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Hospitality · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored

Lead kitchen operations across seven Sydney food and beverage outlets, with more than 60 kitchen employees and output exceeding 12,000 meals weekly. The senior role combines strategic leadership, commercial decisions and consistent service standards across a large hospitality operation.

An English CV should make the scale of your executive culinary responsibility clear. prepare a group executive kitchen leadership CV with evidence of teams, menus, food and labour costs and operational systems. Explain your contribution to recruitment, mentoring and consistent quality across venues, supported by employment and career documents that can be checked. Identify how you remain practically involved while guiding senior kitchen performance and profitability.

Key Responsibilities

  • Lead kitchens across seven outlets and recruit, coach, supervise and develop more than 60 staff across levels.
  • Maintain consistent food quality, presentation and service across venues and direct menu development and implementation.
  • Control food and labour spend, purchasing, stock and budgets to protect profitability.
  • Establish strong kitchen systems, procedures and performance standards and meet food safety, workplace safety and regulatory requirements.
  • Work with venue managers and senior leaders on targets and improve workflow, productivity and costs, maintaining high standards and accountable, positive culture in fast-moving operations.

Requirements & Eligibility

  • Group Executive Chef, Executive Chef or comparable senior culinary experience with responsibility for large teams, complex operations and high-volume production.
  • Solid costing, budgets, labour control and purchasing knowledge and commercial understanding of profitability.
  • A menu development record and consistent food standards, able to recruit, train, mentor and retain staff.
  • Strong organisation, communication and people management, combining strategic leadership with hands-on contribution when needed.
  • Multi-venue hotel or hospitality experience is highly regarded.
  • Food safety, workplace safety and regulatory understanding; international recruitment or sponsorship experience is advantageous.
  • Able to provide verifiable relevant employment and senior responsibility evidence.

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