Chef Full Time NEW

Position: Chef

Position Type: Full-Time

Salary: $79,000 to $81,000 plus superannuation per annum

Location: Ocean Grove VIC 3226

Our client is seeking a Chef to join their restaurant located in Ocean Grove, Victoria.

The Chef will coordinate activities and direct the training of cooks and other kitchen staff engaged in preparing and cooking food to ensure efficient kitchen operations. The Chef will ensure the operation achieves its primary objectives based on service, innovative and creative menus, profit, and return on capital.

Key Duties and Responsibilities:

Overall Responsibilities

• Food Preparation: Ensure food is prepared to a consistently high standard.
• Menu Completion: Ensure menu items are completed and delivered ensuring customer satisfaction.
• Budget Management: Ensure all food is produced within budget requirements by minimizing waste and costs.
• Hygiene Standards: Maintain hygiene standards at a sufficiently high level and implement an approved food safety plan.
• Equipment Maintenance: Monitor and maintain all kitchen equipment in correct operating order.
• Liaison: Liaise with management to ensure consistency in product and materials.
• Menu Planning: Plan menus and specials.
• Standards Enforcement: Enforce nutrition and sanitation standards for kitchen operations.
• Team Performance: Ensure a high level of team performance.
• Food Receiving and Storing: Receive and store food to health department requirements.
• Meetings: Attend meetings as required.

Main Activities

• High-Quality Food: Prepare and cook high-quality food according to menu guidelines and recipes.
• Supervision: Supervise members of the kitchen team who report to you.
• Communication: Foster good communication between floor and kitchen staff.
• Supplies Management: Receive and account for suppliers and deliveries.
• Staff Training: Assist with the training of staff including apprentices and trainees.
• Hygienic Practices: Follow correct hygienic food handling practices.
• Cleaning and Disposal: Follow the restaurant’s regular cleaning and waste disposal practices.
• Safe Work Practices: Use and support safe work practices.
• Equipment Maintenance: Maintain kitchen equipment and plant in good condition.

Teamwork & Organizational Skills

• Positive Attitude: Maintain a positive attitude.
• Role Modeling: Act as a role model for staff.
• Efficiency: Accomplish work in an efficient and timely manner.
• Product Knowledge: Possess necessary knowledge regarding food products.
• Problem Solving: Identify, analyze, and rectify problems.
• Consistency: Practice consistency in decision-making.

Revenue and Cost Performance

• Monitoring: Monitor revenue and cost performance.
• Goal Setting: Develop long/short term sales building goals and incentive programs with the Manager.

Quality Standards

• Supervision: Supervise food preparation processes.
• Inspection: Inspect food products to ensure they meet standards.
• Corrective Action: Monitor finished products and take corrective action when required.
• Storage Inspection: Inspect storage facilities to ensure proper procedures are followed.

Cost Controls

• Product Acquisition: Monitor all aspects of product acquisition and process.
• Security: Guarantee the security of all products.
• Cost/Sales Ratio: Maintain a reasonable cost/sales ratio.

Kitchen Maintenance

• Procedures: Enforce all routine open/close procedures.
• Environment: Establish and maintain a safe and clean working environment.
• Communication: Communicate deficiencies and take required steps to rectify problems.
• Security: Manage the restaurant kitchen in a security-conscious manner.

Administrative Duties

• Stock Requisitioning: Comply with all policies regarding stock requisitioning.
• Stock Taking: Participate in required stock-taking activities.
• Documentation: Write notes and memos as required.

Requirements:

• Associate Degree, Advanced Diploma or Diploma in Hospitality
• Certificate III and IV in Commercial Cookery would be highly regarded
• Minimum two (2) years of relevant experience
• Prior experience preparing Indian cuisine
• Attention to detail, communication, teamwork, high work standards and initiative.