Sous chef and Head chef
Hospitality · Wollongong, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview
Proud of how you run a kitchen? A professional hospitality operation in Wollongong has an opening for a skilled culinary leader, where the work goes beyond cooking into developing the team, lifting kitchen performance and running things to an excellent standard.
Whether you are already an established Head Chef or a Sous Chef ready for the next step, you will need solid culinary discipline, initiative and a hands-on way of leading. Experience with Italian cuisine, pizza and pasta will be highly valued.
If you have led kitchens in the Middle East, back home in the Philippines or elsewhere, this is a chance to make a meaningful contribution with your skills.
Key Responsibilities
- Lead the kitchen day to day so service runs smoothly, and take charge of service whenever required
- Set the bar for food quality, presentation and consistency, and keep it there
- Guide, motivate and grow your chefs, cooks and junior staff, training them in prep methods, recipes and kitchen standards
- Coordinate prep and service across the kitchen, rolling up your sleeves during busy, high-volume rushes
- Develop new and better menus, recipes, specials and seasonal dishes
- Keep an eye on portion sizes, food costs, wastage and how profitable the kitchen is
- Handle purchasing, stock rotation, inventory and dealings with suppliers
- Help with kitchen schedules, rosters and labour planning
- Keep food safety, hygiene and workplace practices strong
- Find ways to make the kitchen more efficient and keep it clean, structured and well organised
- Support management with kitchen planning and operational decisions, working well with front-of-house and management teams
- Build a team culture that is positive, respectful and focused on performance
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience as a Head Chef, Sous Chef or in another senior culinary position, with a track record of leading and developing a kitchen team
- A strong commitment to food quality and consistency
- Confident working in a fast-paced professional kitchen
- Good grasp of food costs, stock control and wastage management, plus strong food safety and hygiene knowledge
- Effective communication and team leadership skills
- Organised, dependable and professional in how you work, with the flexibility to work weekends and rotating rosters
- Italian cuisine experience is strongly regarded, and pizza and pasta preparation experience is highly regarded
- Relevant culinary qualifications or equivalent industry experience are advantageous
- Candidates who need visa sponsorship may be considered, subject to eligibility
- Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate
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