Job description
Located near the World Heritage site Kinkaku-ji, our restaurant has been in business for over 60 years and is patronized daily by many customers, including locals, foreign tourists, and students on school trips. Our menu is diverse, featuring our specialty "Kinkaku Bento" as well as yuba and yudofu. We are currently seeking a Head Chef candidate who will lead us into the future.
Responsibilities include overall cooking, kitchen management, procurement, and in the future, attendance management and training for the culinary department.
Meal volume is around 200 meals per day during peak seasons of April-May and October-November. During off-peak seasons, there are many days with only walk-in customers and no reservations. We will provide guidance until you are accustomed to the role. You will work alongside the current Head Chef to create the future of Kinkaku.
*Scope of change in job description: No change
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Experience, knowledge, skills, etc. preferred: Cooking experience, and experience in staff attendance management, training, and other guidance.
About the company
Food and beverage industry "Oshokujidokoro Kintsuru"・Hotel management "Hotel Sasaryndo"
A company that challenges with new ideas, unconstrained by tradition and formality.
We welcome those who want to be in charge of main cooking, want to work for a stable company, and want to challenge to become a head chef utilizing their cooking skills.
It is a restaurant with a calm atmosphere, so you can work in an environment where you can fully focus on cooking and aim for further skill improvement.
We also want you to be involved in building new restaurants in the future.
We close the restaurant by 3:00 PM on most days throughout the year (we operate at night if there are reservations for 20 or more people, so there are days when we have evening reservations). After cleaning up and preparing for the next day, we usually finish work around 6:00 PM.
While we are a historic Japanese restaurant that has been in business for 50 years, our strength is that we provide an environment where you can work true to yourself.
Other info (from job posting)
* Experienced individuals can join as immediate assets.
* Possibility of operating during dinner hours by reservation.
* Work during dinner hours (18:30-20:30) may occur once or twice a month as overtime (may increase depending on the season).
* Online self-application accepted (no referral letter required).
* Bicycle commuting: Possible. Motorcycle commuting: Consultation required.
Some free-text details (such as special notes or the reason for age restrictions) may still appear in the original Japanese until an accurate translation is confirmed, since translating them out of context could distort their meaning.
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