Chef
Hospitality · Sydney NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $80,000/yr
Scale of the role, in numbers: seven food and beverage outlets, upwards of 60 kitchen staff and in excess of 12,000 meals each week. The employer is a long-established hospitality group in Sydney.
Cooking skill alone will not carry this position. The group needs a senior culinary leader with a track record of running big kitchen operations and getting steady results across several venues, someone who also brings commercial judgement, control of operations, people leadership and reliable delivery.
Applicants must show a real history of senior kitchen responsibility that employment and career documents can confirm. Gather reference letters and service records early, and keep your CV in English and in date order.
Key Responsibilities
- Steer the kitchens of all seven food and beverage outlets and hold food quality, plating and service steady at every venue
- Head a kitchen workforce of more than 60, supervising and growing their skills, and hire kitchen professionals at a range of levels
- Lead menu development and roll new menus out across the different operations
- Keep purchasing, inventory, labour spend and food costs under control, tracking kitchen budgets and adding to overall profitability
- Set up kitchen systems, procedures and performance benchmarks that work, and look for practical gains in workflow, productivity and cost management
- Oversee regulatory compliance, workplace health and safety and food safety
- Partner with senior leadership and venue managers to reach operational targets
- Uphold high standards in a busy, large-scale hospitality setting and build a kitchen culture that is positive and accountable
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven background as Group Executive Chef, Executive Chef or in a senior culinary post of equivalent level
- Demonstrated accountability for complex operations and large kitchen teams, including running high-volume food production
- Strong grasp of purchasing, labour control, budgeting and food costing, with demonstrated commercial insight into what makes a kitchen profitable
- Track record in developing menus and keeping food standards consistent
- Proven at hiring, training, mentoring and keeping kitchen staff
- Strong people-management, communication and organisational skills
- Can lead with a strategic view yet stay hands-on when required
- Multi-venue hotel or hospitality experience is highly regarded
- Understands regulatory requirements, workplace health and safety and food safety
- International recruitment or sponsorship experience is advantageous
- Able to supply verifiable proof of relevant work history and senior responsibilities; sponsorship available for eligible candidates
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