Sous Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $37/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Ready to step up from chef de partie or junior sous? A premium hotel in Queenstown, currently being transformed, needs a Sous Chef to help lead the kitchen team across several dining and bar venues. The post is permanent and full-time, with a minimum of 40 hours per week.
Sponsorship is available for the right candidate under an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV). Applications are welcome from New Zealand residents and international candidates who meet the requirements.
A short note explaining why this kind of work suits you can sit well alongside your qualifications.
Zimbabwean chefs, including HEXCO graduates from Harare or Bulawayo hotel kitchens, can show outlets covered and brigades led on the CV. Build AI CV makes a chef's CV simpler to write.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage food production across all kitchen outlets and approve food leaving the kitchen
- Supervise and correct preparation, rotation and mise en place before service
- Monitor rosters and delegate duties to lower-grade chefs, stepping in on sections as required
- Control food cost through stock rotation, ordering and par levels, minimising waste and spoilage
- Hire, train and develop kitchen team members
- Foster a harmonious, high-performing kitchen culture
- Maintain a clean, safe and hygienic environment under WHS, food safety and grooming rules
- Liaise with the F&B Manager, outlet supervisors and front-of-house teams
Requirements & Eligibility
- Must hold a relevant trade qualification (such as a Certificate in Cookery Level 4 or equivalent) or have a minimum of three years as a Sous Chef or senior chef in a comparable kitchen
- Proven management of kitchen operations across multiple outlets in a premium hotel or restaurant
- Strong technical cooking skills, consistently high standards
- Leads, trains and develops kitchen teams, demonstrated, and runs daily operations with confidence
- Solid food cost, stock control and financial target knowledge
- Current Food Safety certificate and WHS knowledge for a commercial kitchen
- Rotating roster flexibility: evenings, weekends and public holidays
- Steady under pressure
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