Café Chef
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $33/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
Daytime cooking is at the heart of this Café Chef role in Sydney. You would prepare café and breakfast plates with attention to flavour, seasoning and presentation, take responsibility for everything leaving your section and suggest specials and menu tweaks as the kitchen grows.
Only applicants already based in Australia are considered, and the kitchen is asking for people currently living in Sydney. An eligible, suitably qualified candidate can be sponsored. Strong team members may advance into senior chef and kitchen leadership positions as the business expands.
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Key Responsibilities
- Send out café and breakfast plates to a consistently high standard, taking care over flavour, seasoning, texture and presentation
- Match portions, prep and plating from one plate to the next
- Keep moving through busy breakfast and lunch periods with quality ingredients
- Collaborate with senior chefs and the whole kitchen
- Put forward practical ideas for specials, seasonal dishes and menu improvements
- Help refine kitchen processes and seek gains in efficiency, organisation and service performance
- Maintain food safety, hygiene and cleanliness at all times, leaving your section tidy and service-ready
- Keep track of stock, assist with inventory and rely on sound prep and storage habits to reduce food waste
- Support and train developing cooks
- Communicate clearly and professionally, take ownership of your tasks and flag problems early
- Remain consistent under pressure, welcome feedback as your culinary skills grow, and contribute to a respectful, accountable, professional kitchen culture
Requirements & Eligibility
- At least 3 years' professional experience as a chef
- Track record in café, breakfast or daytime kitchens
- Shown ability to perform well when service volume is high
- Confident hands-on cook with a good feel for balancing flavour
- Delivers food quality and presentation standards without lapses
- Real enthusiasm for quality produce and ingredient-led cooking
- Well prepared, organised and good with time, able to juggle competing priorities in busy services
- Knows food safety and hygiene requirements well
- Communicates well, collaborates in a team and takes reliable, accountable ownership of professional responsibilities
- Welcomes feedback, keeps improving and brings ideas that go beyond following standard recipes
- Bread, baking or pastry experience is advantageous
- Available on rostered weekends and, when required, public holidays
- Early starts from approximately 6:00am, with reliable transport to get to early shifts
- Applicants must currently be based in Sydney
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