Chef

Job title : Chef

Job Location : Lagos Deadline : September 25, 2026 Quick Recommended Links

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Company: Tima's Kitchen LP

Location: Lagos Island / close to Lagos Island, Lagos

Role Type: Kitchen Operations / Food Production

About the Role

Tima's Kitchen LP is a healthy African food brand focused on affordable, tasty meals, walk-in service, subscriptions, rewards, and technology-enabled customer experience. 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.