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Head Chef - Modern Contemporary Restaurant - Melbourne

Job description
This is a fantastic opportunity to join the pre-opening managment team to fine tune the final touches of design and construction of what will be an award winning room. You have a clean slate to build and develop your own crew to open a modern contemporary restaurant located in the heart of Melbourne.

This restaurant will have 150+ seats including a gorgeous private dining room. Open lunch and dinner it will demonstrate modern Australian flavours in a contemporary format.

Your experience will match all the qualities of this superb restaurants exemplary service and stylish designer decor. The menu reflects the Chef's passion for creativity, using local and imported products, while each dish is served simply and with panache. With a passion for food and wine and a true understanding of what excellent service truly means this is an exceptional opportunity to join one of Melbourne's outstanding dining experiences.

You must have a proven history as a head chef in well established / award winning restaurants and be able to manage a large team in a consistent and busy environment, with excellent knowledge of domestic flavors and the desire to achieve a award winning restaurant by next year.

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http://www.careerjet.co.uk

Executive Housekeeper at HOCAPS International (Malaysia)

Job description
This is an excellent opportunity to join this luxury five star resort. Located on a beachfront overlooking the South China Sea it consists of 400 rooms and suites and a number of villas.

On behalf of our client we are looking for an experienced Executive Housekeepers with international five star hotel background. A college diploma in tourism or business management would be an asset.

The successful candidate will ensure adherence to guest services standards within established departmental policies and procedures. Enforce operating procedures and standards for Housekeeping department.

You will be responsible for the entire hotel presentation, encompassing the guest rooms, conference rooms, restaurant and public areas. Must be an enthusiastic, well presented, customer focused, team player with:

• Strong communication and interpersonal skills

• Good time management and the ability to multitask

• Strong leadership skills

• Attention to detail

• Fluent written and spoken knowledge of English.

For further information, please contact Magdalena Dubinska by email: magda@hocaps.com. If already registered with HOCAPS, it is not necessary to send a CV unless it needs to be updated from our last contact with you. It may be easier to just send an email expressing your interest. However, if you have not registered with HOCAPS, please send a full CV in Word or PDF format. For international assignments, it is essential that we also receive a business style photograph. We always require three referees with email contact details, in order to progress with any suitable candidates.

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http://www.careerjet.co.uk

MEP Project Manager at Hostec International (Hong Kong)

Job description
- Global leader in Luxury!
- Move up in Management - Second in Charge for the entire group's Projects
- Hong Kong Based - though travel the region

Our client, a globally admired luxury hotel operator with major presence across Asia, currently has an outstanding opportunity for an MEP Project Manager to oversee their existing and new properties.

To be based in corporate office (Hong Kong) and reporting to the Head of Projects and Technical Services, you will drive the ongoing construction and design progress for all of their stunning properties.

In line with expected duties, you will define contractor responsibilities and expectations, create and manage project budgets, as well as ultimately managing the execution of sub-contractors to ensure that they meet or exceed all local regulatory standards.

Working within a strong team of in-house professionals (Onsite Project Managers, Architectural Managers, and various coordinator’s), you will be second in charge for the department.

To be successful in this role, you must have:

• Qualification as an Mechanical Engineer (with overall MEP Experience)

• Full Project Management experience of luxury hotel developments (Essential) and Value Engineering

• Solid communication with fluency in English (Mandarin would be very beneficial though not essential, or ideally French)

• Ability to travel extensively throughout Asia and Europe

This is an outstanding opportunity for a leading hotel MEP Project Manager to lead the development of a new luxury hotels and take the next step into Corporate Management.

On offer will be an excellent salary package with extensive benefits negotiable for the right candidate.

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http://www.careerjet.co.uk

Nadal, Serena sparkle in Miami

World number ones Rafael Nadal and Serena Williams advanced to the third round of the ATP and WTA Miami hardcourt tournament but Serbian third seed Jelena Jankovic was ousted.

Nadal dismissed 72nd-ranked Teimuraz Gabashvili of Russia 6-2 6-2 while Williams, a two-time defending champion seeking her sixth title in eight years here, beat fellow American Alexa Glatch 6-2 6-3.

"I'm very happy," Nadal said. "I think Gabashvili didn't really play a bad game. He played hard and I think I played well."

The biggest shocker so far at the nine million-dollar event saw Argentina's Gisela Dulko, ranked 35th in the world, eliminate Jankovic 6-4 7-6 (7-5) to set a third-round matchup against Czech Iveta Benesova.

Nadal seeks a third title this season after capturing the year's Grand Slam start at the Australian Open and last week's event at Indian Wells.

"I didn't practice as well as I did in Indian Wells," Nadal said. "More wind here. It's more difficult to play but it's important get the rhythm right with the match."

