Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.
Launched in Dubai, UAE in January , Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July , Kitopi announced its $ million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.
As a leading food-tech business, Kitopi’s growth has been largely fueled by its innovative and scalable software solutions. Kitopi’s kitchens are powered by its proprietary Smart Kitchen Operating System (SKOS) - an in-house suite of applications that optimizes cloud kitchen operations in real-time. As part of its growth roadmap, technological innovation, data science, artificial intelligence, and robotics will take center stage as Kitopi continues to reinvent the food industry as we know it today.
With over 4, employees, Kitopi currently operates + locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, its robotics hub in Denmark, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.
As a Manager - Culinary, you will be managing, guiding, and training Head Chefs across several kitchens, making sure all Food quality and standards across multiple brands are maintained.
What You'll Do
- Leading the onboarding Chefs on new brand onboarding (staff training, station layouts, recipe control, cooking procedures, optimization).
- Working closely with Growth team on new brand Onboarding and Brand performance after opening.
- Working closely with operation team on Layouts, workflow, and P&L projects
- Managing Head chefs
- Leading on brand onboardings and integrations from culinary perspective
- Maintaining the right brand standards and quality
- Supporting Operation team on all Culinary related projects.
What We Look For
- 7+ years of experience and proven track record holder as a Kitchen Operations Management professional from an international food supplier!
- Bachelors or Diploma in culinary arts or hospitality management.
- Extensive knowledge across different cuisines including but not limited to Demonstrate extensive knowledge of one or more of the following cuisines: Italian, Lebanese, Mexican, Bakery, Oriental, International, Butchery, and both hot and cold section.
- Experience in recipe planning and management.
- Extensive knowledge of kitchen equipment, profit & loss management, and various cooking techniques.
- Should have excellent communication skills, management skills as well as strong planning, organizing and analytical skills.