Sous Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $37/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Kabayan, if you have spent years at the pass and feel ready to lead, this could be your next step. A premium hotel in Queenstown, New Zealand, now being transformed, is hiring a Sous Chef to help guide the kitchen crew behind its various dining and bar venues.
The post is permanent and full-time, with a minimum of 40 hours in a week. The employer offers sponsorship under the Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV) to the right candidate, and it welcomes New Zealand residents as well as international candidates who meet the requirements.
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Key Responsibilities
- Coordinate the food coming out of all the hotel's kitchen outlets, approve each prepared item, and protect the highest culinary standards.
- Supervise every section's prep, rotation and mise en place, checking and correcting the work so the whole team is ready before service begins.
- Make sure each section is well staffed by monitoring the roster and delegating duties to lower-grade chefs.
- Step in on any section to prepare, cook and serve when the kitchen needs an extra pair of hands.
- Manage food costs through stock rotation, accurate orders and par levels, so waste and spoilage stay low across storage areas.
- Hire, train and develop kitchen staff, helping them grow while keeping the kitchen productive and harmonious.
- Keep the workplace clean, safe and hygienic, following WHS guidelines, food safety standards and the hotel's grooming requirements.
- Stay in close contact with the F&B Manager, outlet supervisors and front-of-house teams for smooth teamwork across all venues.
Requirements & Eligibility
- You must hold a relevant trade qualification such as a Certificate in Cookery Level 4 or equivalent, or have a minimum of three years of relevant work experience as a Sous Chef or senior chef in a comparable kitchen.
- Proven experience handling kitchen operations across multiple outlets in a premium hotel or restaurant, along with strong technical cooking skills and the ability to keep culinary standards consistently high.
- Demonstrated experience leading, training and developing kitchen teams, and confidently managing the kitchen from day to day.
- Solid understanding of food cost management, stock control and kitchen financial targets.
- A current Food Safety certificate with full working knowledge of WHS requirements in a commercial kitchen, plus flexibility to work a rotating roster that includes weekends, evenings and public holidays.
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