Mobile Culinary Chef / Catering Operations Lead (Chef)

About Us

Big Country Cafe is an established regional catering and mobile food service business specialising in large-scale festival, community, corporate and private events. We deliver high-volume catering services across regional Australia and are seeking a qualified and experienced Chef to lead our mobile culinary operations.

This role is ideal for a trade-qualified chef who enjoys working in energetic environments, managing large-volume food production, and overseeing mobile kitchen operations from preparation through to service.

Duties and Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

- Preparing, cooking and presenting high-quality food for large-scale events, festivals and community functions.
- Planning and coordinating food production for high-volume catering operations.
- Developing menus, calculating food costs and managing portion control.
- Ordering, receiving and managing stock, supplies and ingredients.
- Monitoring food quality, consistency and presentation standards.
- Supervising, training and coordinating kitchen assistants and catering staff.
- Managing rostering and workflow during event preparation and service periods.




- Overseeing compliance, strict HACCP inventory checks, cold-chain transport management, and end-to-end culinary logistics within a self-contained mobile commercial vehicle.
- Planning and coordinating the transport, storage and safe handling of food, equipment and supplies to mobile event locations.
- Ensuring compliance with all food safety, hygiene, workplace health and safety, and local regulatory requirements.
- Maintaining food temperature records, stock rotation procedures and inventory controls.
- Managing kitchen cleanliness, equipment maintenance and operational efficiency.
- Minimising food wastage and assisting with budget and cost control measures.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants must possess:

- Certificate III or Cert IV in Commercial Cookery (or equivalent trade qualification) as a minimum.
- At least 2 years of relevant full-time post-qualification experience as a Chef in a commercial kitchen, catering operation or high-volume food production environment.

Pay: $76,000.00 – $86,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in South Hedland WA 6722

📌 Qualified Chef (South Hedland)
🏢 Big Country Cafe
📍 South Hedland