Head Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Gold Coast, QLD, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
Many Bangladeshi chefs have led busy kitchens in the Gulf or Malaysia. If that is you, this Head Chef job on the Gold Coast could be your next step abroad, or bidesh. A hospitality group needs one chef to run two venues next to each other: an award-winning grill house cooking smoked barbecue, steaks and burgers, and a 1920s-style cocktail lounge with tapas for sharing and private functions.
The Head Chef reports to the Executive Chef. The job is about menus, people and costs. Visa sponsorship is when an employer backs your visa application. The group welcomes candidates who need it and will support the right person through the process where applicable.
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Key Responsibilities
- Build the menus for both venues, adding seasonal specials and new dishes and controlling what they cost
- Guide, train and motivate the sous chefs, cooks and kitchen hands, with honest feedback
- Watch over prep and cooking, the grill and smoker included, and cook on the line in rush hours
- Check that every dish leaves the kitchen right in quality, flavour, presentation and portion
- Follow hygiene, food safety and allergen standards and keep the kitchen clean, organised and safe
- Take care of ordering, inventory and storage so less food is wasted
- Keep food and labour spending within budget and plan rosters for lunch, dinner and late nights
- Organise functions, banquet menus and private events
- Work closely with front of house on service timing, and learn new trends and techniques
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience running kitchens as a Head Chef, Sous Chef or Kitchen Manager, including high-volume, fast-paced ones
- Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, a culinary arts qualification or similar formal training at an equivalent level
- Cooking American-style BBQ, smoking meat and grilling premium steaks is highly desirable
- Proof that you have kept food and labour costs on budget
- Good knowledge of ordering systems, stock control and how to manage suppliers
- Experience cooking for functions and banquets
- Good understanding of food safety and of managing allergens
- Strength for a physically demanding job: standing a long time and lifting heavy items
- Willing to work flexible hours, with evenings, weekends and public holidays
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