Wildflower Kitchen is located inside Mercure Sunshine Coast Kawana Waters.
We are a 4.5-star full-service hotel, open 24/7 located next to Sunshine Coast University Hospitals. The restaurant is open 7 days for Breakfast and Dinner. Our kitchen team provides a consistent and high quality standard of food to our guests. To be successful in this role you will need to have; a creative flair, be adventurous and versatile in your approach to cooking and have the ability to draw upon flavours of modern cuisine. This is a great opportunity to showcase your ability and talent within your chosen field and to further enhance your career as a true culinary professional.
The key responsibilities will include:
· Prepare and present high-quality dishes in accordance with hotel recipes, brand standards and guest expectations.
· Take a hands-on approach to food preparation and service, ensuring a consistent, efficient and professional kitchen operation.
· Ensure compliance with all food safety (HACCP), hygiene and workplace health and safety requirements.
· Work collaboratively with the Food & Beverage and Front Office teams to deliver an exceptional guest experience.
· Robust focus on quality and stock control;
· Continuation of set procedures to create consistent practices within the kitchen;
· Maintaining strong team morale and cooperate with the effective training of apprentices,
trainees and dish washing personnel
· The ability to adapt to different kitchen requirements and work alongside a diverse team of professionals;
· Maintain a clean, tidy and well prepared service area.
· Working Breakfast & Dinner shifts with potential for lunch banquets.
The ideal candidate will have:
· A can-do, responsible, and flexible approach to work;
· A strong work ethic and a passion for preparing high quality food;
· The ability to maintain high workloads, and meet deadlines within specific time frames;
· Excellent communication skills;
· A friendly customer service demeanour;
· Prior experience desired in staging outstanding food services in a restaurant or hotel setting;
· An ability to thrive under pressure and work as a team in a high paced environment;
· A great sense of style and immaculate presentation and grooming;
· Attainment of the necessary Food Handler’s certificate; and
· Initiative, commitment and passion for your job;
· The ability to work under pressure and work on your feet for long periods;
· A strong appreciation and compliance of workplace safety.
This can be a Casual, Part Time or Full Time position, working a spread of shifts over a 7-day roster; including weekdays, weekends, nights and public holidays.
Applicants must have Australian working rights, sponsorship is unavailable.