Major duties include: (a) to prepare food and provide cooking service to the Chief Executive, his family, and guests; (b) to provide meals for both official and social functions in Government House, Fanling Lodge and any other places as required; (c) to design menus and assist in purchasing food and ingredients; and (d) to undertake daily kitchen operation including food handling, cleaning and maintaining cooking utensils, etc. (Note 1: Domestic Staff II are required to (a) work overtime and irregular hours including evenings, Saturdays, Sundays and public holidays; (b) live in quarters; (c) wear uniform; and (d) be deployed to work in Government House, Fanling Lodge and any other places as required. Note 2: For the purpose of heightening public awareness of the Basic Law (BL) and promoting a culture of learning of BL in the community, assessment of BL knowledge will be included in the recruitment for all civil service jobs. Candidates who are invited to attend the recruitment interview will be tested orally on their BL knowledge during the recruitment interview. Results of BL assessment will be taken into account only if two candidates are considered equal in all other aspects.)

Candidates should: (a) have at least 9 years’ experience in Chinese/Western cooking in a large household/establishment in the hospitality/hotel industry, have strong knowledge and competence in all aspects of cooking or comparable experience; (b) be able to speak fluent Cantonese and simple English; read and write simple Chinese and English; ability of basic computer work processing is preferred; and (c) knowledge/experience in other cuisines is an advantage.