Head Chef
Hospitality · Albany, Albany & Great Southern WA, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview
Ready to run your own kitchen? A well-established hospitality venue is looking for a skilled Head Chef with a good head for business to lead its kitchen operations.
This senior role suits an experienced chef with strong leadership, operational and financial management skills. You will oversee how the kitchen performs each day, grow your team, keep food quality high and manage costs, all while keeping the kitchen safe and efficient.
You will also get a say in the menus, the kitchen systems and where the food offering goes next. If you have led kitchens in the Philippines, the Middle East or anywhere else and you meet the requirements, this is worth a look.
Key Responsibilities
- Run the kitchen day to day and take full ownership of how it performs in every service
- Lead the team and sort out daily staffing needs
- Keep food production, consistency, portion sizes and presentation at a high level
- Make sure food quality standards are always met
- Set up and roll out efficient kitchen systems, including standard recipes and operating procedures
- Plan and refresh menus and seasonal dishes
- Handle food buying and build good relationships with suppliers
- Keep track of inventory, stock movement, stock rotation and ordering
- Keep food costs in check and cut unnecessary waste
- Manage labour costs and rosters, and keep an eye on budgets and financial targets
- Train and mentor your kitchen staff
- Hire and welcome new team members
- Manage staff performance and hold development reviews
- Follow food safety and HACCP requirements and keep the workplace healthy and safe
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience in a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef position, including running a busy restaurant kitchen
- Strong operational and financial management skills
- Demonstrated experience controlling food costs and managing kitchen labour costs
- Strong team leadership and staff management skills
- Experience developing and putting kitchen systems in place, and managing suppliers and purchasing
- Excellent knowledge of food safety and HACCP principles
- Strong understanding of modern Australian cuisine
- Able to create quality menus that are also commercially viable
- Excellent at solving problems, with strong organisational and communication skills
- Able to keep standards high under pressure
- Suitable international candidates may be eligible for visa sponsorship
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