Also advancing after first-round byes were reigning Wimbledon champion Venus Williams, the fifth seed, and British fourth seed Andy Murray

Williams defeated Israel's Shahar Peer 6-3 6-3, to sustain hopes for an all-Williams semi-final while Murray, who reached last week's final at Indian Wells, dispatched 59th-rated Juan Monaco of Argentina 4-6 6-3 6-2.

Nadal, who made just 10 unforced errors to 32 by Gabshvili, will next face Portugal's Frederico Gil, who ousted Croatian Ivo Karlovic 6-4 6-4. Nadal has found his form on hardcourts after his first Slam win on the surface in Melbourne.

"I play more on hard than other surfaces. It's tougher on other surfaces," Nadal said. "I played a little bit behind the court and on this court it's important to play a little bit more inside."

Murray needed a comeback to pull through.

"I was finding it difficult," Murray said. "I don't tend to think the match is finished when you lose the first set but I knew it was going to be tricky. He was playing very well. I was struggling a little bit to get into a rhythm.

"He was getting into a lot of rallies and hitting the ball better than me from the baseline. I knew I needed to change something. I started going for my serve more and won a lot of free points. My serve was really the difference."

The Scotsman will next face Chile's Nicolas Massu, who battled back to defeat US 27th seed Mardy Fish 5-7 7-6 (7-4) 6-2.

Serena Williams booked a third-round date against China's Peng Shuai while Venus Williams will next face Germany's Anna-Lena Gronenefeld, who defeated Italy's 30th-seeded Sara Errani 6-4 6-3.

Serena Williams won her 10th Grand Slam title in January at the Australian Open and has three other semi-final runs this season. Improving to 48-5 at the event for her career, she shook off first-match nerves to defeat Glatch, 19.

"I played OK," Williams said. "I definitely think I could have played better. Just a little jitters going out there.

"Alexa played well. She has a really good game," Williams said. "She's really young, so she has a bright future."

Venus Williams trailed 0-3 before fighting back to win 12 of the final 15 games against Peer and stretch her win streak to 11 matches, including titles at Dubai and Acapulco.

"At that point I'm thinking I've got to get started," Venus Williams said. "It was only one break. And I haven't played in almost four weeks, so just a little bit of a slow start. But I always felt confident."

Now Venus hopes march through the bracket into what she hopes will be a semi-final sister act with Serena.

"She's obviously a great player and if I can beat her, then that means I'm on top of the game, so I hope we can meet in the semifinals," Venus Williams said.

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http://www.news.com.au

Keothavong makes early Miami exit

British number one Anne Keothavong made a first-round exit at the hands of Lucie Safarova at the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami on Wednesday.

Safarova, ranked three places higher than Keothavong at 48 in the world, came through 6-4 7-5.

The defeat means Keothavong failed to register a win after making the main draw for the first time at the high-profile Indian Wells and Miami events.

World number four Andy Murray starts his campaign later in the week.

Fellow Britons Elena Baltacha and Melanie South both went out in qualifying, but Keothavong remained positive after breaking new ground by making the main draw through her much-improved ranking.

"It's just a case of going away and learning from it," Keothovong told BBC Radio 5 Live. "It's still very much a new experience for me being here for the first time in the main draw."

Keothavong, 25, was under pressure early on against Safarova, the Londoner saving three break points in game six and another in game eight.

Safarova, 22, finally made the breakthrough to take the opening set in game 10 but Keothavong raised her game at the start of the second, converting a break point in game five.

A deciding set looked on the cards but the Briton could not serve out in game 10, despite recovering from 15-40 to deuce, and Safarova kept up the momentum to break again for the match in game 12.

"Conditions were tough out there, it's pretty breezy and she's an awkward opponent," said Keothavong.

"It was only a few points here and there that made the difference and I definitely felt I was in there, it's just a little bit unfortunate and not really the result you want here."

In other matches on Wednesday, Kevin Kim set up a clash with Roger Federer after the American went through following Michael Llodra's retirement.

Speaking on Wednesday, Federer played down his recent injury problems.

"The back is OK," said the Swiss. "I still wish it was better, but it's not really handicapping me even when I'm playing."

And asked about how his recent announcement that he and girlfriend Mirka Vavrinec are expecting their first child this summer will affect his tennis, the 27-year-old said: "I think it's going to be more fun.

"I think it's going to motivate me and inspire me, seeing how the child grows and so forth.

"Mirka's dream and mine too was to one day maybe have the kid on the sidelines, seeing me play while I'm still active. There's a great possibility now and even more why I want to play for a long time."

Third seed Novak Djokovic will face Frank Dancevic after the Canadian beat Philipp Kohlschreiber of Germany 6-4 7-6 (7-2).

Argentina's Diego Junqueira beat India's Yuki Bhambri 6-4 6-3 and will face the in-form Andy Roddick next, while Marcos Baghdatis enjoyed an impressive 6-2 6-2 win over Ernests Gulbis.

