Hospitality, retail & beauty

hire chefs in kenya

Kenya's kitchens range from Nairobi's city hotels and restaurants to safari lodges and coastal resorts around Mombasa, and good chefs move between them. If your site is remote, look for someone who has worked in a lodge and knows how to plan menus around irregular deliveries.

Hire talent

A few questions, one at a time, then pick a time for a free 30-minute strategy call with our team.

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Main business cities: Nairobi, Mombasa and Kisumu
Working languages: English and Swahili
Currency: KES

What to check when screening

Look for real experience running a line during busy services, not only cooking at home or in small events.
Check their food safety training, such as HACCP, and how they apply it day to day.
Ask for photos of dishes they have plated and the menus they have built.
Confirm they have managed stock, ordering and a team of cooks.

Questions to ask in interview

How do you work out the cost of a dish and set its portion?
Tell us about a service where everything went wrong. What did you do?
How do you train a new cook so their plates match yours?

how it works.

1
You answer a few questions
Which roles, where, how many people and by when. Two minutes, then you book a free 30-minute strategy call with our team.
2
We match you with the right talent
We search our pool of pre-screened candidates, check skills and references, and interview the best profiles for you.
3
In 48 hours, ready to start
Within 48 hours of the call you get a shortlist of available people. You meet them, you choose, they start.

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