**Menu Planning**: Collaborate with the culinary team or management to develop a tandoori-centric menu that complements the overall restaurant concept and appeals to the target audience.
- **Recipe Development**: Create and refine authentic tandoori recipes, experimenting with different marinades, spices, and cooking techniques to achieve optimal flavor, texture, and presentation.
- **Ingredient Procurement**: Source high-quality ingredients, including meats, poultry, seafood, vegetables, and spices, ensuring freshness and authenticity in flavor.
- **Preparation and Marination**: Expertly prepare and marinate various meats, poultry, seafood, and vegetables for tandoori cooking, using traditional techniques and recipes to enhance flavor and tenderness.
- **Tandoor Operation**: Operate and maintain tandoor ovens, ensuring proper temperature control and consistent cooking results for a variety of tandoori dishes.
- **Grilling and Cooking**: Grill marinated items in the tandoor oven, monitoring cooking times and temperatures to achieve the desired level of char and doneness while preserving juiciness and flavor.
- **Quality Control**: Maintain strict quality standards in food preparation, ensuring that all tandoori dishes meet or exceed customer expectations in terms of taste, texture, and presentation.
- **Kitchen Management**: Oversee the tandoor section of the kitchen, managing inventory, coordinating with other kitchen staff, and maintaining a clean and organized workspace.
- **Training and Supervision**: Train and mentor junior kitchen staff in tandoori cooking techniques, ensuring consistency and adherence to quality standards.
- **Menu Innovation**: Stay updated on culinary trends and developments in tandoori cuisine, incorporating new ingredients, techniques, and flavors to keep the menu fresh and exciting.
- **Customer Interaction**: Interact with customers to understand their preferences and dietary restrictions, offering personalized recommendations and ensuring a positive dining experience.
- **Food Safety and Hygiene**: Adhere to strict food safety and hygiene standards at all times, following proper sanitation procedures, maintaining cleanliness in the kitchen, and ensuring compliance with health regulations.
- **Cost Control**: Monitor food costs and wastage, implementing strategies to minimize expenses while maintaining high-quality standards in tandoori preparation.
- **Collaboration**: Work closely with other kitchen staff, servers, and management to ensure smooth operations and timely service, communicating effectively to meet customer demand and resolve any issues that arise.
- **Continuous Improvement**: Continuously seek opportunities to improve tandoori recipes, cooking techniques, and overall kitchen operations, soliciting feedback from customers and colleagues to drive innovation and excellence in culinary offerings.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $16.55-$25.27 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Monday to Friday
- On call
- Weekends as needed

Supplemental pay types:

- Tips

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (required)

Ability to Commute:

- Cambridge, ON N1R 5H4 (required)

Ability to Relocate:

- Cambridge, ON N1R 5H4: Relocate before starting work (required)

Work Location: In person