This is a full-time position working 5 days per week. You'll be responsible for delivering consistent, quality pub meals while working alongside our kitchen hands and management team.
Key responsibilities
- Preparing and cooking quality pub-style meals
- Managing day-to-day kitchen service
- Maintaining consistency in presentation, quality and portion sizes
- Assisting with menu development, specials and seasonal offerings
- Helping introduce and develop new menu items
- Adapting menus and service for functions, events and busy periods
- Managing food preparation and ensuring the kitchen is ready for service
- Monitoring stock levels and assisting with ordering
- Maintaining a clean, organised and food-safe kitchen
- Ensuring food safety and hygiene requirements are consistently followed
About you
- Relevant commercial cookery qualifications
- Previous experience working as a Chef
- Experience in a pub, hotel, club or similar setting highly regarded
- Strong knowledge of food safety and kitchen hygiene
- Good organisation and time-management skills
- An understanding of portion control, food costs and wastage
- The ability to work independently and remain calm during busy services
- A willingness to contribute ideas to menus, specials and events
- Good communication skills and the ability to work well with kitchen hands and the wider hotel team
- Flexibility to work across a 5-day roster, including weekends as required
About us
The Royal Mail Hotel is a historic Braidwood pub currently undergoing an exciting period of growth under new ownership and management. We're focused on building a welcoming venue for locals and visitors, improving our food offering and creating regular events and activities that bring people through the doors.
Benefits
- Competitive salary negotiated based on experience and qualifications
- On-site accommodation can be incorporated into the overall employment package for the right candidate
- Full-time, 5-day working week
- One main meal per working day
- Genuine input into the menu and direction of the kitchen
- Supportive management
- A varied role across regular bistro trade, specials, functions and events
- The opportunity to live and work in beautiful Braidwood, approximately one hour from Canberra
📌 Full-Time Chef (Braidwood)
🏢 Royal Mail Hotel Braidwood
📍 Braidwood
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