Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Auckland, New Zealand · Full-Time · $32/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Ready to run your own section? An Auckland kitchen has a Chef de Partie opening for a chef who takes the profession seriously, working alongside the Head Chef, Sous Chef and wider team on preparation, service, stock and food quality.
You would handle the mise en place and running of your section, cook and plate international-style dishes to a high standard, and help with specials and seasonal menus. Receiving and rotating deliveries, watching stock and waste, keeping prep areas spotless and staying composed in busy services all matter, as does getting to know local New Zealand produce and working well in a multicultural team.
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Key Responsibilities
- Manage the daily prep and running of your assigned section, showing initiative under the Head Chef and Sous Chef
- Prepare, cook and plate international-style dishes to a consistently high standard
- Complete the day's mise en place and service prep
- Help with daily specials and seasonal menus and offer ideas for menu development
- Use ingredients carefully to keep quality high and food costs down, cutting waste through good prep, storage and stock management
- Keep prep areas clean, organised and ready, with high standards of personal hygiene, food safety and sanitation
- Monitor stock levels, tell senior staff what is needed, and receive, check, store and rotate deliveries across chillers, freezers and dry stores
- Stay efficient and calm during high-volume services and help colleagues when the kitchen needs it
- Take part in team meetings, training, supplier visits and development, and learn about local New Zealand ingredients and produce
- Speak courteously with guests when needed, build good relationships in a multicultural team and complete other reasonable duties set by senior kitchen management
Requirements & Eligibility
- Professional experience as a Chef de Partie or in a similar commercial kitchen role
- Cooks to professional standards and has managed an individual kitchen section
- Strong understanding of food prep, kitchen hygiene and food safety procedures
- Works independently and as a good team member
- Consistent in a fast-paced kitchen
- Strong communication and people skills
- Reliable, professional and positive
- Detail-minded and committed to food quality, with a passion for cooking and a willingness to keep developing
- Works respectfully in a multicultural team, with good organisation and time management
- Relevant culinary qualifications are advantageous
- Can provide genuine, verifiable evidence of your experience and skills; overseas applicants must satisfy applicable New Zealand employment, immigration and sponsorship requirements
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