🏨 Company: Fedics (Tsebo Solutions Group)
📍 Location: Stellenbosch, Western Cape, South Africa
📝 Job Title: Chef – Education
🔖 Reference Number: TSE251124-7
💼 Job Type: Permanent
🏢 Business Unit: Fedics
📅 Closing Date: 18 December 2025

About the Company

Fedics is part of the Tsebo Solutions Group, a leading integrated facilities management provider operating across 28 countries with more than 40 000 employees. The Group specialises in catering, cleaning, security, and facility management solutions, enabling clients to focus on their core operations while Tsebo manages non-core activities with efficiency, consistency, and innovation.

Fedics brings over 50 years of catering experience across multiple sectors, delivering high-quality food solutions, operational excellence, and strong client partnerships. Employees benefit from extensive industry exposure, growth paths, and a culture of professionalism and collaboration.

Role Overview

The Chef – Education is responsible for preparing high-quality meals, ensuring strict adherence to recipes, maintaining kitchen hygiene, and supporting kitchen staff through training and operational guidance. The role is integral to ensuring client satisfaction, delivering consistent meal quality, and maintaining efficient kitchen operations within an educational environment.

Key Responsibilities

• Maintain optimal stock levels and storage conditions.

• Prepare fresh mise-en-place daily and ensure readiness for service.

• Follow all recipes accurately and produce dishes in correct quantities.

• Ensure dishes are properly garnished, portioned, and presented according to standards.

• Maintain a clean, safe, and organised workstation at all times.

• Provide guidance and training to junior cooks and trainees.

• Communicate anticipated stock shortages to the Sous Chef or Head Chef.

• Maintain professional conduct in the kitchen and enforce discipline and fairness.

• Deputise for the Sous Chef when required and oversee kitchen operations.

• Attend relevant training, workshops, and upskilling sessions.

• Show commitment to personal development and future leadership growth.

Skills and Competencies

• Strong communication abilities with managers and kitchen/dining personnel.

• Ability to lift up to 20 kg and carry out physically demanding tasks.

• Ability to work long hours standing (up to 9 hours).

• Strong organisational skills and attention to detail.

• Reliable, disciplined, and able to work under pressure.

Qualifications and Experience

• Minimum 2 years’ experience in kitchen preparation and cooking.

• Relevant tertiary culinary qualification or Associate Culinary Degree.

• Recognised in-service culinary training.

• At least 6 months’ experience in a similar role.

Benefits of Working with Fedics 

• Access to extensive training and professional development programmes.

• Opportunities for internal promotion across the Tsebo Group.

• Stable, reputable employer with a strong footprint across Africa and the Middle East.

• Exposure to operational excellence within a large, diverse business.

• Supportive environment focused on learning, compliance, and skill progression.

CV Application Tips 

• Highlight hands-on cooking experience, including stations you have worked on.

• List culinary qualifications, hygiene certifications, and any specialist training.

• Emphasise your ability to follow recipes, handle stock, and meet service deadlines.

• Showcase teamwork, communication skills, and kitchen leadership experience.

• Include examples of operational improvements, reduced wastage, or menu innovation.

• Keep your CV clear, structured, and professionally formatted.

Employment Policy

Tsebo is committed to safeguarding personal information in accordance with applicable data protection laws. The company upholds Employment Equity principles, prioritising internal candidates wherever possible. Tsebo does not charge any fees for job applications, registration, or placement. All recruitment processes follow ethical, transparent, and non-discriminatory practices.