Sous Chef and Head Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Wollongong, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Leading a kitchen is the heart of this Wollongong opening. It is about more than cooking: building the team, raising performance and keeping daily discipline tight. An established Head Chef or an experienced Sous Chef ready for promotion could both fit, and any Italian, pizza or pasta background will be strongly valued.
Visa sponsorship is available for the right candidate; those requiring it may be considered subject to eligibility.
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Key Responsibilities
- Be answerable for the kitchen and keep service moving without breaks
- Decide what good flavour, plating and consistency look like, and hold the team to it
- Motivate chefs, cooks and junior staff, coaching them in the preparation methods, recipes and standards you set
- Plan prep and service for the full team, and take over direction of service whenever needed
- Step onto the line or the pass when the kitchen is flat out
- Write new menus, recipes, specials and seasonal dishes, and refresh existing ones
- Keep portion sizes, food costs, wastage and kitchen profit under watch
- Manage ordering, stock rotation, inventory and suppliers
- Take part in rostering and labour planning
- Keep food safety, hygiene and working practices strong in a tidy, well-structured kitchen
- Look for ways to speed up and smooth out workflow
- Assist management with kitchen plans and operating decisions, work closely with front-of-house, and grow a respectful, upbeat, performance-driven team
Requirements & Eligibility
- Track record in a senior culinary position, such as Head Chef or Sous Chef
- Able to explain how you lead and develop a kitchen team, with a real commitment to food quality and consistency
- Thrives in a fast-paced professional kitchen
- Good handle on food costing, stock control and managing wastage
- Solid knowledge of food safety and hygiene
- Effective team leader and communicator who is organised, dependable and professional
- Available to work weekends and on rotating rosters
- Italian cuisine experience is strongly regarded, with pizza and pasta preparation experience highly regarded as well
- Culinary qualifications, or equivalent industry experience, are advantageous
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