Executive Chinese Chef

Role summary

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The Executive Chinese Chef is responsible for leading the Chinese kitchen, creating authentic and appealing menus, maintaining consistent food quality, controlling costs, and ensuring high standards of hygiene and safety. Candidates are expected to have substantial experience in Chinese cuisine, ideally in a luxury hotel or international resort, with strong knowledge of Cantonese and regional cooking techniques. The role requires proven kitchen leadership, staff training, menu planning, purchasing and inventory skills, and the ability to work under pressure. Good communication, creativity, discipline, and an understanding of guest expectations are important. Experience with HACCP procedures and hotel operations would be highly advantageous.

About the employer

Shangri-La is a leading luxury hospitality group founded in Asia and known for its hotels, resorts and exceptional service. The group operates properties across Asia, the Middle East, Europe and other international markets, offering accommodation, restaurants, meeting facilities and wellness experiences. Shangri-La places strong emphasis on warm Asian hospitality, personalized guest service, culinary quality and colleague development. Its Indonesian operations serve both international travelers and local guests, with teams working in culturally diverse, high-service environments. Depending on the property, employees may receive benefits such as meals, accommodation or housing support, medical coverage, service charge and opportunities for training or internal career mobility. The company generally expects professionalism, teamwork, attention to detail and a genuine commitment to creating memorable guest experiences.