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Sous Chef - Korean Cuisine
Role summary
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The Sous Chef – Korean Cuisine supports the Executive Chef in managing the Korean kitchen, preparing authentic dishes, maintaining consistent quality, and supervising daily food production. Requirements generally include professional culinary training, several years of experience in Korean cuisine or a comparable Asian kitchen, strong knowledge of ingredients, sauces, cooking techniques, hygiene standards, and food-cost control. The successful candidate should be organized, creative, and able to lead and train team members in a busy luxury-hotel environment. Flexibility, teamwork, attention to detail, and the ability to work shifts, weekends, and public holidays are expected. Experience in an international hotel or upscale restaurant is advantageous.
Can I work in Indonesia?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: Employer files a foreign-worker plan with the Ministry of Manpower and pays a USD 100 a month levy; in practice hotels hire foreigners only for manager and expert posts.
Watch for: Education that fits the post plus competence or 5 years' experience (by law); working on a visit visa risks deportation; the employer pays the levy and visa.
Official source: Ministry of Manpower: TKA Online, foreign-worker plan approval. Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in Indonesia
Usual for Indonesia, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Local staff live off site; managers get an allowance or a villa; remote island resorts may house staff |
|---|---|
| Meals | Duty meals in a staff canteen, or a daily meal allowance |
| Flights | Senior expat packages only: joining flight and a yearly home ticket |
| Service charge | 95% of the service charge goes to staff, half shared equally, half by seniority and performance (by law) |
| Contract | Fixed term tied to the work plan, up to 2 years at a time and renewable; no probation (by law) |
| Leave | 12 working days after a year plus 17 public holidays in 2026; one-month religious-holiday bonus (by law) |
| Income tax | 5% up to IDR 60 million a year (about USD 3,300), then 15%, 25%, 30% and 35% on higher income |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Shangri-La Jakarta
Shangri-La Jakarta is a luxury five-star hotel in central Jakarta, part of Shangri-La Group, an international hospitality company known for Asian-inspired service and properties across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, and North America. The hotel serves business travelers, diplomats, families, and leisure guests, offering accommodation, restaurants, lounges, meeting facilities, and wellness services. Its dining operations typically include several international concepts, creating opportunities for chefs to work with diverse cuisines and professional culinary teams. Shangri-La emphasizes warm hospitality, high service standards, employee development, teamwork, and attention to detail. Staff may receive benefits such as meals, uniforms, training, medical support, service charge, and career opportunities within the wider group, although exact benefits depend on the employment contract and local policy.