook signature items to standard, manage a small team, control quality and costs, and keep the kitchen audit-ready every day. You’ll coordinate closely with Operations and Delivery so orders leave hot, accurate, and on time. This is a hands-on, on-site role with shift work.
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Head Cook
Operation Kakumafull-time
Applications close on Sep 20, 2025
Lead daily kitchen operations at Nouriva—plan prep, supervise staff, maintain food-safety standards, and deliver consistent East African dishes for delivery, dine-in, and catering.
Responsibilities
- Production & Quality:Set the daily prep list, assign stations, batch and finish core dishes (pilau, chapati, ugali, beans, samaki, chipsi mayai, rolex, specials), check taste/temperature/portion before dispatch.
- Food Safety & Hygiene: Enforce cleaning schedules, hand-washing, cross-contamination control, hot/cold holding, cooling and storage; maintain labels, date marks, and temperature logs.
- Inventory & Cost Control: Receive and check supplies, FIFO rotation, yield tracking, portion control, waste logging; raise purchase requests in time.
- People & Training: Lead 2–6 kitchen staff per shift; train on recipes, knife skills, speed, plating, hygiene; model calm, respectful communication.
- Catering & Events: Scale recipes, plan timelines, and pack safely for bulk orders; coordinate with dispatch for large deliveries.
- Equipment & Maintenance: Daily start-up/shutdown, oil management, calibration checks; report faults early and document fixes.
- Documentation & Reporting: Complete production sheets, temperature/waste logs, incident notes; submit an end-of-day summary.
Requirements
- 2+ years in a busy kitchen (quick-service or hotel/restaurant); shift lead experience preferred.
- Strong command of East African dishes and short-order cooking.
- Working knowledge of food safety (temps, holding, cooling, storage, cleaning).
- Organized under pressure; clear communicator on WhatsApp/phone; basic Google Sheets useful.
Compensation
KES 4000 - 8000