Chef
Hospitality · Mount Barker, Adelaide Hills & Barossa SA, Australia · Full-Time · $80,000/yr
Good news first: this vacancy and the business behind it were verified as part of recruitment, so it is a real job with a real employer. It sits in Mount Barker, up in the Adelaide Hills of South Australia, inside a professional commercial kitchen.
What they are after is a skilled, qualified chef with solid experience, someone whose cooking does not dip when the dockets stack up and who keeps the whole brigade ticking over during service.
Trained in South Africa? Scan your cookery qualification and gather payslips or letters showing your full-time kitchen years before you apply.
Key Responsibilities
- Put out top-quality plates that match the established menu, cooking, prepping and presenting each one to spec while holding portions and quality steady
- Contribute to menu planning and dream up new dishes
- Lead and back the cooks and wider kitchen crew, guiding them as needed
- Oversee prep and the running of the kitchen while service is on
- Watch stock on hand, place food orders, and keep a lid on food costs and wastage
- Handle food storage, temperature checks and stock rotation the correct way
- Comply with hygiene, food safety and work health and safety rules, and keep gear and benches spotless, safe and sanitary
- Back the rest of the team so service flows
Requirements & Eligibility
- Holds a relevant Commercial Cookery, Hospitality or related-field qualification
- Minimum 3 years in commercial kitchens, full-time and relevant
- Capable cook with strong prep and plating skills
- Has supervised or supported kitchen staff before
- Familiar with food safety, stock control, food costing and managing waste
- Copes well in a busy commercial kitchen, managing time, communicating and pulling together with the team
- Able to satisfy the applicable visa sponsorship requirements
Apply: jobs@mzansiabroad.co.za · WhatsApp