Sous Chef and Head Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Wollongong, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
A Wollongong kitchen wants someone who can run it, not only cook in it. The post covers building the team, lifting kitchen results and holding daily discipline, and it fits either a seasoned Head Chef or an experienced Sous Chef looking to step up. Italian cuisine, pizza and pasta experience is highly valued.
Where the right candidate needs a visa, sponsorship may be considered, subject to eligibility.
Tell the reader whether you have been the lead or the deputy, and list the cuisines you cook, Italian, pizza and pasta especially. A Build AI CV profile can bring this together, so include the cost-control wins you are proud of.
Key Responsibilities
- Be in command of the kitchen and keep service flowing
- Decide the benchmark for flavour, plating and consistency
- Coach and motivate chefs, cooks and juniors, teaching them how the kitchen prepares food, its recipes and its standards
- Plan prep and service for the entire brigade, take the lead on service when it is needed and jump on the line or the pass during rushes
- Draft and update menus, recipes, specials and seasonal dishes
- Watch portions, food costs, waste and the kitchen's profit
- Supervise ordering, rotation of stock, inventory and suppliers, and contribute to rosters and labour planning
- Keep hygiene, food safety and working practices strong in a tidy, structured space, and find ways to speed up workflow
- Back management on kitchen planning and operational decisions, and work closely with front-of-house
- Grow an upbeat, respectful team with a results mindset
Requirements & Eligibility
- Senior kitchen background as a Head Chef or Sous Chef, or in a similar senior culinary position, with proof
- Able to explain how you lead and develop a kitchen team
- Committed to food quality and consistency, and at ease in a fast-paced professional kitchen
- Understands food costs, stock control and wastage management
- Strong food safety and hygiene knowledge
- Effective leader and communicator who is 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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