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Posted recently. Role: Head Chef. Location: Cradock, Eastern Cape. The team is hiring and seeks a candidate who can step in and deliver from week one.
What This Role Involves
The Head Chef vacancy forms part of how the Cradock branch keeps performing. It pairs day-to-day delivery with longer-running priorities that keep the hospitality jobs side of the business moving forward.
Day-to-day, the role balances focused delivery with the kind of collaboration that keeps things moving. The successful candidate is trusted to make sensible decisions inside the agreed scope, with line-management support whenever a sounding board is useful.
Tools, systems and information are there to support the role rather than slow it down. The company continues to invest in the technology that backs its Cradock teams, and the new Head Chef will feel that from the first week.
Diversity and Inclusion
Importantly, the organisation is committed to transformation and equal opportunity. Hiring is on merit, and applications are actively encouraged from women, youth, people with disabilities and other historically disadvantaged groups in line with the Employment Equity plan and B-BBEE objectives.
Inclusive hiring extends through onboarding and into how teams operate every day. Respectful, fair conduct is expected from every team member in Cradock.
B-BBEE compliance is more than a scorecard here. It informs how the business invests in skills development, supplier diversity and community engagement across the country.
Growing With Us
Career progression here is real, not a slogan. The hospitality jobs space in Cradock offers a clear runway from delivery into team leadership and beyond, and managers sit down with each team member regularly to map out the next step in Eastern Cape.
Growth conversations happen at a regular cadence — not just at year-end — so the path forward stays current and realistic for every Cradock team member.
Internal mobility is encouraged. People who start in Cradock have moved into roles in other branches, specialist functions and project teams across Eastern Cape.
Daily Duties
- Welcome guests warmly and ensure a smooth check-in and check-out experience
- Train casual staff on service standards and SOPs
- Prepare and present food in line with kitchen recipes and standards
- Take orders accurately and deliver food and beverages to standard
- Comply with food safety, hygiene and health regulations at all times
- Manage stock, breakages and consumables for your section
- Support events, banquets and conference operations
What You’ll Need
- Ability to work shifts, weekends and public holidays
- Good verbal communication skills in English; second language an advantage
- Physically able to stand for long periods in a fast-paced environment
- Clear criminal record and contactable references
- Ability to remain calm and gracious under pressure
Each application is reviewed carefully, and strong matches against the criteria above will move forward in the process.