Chef Ashar
Head Chef — Continental & English Breakfast | Sesame Café, Lahore
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About
Head Chef at Sesame Café, Lahore, and a professional chef since 2017, specialising in Continental cuisine and English Breakfast. I joined Sesame Café on 15 June 2024 and progressed from Line Cook to Senior Cook, Chef de Partie, Sous Chef and Head Chef. I manage a 40-person team serving about 100 covers daily, and personally oversee food cost, waste, SOPs, hygiene and food safety, with menu, costing and inventory work on Excel. Location: Lahore, Pakistan. Notice period: 15 days.
Experience
Head Chef, Sesame Café, Lahore — joined 15 June 2024; progressed Line Cook → Senior Cook → Chef de Partie → Sous Chef → Head Chef. Manage a 40-person team and about 100 covers daily; personally oversee food cost, waste, SOPs, hygiene and food safety; menu, costing and inventory on Excel.
Earlier: IHOP Prep In-Charge (Pakistan, c. 2024); Aaloos Food Cart Head Chef (2022–2023); Emirates Flight Catering Commis II (2021–2022); Chef Nutack (Mar 2022–Apr 2023); plus earlier Lahore restaurants (2017–2020). Professional chef since 2017.
Education
Diploma in Culinary Arts, COTHM (ICM-UK), 2019–2020. Food Safety Level 2, Highfield UK, November 2019. HACCP training at Emirates Flight Catering and COTHM.
