Line Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Dunedin, New Zealand · Full-Time · $25 - $30/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Help establish a premium Italian-inspired kitchen in Dunedin as a Line Chef. You will take responsibility for a section, work with seasonal ingredients and contribute to fresh pasta, pizzettas and other Italian-inspired dishes. Organisation and consistent service standards matter as the new team develops its working habits.
Overseas candidates with suitable qualifications and experience may be eligible for sponsorship.
An English CV should show independent section responsibility and Italian cooking experience, alongside your cookery qualification. create a Dunedin Italian line chef CV with examples of preparation, food safety and stock control that explain how you keep a section ready for service.
Key Responsibilities
- Run your assigned section from preparation through service, cooking and plating to recipes and presentation standards.
- Help produce fresh pasta and traditional doughs.
- Maintain timing, presentation, portions and quality consistently throughout service and organise daily mise en place.
- Assist stock control, ordering, costing and inventory, following New Zealand food safety and hygiene rules and maintaining an efficient, clean station.
- Coordinate with the Head Chef, Sous Chef and kitchen colleagues and help establish professional discipline and strong team working habits.
Requirements & Eligibility
- Minimum 3–5 years of relevant professional chef experience, including demonstrated commercial kitchen work through busy or high-volume service.
- Italian cuisine experience is strongly preferred, with demonstrated ability to manage a section independently.
- Strong knowledge of preparation, hygiene and food safety and understanding of stock control and commercial kitchen systems.
- A relevant cookery qualification such as NZ Level 4 or equivalent is preferred.
- Strong organisation and attention to detail, able to maintain consistent standards under pressure.
- Willing to work evenings and weekends in a six-day operation; applicants must have legal New Zealand work rights or meet Accredited Employer Work Visa requirements.
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