Sous Chef & Operations Manager

💰 AED 15000+ / month

RoomService gives households their own dedicated private chef — without the cost or hassle. We pair customers with a named chef who cooks personalised meals fresh to order (breakfast, lunch, dinner) and delivers them hot.

**Founding Sous Chef & Operations Manager**

You’re a chef who thinks like an operator. Your core job is to make the kitchen operation excellent and scalable — designing the prep system, standardising recipes, and controlling food cost so one chef can serve many households without quality loss.

**What You’ll Own:**
• Kitchen & prep optimisation — design centralised mise en place
• Recipe standardisation & food cost control
• Procurement & supplier management
• Delivery & logistics (riders, routes, on-time hot delivery)
• Chef support & quality assurance
• Daily operations — build SOPs from scratch

**Success in First 6 Months:**
• Working prep system that scales menus per chef
• Controlled food cost and standardised recipes
• Reliable hot, on-time delivery
• Clear SOPs across kitchen, procurement, and delivery

**What We’re Looking For:**
• Trained chef with 6-8 years professional kitchen experience (sous chef / chef de partie level)
• Strong operational mindset and hands-on approach
• Numerate with food cost, portions, and stock management skills
• Ambitious and founding-minded
• UAE driving licence preferred; food-safety / HACCP a plus

**What We Offer:**
• Salary circa AED 15,000/month + founding equity
• Clear path to lead the entire culinary operation