Head Chef

This Brisbane hotel is recruiting a Head Chef to manage its kitchen end to end, and the brief is clear: they want a hands-on leader who can build menus, steady a team on a big event day and keep an eye on the numbers.

The kitchen serves bistro diners and bar customers while its functions trade keeps growing, so candidates who have handled sporting lunches, celebrations or charity events at scale will stand out. Sponsorship is available for the right candidate.

To get noticed, mirror the listed duties in your application: show where you set menu prices, cut waste or trained junior cooks, and keep your certificates ready to send.

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• Mentoring and growing a brigade of chefs and kitchen attendants in a positive, professional setting
• Creating and costing modern Australian menus across bistro, bar and event offerings, with presentation kept consistent
• Running event catering with the functions team (prep, rostering and service timing) and controlling purchasing, stock, food cost, labour and waste to budget
• Holding food safety, hygiene, allergen and WHS standards high and cooking on the line during service so the kitchen stays orderly under pressure

• Prior Head Chef or Kitchen Manager experience, firmly grounded in hotel dining plus high-volume functions or banqueting
• Kitchen talent combined with sound commercial judgement and the ability to manage busy meal services and large events at once
• A clear, practical communicator who is committed to developing their team
• Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, plus Food Safety Supervisor certification