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About the Role
As Sous Chef, you will play a key leadership role in the kitchen, supporting the Executive Chef in daily operations, supervising kitchen staff, and ensuring every dish meets Gaia’s quality and presentation standards. This is an excellent opportunity for a motivated chef looking to grow within a professional and dynamic culinary environment.
Responsibilities
- Support the Head Chef in the day-to-day running of the kitchen
- Supervise food preparation and ensure consistency, quality, and presentation standards are met
- Manage kitchen stations and work service as required
- Assist with ordering, inventory management, and cost control
- Support menu development and recipe consistency
- Ensure proper staffing levels to maintain productivity and service standards
- Train and mentor junior kitchen team members
- Maintain food safety, hygiene, and operational standards
- Monitor portion control and food waste
- Help maintain a positive and professional kitchen culture
Requirements
- Minimum 5 years of professional kitchen experience
- Strong knowledge of kitchen operations and food safety standards
- Leadership experience in a high-volume or premium restaurant environment preferred
- Excellent organisational and communication skills
- Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment
- Flexible availability including evenings, weekends, and holidays
Location
- Dubai
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- 5 years of professional kitchen experience
Education Level
- Diploma in Professional Cookery or equivalent experience preferred
Salary/Compensations
- £58,000 per annum plus tips
Benefits
- Career development opportunities
- Professional and supportive team environment
- Opportunity to work with a high-quality culinary brand
About the Company
- Gaia is a high-end dining destination focused on exceptional food quality, consistency, and guest experience.
- Established in 2011, Fundamental Hospitality is a UAE born company that unifies the regions leading lifestyle concepts.
- As an international ecosystem of hospitality brands, the group develops elevated, home-grown concepts that showcase the quality and innovation of the region, whilst exporting them to key cosmopolitan cities around the world.
- Fundamental Hospitality delivers lifestyle brands reimagined, where a creative approach to concept development leads to a dynamic experience in each and every venue.
- The group has played a fundamental role in the expansion of brands from the UAE to the world, where we understand the essential elements needed to execute experience driven lifestyle concepts on an international scale.
- The collection of brands within the portfolio include globally acclaimed concepts Gaia, Shanghai Me, Alaya, La Maison Ani, Piatti and Izu Burger, as well as international franchises, Scalini Dubai, Scalini Riyadh, Cipriani Dubai, and Cipriani Dolci UAE.
- Fundamental Hospitality owns and operates venues across the Middle East and Europe, with ongoing expansion of the group’s concepts into the GCC, Europe, UK, and USA.
- Dubai will further see the launch of new home grown concepts as Fundamental Hospitality continues to cement itself as the leading innovator in the hospitality industry.
- Website: http://www.fundamentalhospitality.com