Commis Chef

Company Description Viśvam is a food brand from Tej Kripa Private Limited, selling nuts, dry fruits and in-house gourmet products directly to customers and to corporates for gifting.

Our kitchen is small and new. Every recipe is documented, and every batch is expected to match it.

You will be one of the first people in this kitchen, working directly under the Head Chef. That means close training, and a real hand in how the kitchen settles into its routines.

Role Description

• Prepare mise en place for each day's production plan: scaling, weighing and portioning ingredients to the gram.
• Mix, shape, bake and documented recipe, without shortcuts or substitutions.
• Run ovens, mixers and other bakery equipment safely, and report any fault to the Head Chef.
• Check every batch for colour, texture, size and weight before it moves to packing; set aside anything that falls short.

Recipes and records

• Record each batch: date, batch number, quantities, oven times and temperatures, and yield.
• Label products and ingredients correctly so every batch can be traced.
• Assist the Head Chef with recipe trials and development, and note results accurately.

Hygiene and stores

• Follow the kitchen's hygiene and food-safety SOPs at all times, in line with FSSAI requirements.
• Clean and sanitise your station, tools and equipment at the end of every shift.
• Receive, store and rotate ingredients first in, first out; flag low stock and anything near expiry.
• Support packing and dispatch on high-volume days, including festive and corporate gifting orders.

Qualifications

• Completed internship in bakery and pastry at a hotel, restaurant, patisserie or commercial bakery, with a certificate or letter to show for it.
• Working knowledge of cookie, biscuit and short-dough methods, and of basic baking science.
• Comfort with precise weighing, scaling recipes up and down, and reading oven behaviour.
• Strong personal hygiene and a working understanding of food-safety practice.
• Discipline to follow a written recipe exactly, every time.
• Able to read and write in Hindi or English well enough to follow recipes and keep batch records.
• Diploma or certificate in bakery and confectionery, culinary arts or hotel management.
• FSSAI FoSTaC basic food-safety training.

Send your CV and a copy of your internship certificate to [HIDDEN TEXT], with Commis III : Bakery & Pastry in the subject line.

Shortlisted candidates will be invited for a practical trial in our Noida kitchen, where you will bake one of our products to a written recipe.