Join The Common Good and help change lives

We’re on the lookout for a passionate and experienced Qualified Chef to join our high-energy, purpose-driven café team in Chermside. Operated by The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation, The Common Good is more than just a café – it’s a vital part of our social enterprise that helps fund life-changing medical research and patient care initiatives.

About the Role

We're on the lookout for a skilled and dedicated Chef to join our team in a busy, high-volume kitchen. This is a hands-on role suited to someone who thrives under pressure, takes pride in presentation, and enjoys working across all sections of a fast-paced kitchen.

About You

· Minimum 3 years' experience as a qualified chef, ideally in a busy commercial kitchen

· Experience in fast-paced kitchen environments

· Strong prep and production experience

· Proven ability to maintain high quality and high presentation standards, even during high-volume service

· Commercially minded and creative, but execution focused

· Solid understanding of food safety and OH&S; compliance

· Highly organised with excellent time management skills

· A team player who's happy to work actively across all sections of the kitchen

· Ability to stay calm, productive, and focused during busy periods

What You'll Be Doing

· Preparing and producing high-quality dishes to a consistent standard





· Working across multiple sections as required

· Maintaining a clean, organised, and compliant kitchen in line with food safety and OH&S; standards

· Managing your time and prep efficiently to keep service running smoothly

· Working collaboratively with the kitchen team to deliver consistent, high-volume output without compromising on presentation

What We're Looking For

Someone reliable, hardworking, and passionate about food who can hit the ground running in a demanding environment and take real pride in what goes out on the pass.

About Us

At The Common Good, we turn everyday moments into opportunities to do good. Through our cafés and catering ventures, we channel profits into funding medical research and supporting innovations in patient care at The Prince Charles Hospital and Caboolture Hospital.

Want to Make a Difference?

This is more than just a chef job. This is your chance to be part of something bigger. Help us inspire hope, fund research, and bring people together over food that does good.

Apply now and become a part of The Common Good.

Visit our website to learn more about the impact you’ll be helping to create.

https://www.thecommongood.org.au/

We’re proud to be an inclusive workplace. We welcome and encourage applications from Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and individuals from all backgrounds.

📌 Qualified Chef - Full Time Chermside
🏢 The Prince Charles Hospital Foundation
📍 Chermside