Mariya Koryttseva of Ukraine will take on Ana Ivanovic after she beat Romania's Sorana Cirstea 6-2 6-1, while Russian wild card Anastasia Pivovarova beat Bethanie Mattek-Sands 7-6 (7-1) 6-3 to earn a clash with fourth seed Elena Dementieva.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk

Murray eases into Miami quarters

Andy Murray made brutally short work of Viktor Troicki with a 6-1 6-0 thrashing to progress to the quarter-finals of the Sony Ericsson Open in Miami.

The Scot dominated the opener with his opponent claiming his final service game to narrowly avoid a whitewash.

With his serve malfunctioning badly, Troicki was further humiliated in the second set and failed to win a game.

Murray will now face his Australian Open conqueror Fernando Verdasco, who beat Czech Radek Stepanek 6-2 6-2.

Murray said: "I played well. I concentrated hard and got my tactics spot on. It's nice to get off the court quickly.

"He didn't hit his first serve particularly well and I took confidence from my good start because I hadn't started that well in my last couple of matches."

Regarding a possible match-up with Verdasco, Murray said: "It's not like I'd be going for revenge or whatever, it's just another match. He's obviously played well this year but Stepanek's been playing really well, too."

The 23-year-old Troicki is at a career-high world ranking of 41 and is set to climb higher following his run in Florida, but he was extremely poor against Murray, who had won their only previous meeting.

Murray had started slowly in his second and third-round matches but he broke Troicki's first service game and secured a second successive break with two fine returns to move into a 4-0 lead.

The Scot had two points to complete a love set, but Troicki who only got 25% of his serves in in the opening set, came up with some big serves to finally get on the board after 27 minutes.

It was only a temporary reprieve, however, as Murray easily served out the set and breezed through the second to finish the match in under an hour.

Rafael Nadal had a much tougher time, requiring two tie-breaks to outlast Stanislas Wawrinka 7-6 7-6, while Roger Federer enjoyed a comfortable 6-3 6-2 win over American qualifier Taylor Dent.

Nadal and his Swiss opponent slugged it out for two hours and 43 minutes in the match of the tournament to date, with both players displaying high levels of determination and quality. The Spaniard now plays Juan Martin del Potro.

Serbian third seed Novak Djokovic, who won the Miami crown in 2007, cruised to a 6-3 6-2 victory over Tomas Berdych. The Czech was broken five times and lost 15 of 24 points on his second serve.

Djokovic will next face French 10th seed Jo-Wilfried Tsonga , who came from behind to eliminate seventh-seeded countryman Gilles Simon 6-7 (4-7) 6-3 6-2.

Tsonga, who felt slightly ill before the match, is the first Frenchman in a decade to reach the quarter-finals at Miami, and Djokovic knows he is in for a fight.

"I lost to Tsonga four times in a row, so he has a little advantage probably there," Djokovic said. "But I think all the matches we played were very close so it's going to be a challenge for me to win."

American fifth seed Andy Roddick beat French ninth seed Gael Monfils 7-6 (7-2) 6-4 to set up a last eight encounter with world number two Federer.

Eighth seed Svetlana Kuznetsova became the first semi-finalist in the women's draw by beating Danish 13th seed Caroline Wozniacki 6-4 6-7 (5-7), 6-1.

Next for Kuznetsova will be fellow Russian Victoria Azarenka, the 11th seed thrashing Samantha Stosur 6-1 6-0.

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http://news.bbc.co.uk

Boluda sets date for Real presidential election

Madrid - Real Madrid took steps on Sunday toward resolving the uncertainty at the club caused by December's resignation of president Ramon Calderon by confirming his interim successor and setting a date for a new election.

Members meeting in the Spanish capital ratified the appointment of stop-gap president Vicente Boluda by 943 votes to 248, the club said on its website.

Boluda, who took over after Calderon was forced to step down when he was implicated in voting irregularities at the club's assembly in December, said the presidential election would likely be held on June 14 or possibly a week earlier.

"This electoral process will not interfere with the progress of the soccer and basketball teams, in the thick of their championships, and will allow the next president plenty of time to prepare for next season," Boluda told members.

The lack of a more permanent solution has disrupted the Spanish champions' planning and raised doubts about the future of some players, including Italian defender Fabio Cannavaro whose contract expires at the end of the season.

Former president Florentino Perez, architect of the "galacticos" policy that brought big name players like David Beckham and Zinedine Zidane to the club, is widely tipped to win the June vote though he has yet to confirm his candidacy.

Perez has been linked in the media with bids for players including Manchester United winger Cristiano Ronaldo, Arsenal midfielder Cesc Fabregas and AC Milan playmaker Kaka.

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http://fourfourtwo.com