Experienced Healthy Food Cook for Wellness Café

About the role

Gymbo Wellness is looking for an experienced cook to join the BôCafé team. The role focuses on preparing nutritious meals, maintaining kitchen standards, and supporting menu innovation in a fast‑paced wellness environment.

Key responsibilities

• Prepare healthy meals, bowls, salads, sandwiches, breakfast items, snacks, sauces and other approved menu items.
• Ensure consistent taste, portion size, presentation, quality and preparation time.
• Participate in re‑engineering and development of the BôCafé menu.
• Create standardized recipe cards with ingredients, quantities, methods, portion sizes, presentation, cost, allergens and shelf life.
• Calculate and monitor food costs, portion costs, waste levels and menu profitability.
• Receive, prepare, package and coordinate Toters, takeaway and delivery orders.
• Maintain high food safety, hygiene, sanitation, storage, labeling and temperature‑control standards.
• Monitor stock levels, receive deliveries, inspect ingredient quality and apply FIFO rotation.
• Prepare daily mise en place and keep the kitchen clean, organized and ready for service.
• Reduce food waste through proper portion control, storage, preparation and stock management.
• Coordinate professionally with management, BôCafé staff, reception, suppliers and other team members.

Required profile

• Minimum 5 years of professional cooking experience.
• Proven experience in healthy food preparation, preferably in a café, restaurant, fitness, wellness, catering or meal‑preparation concept.
• Strong knowledge of food costing, recipe costing, portion control, waste management and menu profitability.
• Experience preparing standardized recipe cards.
• Knowledge of food safety, hygiene, storage temperatures, allergens and cross‑contamination prevention.
• Experience handling delivery‑platform orders, preferably Toters.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure while maintaining quality and consistency.
• Arabic required; basic English or French an advantage.

Required skills

• Food costing and recipe costing
• Portion control and waste management
• Menu profitability analysis
• Standardized recipe card preparation
• Food safety, hygiene and allergen management
• Cross‑contamination prevention
• Delivery platform order handling (Toters)