Cold Kitchen Chef
- location_onLahore
- work_outlineFull Time
The essentials
- Experience2 Years
- Career levelNon-Managerial
- ShiftMorning Shift
- EducationCertificate or diploma in Culinary Arts, Hotel Management, or Professional Cookery preferred. Equivalent practical experience in cold kitchen, buffet, catering, or restaurant food preparation will also be considered.
What you’ll be doing
Nadeem’s Buffet is a premium buffet restaurant in Lahore offering freshly prepared Pakistani cuisine, international favorites, desserts, and event dining for families, celebrations, and private gatherings.
We are seeking a Cold Kitchen Chef to prepare attractive, hygienic, and consistently high-quality chilled food items for buffet and event menus.
The successful candidate will support daily cold-kitchen production, maintain efficient mise en place, and work closely with the hot kitchen and service teams to ensure timely replenishment and excellent presentation.
We are seeking a Cold Kitchen Chef to prepare attractive, hygienic, and consistently high-quality chilled food items for buffet and event menus.
The successful candidate will support daily cold-kitchen production, maintain efficient mise en place, and work closely with the hot kitchen and service teams to ensure timely replenishment and excellent presentation.
- Prepare salads, sandwiches, canapés, cold starters, dressings, sauces, raita, dips, garnishes, and dessert accompaniments according to recipes and service requirements.
- Maintain consistent taste, texture, portion control, freshness, and presentation across buffet and event offerings.
- Organize mise en place, monitor ingredient availability, and reduce waste through proper storage and preparation.
- Follow food safety, personal hygiene, temperature-control, cleaning, and sanitation procedures.
- Coordinate with kitchen supervisors and other chefs during buffet setup, peak service, and replenishment.
What we’re looking for
- Practical experience preparing cold kitchen items in a restaurant, hotel, buffet, or catering environment.
- Strong knowledge of salads, cold starters, sandwiches, dressings, sauces, dips, garnishes, and buffet presentation.
- Ability to follow standardized recipes, portion controls, production schedules, and plating specifications.
- Good understanding of food safety, personal hygiene, cross-contamination prevention, and chilled-food temperature control.
- Skilled in knife handling, ingredient preparation, storage labeling, stock rotation, and minimizing food waste.
- Reliable teamwork, cleanliness, time management, attention to detail, and the ability to work effectively during busy service periods.
- Ability to maintain consistent quality while supporting buffet setup, replenishment, and private event service.
About Us
Nadeem’s Buffet is a premium buffet restaurant dedicated to delivering a rich and memorable dining experience through a wide variety of freshly prepared dishes, quality ingredients, and warm hospitality. We bring together authentic Pakistani
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