Five Tips On Hiring A Chef For Your Restaurant

2 Min Read By Stanley Zuo

Chefs are the lifeblood of your restaurant. You can have the best ingredients, ambiance and service, but if you don’t have a talented chef who can prepare the food properly, then you won’t have much of a business.

Talent is not always easy to spot, and selecting the right applicant can be a world of pain for restaurant operators. Here are five tips for hiring the perfect chef without getting your fingers burned.

1. Know Who You’re Looking ForKnowing who you want to hire is the most obvious starting point. If you’re receiving applications from Le Cordon Bleu graduates when you’re running a backyard rib shack, then you’re wasting everyone’s time, so be specific about the type of candidates you’re looking for. Additionally, consider the personal qualities that will help your chef thrive in a high-pressure kitchen environment, such as:

Leadership skills — the chef is in charge of the entire kitchen so he or she needs to be able to motivate and manage people An even…