As a chef, you are responsible for overseeing all individuals who work in the kitchen under your mandate. By effect, the chef will oversee meal and ingredients preparation, timeliness, final presentation, and sanitary issues just to name a few. In essence, the chef should ensure that everyone under his charge is upholding the high standards of the kitchen.
Planning
You have to do planning, particularly regarding the menu items and incase the facility wishes to offer any specials to its customers. Apart from planning the menu,you have to comes up with recipes with or without the input of his assistants. You will, therefore, spend hours perfecting the recipe to ensure that it is up to the quality they want and that meal preps can execute the recipes in a timely manner.
Leadership
Having that you are in charge of creating the menu and the recipes, they may also choose to participate in preparing some of the menu items from time to time. This is a great way for the chef to lead their subordinates by example and ensuring that the kitchen is harmonious. It is also a great way for the chef to pass on skills and techniques.