Sous Chef and Head Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Wollongong, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Good pizza dough and properly made pasta will get you noticed in this Wollongong kitchen. A professional hospitality business is hiring for one kitchen leader, either an established Head Chef or an experienced Sous Chef ready to step up, and Italian cuisine experience is highly valued.
The job goes well beyond cooking. You would set the standard for every plate, mentor the team, write menus and specials, control food costs and waste, manage ordering and suppliers and help with rosters, while jumping on the line when it gets busy. Weekends and rotating rosters are part of it. Candidates who require visa sponsorship may be considered subject to eligibility, and it is available for the successful applicant.
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Key Responsibilities
- Lead the kitchen and keep every service moving
- Set the standard for flavour, presentation and consistency
- Mentor and motivate chefs, cooks and junior staff, teaching them the kitchen's methods, recipes and standards
- Organise prep and service for the team, stepping in on the line or at the pass when it is busy
- Create and update menus, recipes, specials and seasonal dishes
- Monitor portions, food costs, waste and kitchen profitability
- Manage ordering, stock rotation, inventory and suppliers
- Help plan rosters and labour
- Keep food safety, hygiene and work practices strong in a clean, well-run kitchen
- Find ways to improve kitchen workflow and support management with plans and decisions
- Work closely with front of house and management to build a respectful, motivated team
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience in a Head Chef, Sous Chef or senior culinary position
- Able to show how you lead and develop a kitchen team
- Genuine commitment to food quality and consistency
- Comfortable in a fast-paced professional kitchen
- Good understanding of food costs, stock control and wastage management
- Strong food safety and hygiene knowledge
- Effective team leadership and communication, organised, dependable and professional
- Flexible for weekends and rotating rosters
- Italian cuisine experience strongly regarded
- Pizza and pasta preparation experience highly regarded
- Relevant culinary qualifications or equivalent industry experience advantageous
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