Head Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
A hospitality group that owns several celebrated restaurants is inviting expressions of interest from chefs to head the kitchen of its newest venture, an upscale Modern Japanese fine-dining room in the Sydney CBD due to open in mid 2027 inside a prestigious new development. Its interiors are being shaped by a prizewinning architect from Japan and master ceramicists, with custom ceramics and materials imported from Japan.
You would run the brigade beside the Executive Chef, who comes from Osaka and is a fourth-generation Japanese chef, setting top culinary standards and helping establish the restaurant's reputation. The group is after a leader who is confident yet humble, values teamwork, gives each person dignity and respect and has no time for bullying or intimidation in the kitchen. Exceptional international candidates may be considered for visa sponsorship.
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Key Responsibilities
- Guide, mentor and motivate a high-performing brigade of cooks
- Work hand in hand with the Executive Chef to develop the menu, innovate and execute dishes
- Produce outstanding food and guest experiences, with consistent quality and presentation
- Run the whole kitchen: sushi, robata, omakase, à la carte and private dining
- Control food costs, labour, buying, budgets, rosters, stock and profit
- Hire, train and grow talented chefs, holding the team to account and keeping discipline in operations
- Maintain strict food safety, hygiene and workplace compliance, and foster a kitchen culture built on professionalism, teamwork and mutual respect
Requirements & Eligibility
- A record of senior leadership in acclaimed Japanese premium-dining restaurants or at hospitality groups with an international reputation
- Highly regarded: time in renowned restaurants of a similar standing
- Outstanding Japanese cooking knowledge, with technical skill and close attention to detail
- Sound commercial sense around kitchen financial performance and the cost of food and labour
- Shown skill in developing, motivating and keeping outstanding kitchen teams
- Excellent communicator and organiser with leadership strength, calm and professional under pressure
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