Head Chef
Onshore applicants only
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Brisbane, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · $110,000 - $120,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored · Applicants: Onshore applicants only
A Harare kitchen veteran might see something familiar in this job: a big room, a hot line and a smoker out the back. A barbecue and burger group is opening its first Brisbane restaurant, with space for about 140 guests plus a courtyard, and is hiring a Head Chef to open the kitchen.
All meat is smoked on site. Training starts in December, and the doors open in mid-January.
Visa sponsorship is available for the right chef who is already living in Australia, in Brisbane, subject to eligibility.
Your English CV should open with your cookery qualification and the kitchens you have run. Pull together a CV that shows your kitchen leadership with Build AI CV, then apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Bring the new kitchen into working order and gather the first brigade around you
- Work the smoker and set when each cook happens
- Stand at the pass and call every plate
- Place orders, count stock, cut wastage and write the roster to keep ingredient spend and wage cost on target
- Keep the kitchen safe and clean under food safety and WHS rules, and work alongside the venue manager so the venue moves as one
Requirements & Eligibility
- Has led a busy casual-dining kitchen with big covers, as head chef or as the senior sous chef who looked after the daily running
- Weekly review of food cost and labour, plus the ability to train and motivate a brigade and stay calm under pressure
- Certificate III or IV in Commercial Cookery, or equivalent
- A current Food Safety Supervisor certificate, or one in hand before opening
- Smoker or low-and-slow experience is a big advantage
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