- Head chef role — showcase your talent
- Wonderful and talented chef owner to collaborate with
- Well set-up kitchen and NO nights! Plenty of staff parking
The Venue
Busy, modern, and vibrant, this beloved neighborhood gem is everything you could want in a café—and more.
Serving up fresh, delicious, and on-trend meals seven days a week, this café thrives, especially on weekends, drawing in crowds year after year. It has firmly established itself as a local favorite in this leafy, affluent, and refined Northern Sydney suburb.
The Role
Being the brains behind the kitchen, being hands on, maximising the day to day operations and growing the business alongside the owners. Mostly in house business and some takeaway, it’s a pumping venue. It’s a modern, recently renovated kitchen that is well organised and has all the equipment a chef could need! Manage a small team of 4-6 chefs total. Shifts are generally 6am to 3 / 4pm depending on the work load.
What You Will Need
- Strong food knowledge and a genuine passion for the industry
- Excellent cooking skills and overall technical expertise
- Have worked at senior sous or head chef level in a highly reputable cafe with a la carte restaurant experience also
- A proven ability to rally a team around you, with clear communication skills and a contemporary management style.
- Be cool as a cucumber in a busy close knit kitchen environment
- Be down with cooking eggs… the menu can be fun but eggs will always be a staple!
- Have had exposures to the business side of running a kitchen, with an understanding of how to manage financials.
- The ability to lead from the front, in a ‘hands on’ manner and belief in teamwork, people, people’s development and training.
- Full working rights for Australia.
The Benefits/Rewards
In addition to a daytime-only schedule, enjoy a competitive salary of up to $110K + super with a rotating roster. Aprons and shirts are provided.
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