Chef - Port Macquarie

Chef sponsorship available

Chef requirements

• Minimum 2 years relevant commercial cookery experience as a chef
• Trade Qualification in Certificate IV in Kitchen Management
• Restaurant experience must
• English Language Ability

Job Duties / Responsibilities include;

- Preparation and cooking dishes for the restaurant that brings flavour to every plate.

- Devising menus as per target market and target customers

- Creative, reliable and able to thrive in a fast paced environment.

- Handling of food orders for kitchen including but not limited to estimated stock amount, ordering stock and calculating stock costs and controlling food cost.

- Recruit and train kitchen staff to assist with the kitchen operations

- Liaising with management concerning menus, customer requests/feedback and other issues relating to the food preparation in the restaurant

- reservation of food to ensure limited wastage

- Maintain high standards of hygiene in the kitchen area and ensuring kitchen staff maintain same level of hygiene

- Organize and maintain kitchen area at all times

- Monitor food quality and ensuring high standard of food is delivered to customers

- Handle customer complaints and feedback concerning the food

- Keeping up-to-date with cooking techniques, procedures and trends

- Planning menus, estimating food and labour costs, and ordering food supplies

- Monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation

- Report to management where issues arise beyond issues that can be handled by the chef

DESIRED PERSONAL SKILLS

- High standard cooking skills

- Leadership in the kitchen

- Problem-solving skills

- Organisational skills and cleanliness

- Punctual and reliable

- Ability to work in a cohesive team and also autonomously