Chef
Location: Lagos Island / close to Lagos Island, Lagos
Role Type: Kitchen Operations / Food Production
About the Role
- We are looking for a skilled, organised Chef who can prepare quality African meals consistently while maintaining hygiene, portion control, and kitchen discipline.
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare healthy African meals for breakfast, lunch, dinner, walk-in customers, and subscription orders.
- Follow approved recipes, portion sizes, food presentation standards, and daily production plans.
- Maintain high hygiene, food safety, cleanliness, and kitchen organisation at all times.
- Support menu planning, meal prep, stock checks, and daily kitchen opening/closing routines.
- Work with sales/kitchen assistants to ensure orders are packed, labelled, and served correctly.
- Monitor ingredients, report low stock, reduce waste, and protect company equipment.
- Use simple digital tools for inventory, order updates, production notes, and daily reports.
- Maintain a calm, professional, respectful attitude under pressure.
Requirements
- Minimum of National Diploma, catering certificate, hospitality qualification, SSCE with strong relevant experience, or equivalent training.
- Proven experience preparing Nigerian/African meals in a restaurant, catering, food business, or commercial kitchen.
- Must be educated, organised, hygienic, punctual, and able to follow documented processes.
- Must be tech-savvy and comfortable using a phone, POS/order app, WhatsApp, spreadsheets, or inventory tools.
- Must understand food safety, portion control, meal prep, and customer service standards.
- Must live on Lagos Island or close enough to commute reliably.
- Ability to work early mornings, weekends, or flexible shifts when required.
Application Closing Date
Not Specified.
How to Apply
Interested and qualified candidates should send their CV and a short message stating the role they are applying for to: info@unifiedtrustnet.com using the position as subject of email.