Looking for a Chef with experience in a Café’ & Bar

About This Job

We are a Modern Café in Underwood, with a passion to create good quality food for our customers. This Café is the creation of two hardworking friends, whom both place a great emphasis on high customer satisfaction and a good working environment for staff to grow in.

We are currently looking for a Chef with experience in a Café’ & Bar environment to manage the operations of a busy commercial kitchen and undertake the following duties:

• Prepare and cook various recipes on the restaurant’s menu.
• Oversee kitchen operations and supervise employees where necessary
• Train junior cooks and kitchen hands
• Plan menus, estimate food and labour costs and also order food supplies for the business
• Work with specialised cooking equipment.
• Create new recipes/menus according to specific request of the customers and management all stages of food preparation and presentation kitchen staff requirements

To succeed in this role, you:

• Monitor quality of all food preparation techniques and preparations at
• Communicate effectively about the cooking procedures with other
• Work with minimal supervision whenever required
• Estimate and requisition the food and other kitchen supplies
• Must possess at least equivalent to AQF level Diploma or Advanced Diploma and 2 years’ experience OR 3 years or more of relevant experience as a chef in a kitchen.
• Strong leadership and management skills.
• Creative flair and a passion for culinary innovation.
• Excellent communication and organisational skills.
• Ability to work efficiently under pressure and in a fast-paced environment.
• Possess a demonstrable passion for food and have experience in the creation and implementation of menus.
• Must have reliable transport.
• Must be able to work late nights and weekends