Dukes The Palm Dubai Hotel, part of the Colbert Collection, is hiring a Head Butcher responsible for the entire operation within the butchery section, supervising butchers, ensuring quality and food safety standards, and managing inventory across the hotel’s culinary operations.
 About the Role — Butchery Operations Leadership
Core Scope: Full responsibility for the entire butchery section operation
Team Leadership: Supervising and coordinating butchers in cutting, trimming, and displaying meat products
Compliance Focus: HACCP standards and Municipality hygiene requirements
Cost Management: Monitoring aspects pertaining to the hotel’s food cost control
Property: Dukes The Palm, part of the Colbert Collection
Career Impact & Culinary Leadership Opportunity
Strategic Location: Dukes The Palm — a distinctive property within the Colbert Collection
Technical Ownership: Ensure quality, freshness, and proper storage of all meat products
Team Development: Train butchers on cutting techniques, food safety, and customer service
Career Growth: Lead a specialized culinary department within a luxury hospitality collection
Position Overview
As Head Butcher, you are responsible for the entire operation within the butchery section, supervising and coordinating the work of butchers, ensuring quality, freshness, and proper storage of all meat products, and maintaining HACCP standards and Municipality hygiene requirements at all times, at a distinctive property within the Colbert Collection.
Why This Role Matters: As Head Butcher, you supervise and coordinate the work of butchers in cutting, trimming, packaging, and displaying meat products, train butchers on meat cutting techniques, food safety standards, and customer service, ensure the quality, freshness, and proper storage of all meat products, manage inventory levels, order supplies, and maintain equipment, handle customer inquiries, complaints, and special orders professionally, monitor and enforce health and safety regulations in the butchery department, ensuring HACCP standards are implemented per Municipality requirements, and conduct daily checks on product quality and freshness while monitoring the hotel’s food cost control.
Key Responsibilities
Team Supervision & Training
- Supervise and coordinate the work of butchers in cutting, trimming, and displaying meat products
- Train butchers on meat cutting techniques, food safety standards, and customer service
Quality & Inventory Management
- Ensure the quality, freshness, and proper storage of all meat products
- Manage inventory levels, order supplies, and maintain equipment
Customer Service & Compliance
- Handle customer inquiries, complaints, and special orders
- Monitor and enforce health and safety regulations, ensuring HACCP standards are implemented
Quality Checks & Cost Control
- Conduct daily checks on the quality and freshness of products
- Monitor all aspects pertaining to the control of the hotel’s food cost
 Qualifications & Requirements
Experience Requirements
- Previous experience in a large hotel with at least 500 keys in a luxury property required
- Proven work experience as a Head Butcher
Preferred Qualifications
- Pre-opening experience is an advantage
Essential Skills
- Active listening and effective communication skills
- Flexibility to work in shifts
- Strong organizational and multitasking skills, with the ability to perform well in a fast-paced environment
About Dukes The Palm & The Colbert Collection
Inspired by the spirit of Parisian boulevard cafés and the original Colbert bistro, the Colbert Collection is united not by style or geography, but by a shared sensibility. These are places where culture, conversation, and culinary rituals naturally converge, shaped by the rhythm of the destinations they call home. Daringly distinct and defined by its own immutable character, each hotel in the collection captures something elusive yet unforgettable — moments that stir emotion, awaken curiosity, and remain with you long after you depart.
Career Excellence: Lead a specialized butchery operation at a distinctive luxury property, upholding the highest standards of quality and food safety within the Colbert Collection’s hospitality philosophy.
Who Should Apply?
- Experienced Head Butchers: With proven track record leading a butchery operation
- Large Luxury Hotel Professionals: With experience in 500+ key luxury properties
- HACCP-Certified Food Safety Leaders: Skilled in hygiene compliance and municipality standards
- Pre-Opening Specialists: With experience launching new hotel food and beverage operations
- Team Trainers & Mentors: Comfortable developing butchery staff in technique and service
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