Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $27/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Queenstown restaurants get busy, and this one wants an experienced Chef who is ready to own more of what happens in the kitchen. Strong performers can grow into larger responsibilities as they prove themselves.
Day to day you would cook and finish plates to recipe, tweak dishes for dietary needs, step into any section and help run a brigade of up to 12. Behind the scenes there are deliveries to check, supplies and suppliers to manage, food and labour costs to watch and new dishes to suggest, with reporting done through the kitchen's digital systems. Sponsorship is available for eligible candidates.
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Key Responsibilities
- Cook and finish each dish to recipe and service needs, so quality and presentation hold steady
- Make sure ingredients are fresh and fit for use, inspecting deliveries, storing them properly and flagging anything below standard
- Handle prep tasks from cleaning and chopping to blending, seasoning, heating and cooling, keeping an eye on cooking times and temperatures
- Change preparation to suit dietary and special requirements
- Pull prep and service together, give clear direction and help run a brigade of up to 12 people
- Work confidently across different sections when needed
- Keep track of food stock, inventory and equipment, and help with buying and supplier contact
- Put forward new recipes and menu ideas and improve existing dishes
- Run kitchen processes accurately through the digital accountability and reporting systems, and keep management up to date on results
- Watch how much food is used and help keep food and labour costs in check
- Encourage a positive, professional culture, hold standards in busy and quiet trade alike and deal with operational problems as they come up
- Keep the kitchen, hygiene and equipment up to standard under workplace and food safety rules, and help improve systems and service
Requirements & Eligibility
- Minimum 3 years' professional kitchen experience, gained in established restaurants, hospitality venues or commercial kitchens
- Has held a senior or responsible position in a kitchen
- Work history that is genuine, relevant and verifiable
- Can demonstrate hands-on cooking and prep skills and knows professional kitchen procedures well
- Comfortable moving across sections and coordinating or supporting other kitchen staff
- Having previously supervised or led a kitchen team is highly desirable
- Good knowledge of food quality and presentation, dietary needs and safe food prep
- Has handled stock control, inventory and kitchen supplies
- An understanding of food costs and operational efficiency is advantageous
- Having helped with menu development or recipe creation is advantageous
- Keeps calm and efficient when service is under pressure
- A strong team player and communicator with a professional attitude, happy to take responsibility and to work with suppliers and management
- Willing to pick up the digital accountability and reporting systems the restaurant uses
- Fluent spoken and written English, including reading
- Can supply documents supporting your qualifications and experience; must meet applicable New Zealand employment and visa requirements
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