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SUMMARY
OVERVIEW
3 Chef Job Vacancies at Singita Grumeti, Tanzania – November 2026 Organization: Singita Grumeti Location: Grumeti, Tanzania Number of job roles: 3 Singita Grumeti has the following culinary job opportunities: Executive Chef Head Chef Pastry Head Chef 1. Executive Chef Location: Grumeti, Tanzania Key
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The Executive Chef reports into the Group Culinary Lead and the Property General Manager and is responsible for the full culinary operation at Grumeti — from kitchen leadership and food quality to community and succession impact.
- Lead, mentor, and develop the Grumeti kitchen brigade, building a strong, capable team and a clear pathway and succession plan for local chefs to grow within it.
- Design and deliver menus and food experiences across all Grumeti outlets that are honest to place — reflecting the Serengeti landscape, seasonality, and Tanzanian culinary tradition — while staying true to Singita’s brand-wide food identity.
- Continue and grow the Singita Community Culinary School (SCCS), ensuring a living succession pipeline of local culinary talent is trained, supported, and progressed into permanent roles.
- Oversee day-to-day kitchen operations, including food safety, hygiene, quality control, and consistency across breakfast, lunch, dinner, bush dining, and special events.
- Manage food cost, stock control, ordering, and supplier relationships, with a strong preference for local and community-based sourcing wherever possible.
- Partner with the Group Culinary Lead, Lodge General Manager, and People team on recruitment, onboarding, performance management, and welfare of the kitchen team.
- Support guest experience innovation where food is at play, working with the Group Culinary Lead and chefs’ team on new openings, seasonal menu changes, and special guest requests or events.
- Maintain accurate kitchen records, food cost reporting, and other documentation required for group-level culinary reporting.
- Uphold and represent Singita’s five food principles— as the evaluating framework behind every food decision made in the kitchen.
RESPONSIBILITIES
- The main purpose of the Head Chef is to manage the kitchen and the quality of food in the various sections, in line with the Singita Standard of Excellence and SOPs.
- Drive the broader goals of the Company by planning and implementing strategic plans and goals.
- Oversee the management of the staff canteens by ensuring that all staff are provided with meals sufficient in quantity and nutrition.
- Ensuring the ultimate food experience for the guests, in line with the food concept of the lodge.
- Effective guest interaction to enhance guest experiences.
- Supervise the quality of food produced and served in a hygienic manner.
- Designing of menu – follow and implement new food concept.
- Monitoring the quality and care of equipment and products – minimising breakage.
- Administration of orders to minimize shortages and wastage.
- Handover
RESPONSIBILITIES
- and requests to the next shift coming on duty and ensure that a handover is received from previous shift, when coming on duty.
- Where applicable: preparation of pastry items to Singita standards, that include, breads; croissants; Danish pastries; ice-creams; sorbets; cakes; biscuits and desserts.
- Identify and eliminate potential risks in the workplace to ensure minimal liability to Singita.
- Run the kitchen in a cost-effective manner, within an agreed budget.
- Strategic management of food to reduce [...]
HOW TO APPLY
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