About the role The Head Chef is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for food operations across all Seven Seeds Group venues — balancing creative direction, active kitchen involvement, and commercial accountability. Most of your time is spent in kitchens across the group: developing menus, improving execution, mentoring teams and setting the standards and systems across the business.

Key responsibilities
Lead seasonal menu development across all venues, on-brand and cost-tested
Oversee pastry and baking programs for consistency and commercial viability
Test, cost and roll out current dishes with explicit execution guidelines
Work actively in kitchens across the group, leading by example
Support venues through busy services and key transitions
Mentor chefs, cooks, bakers and prep teams directly
Maintain and progress food quality, presentation, cleanliness and workflow
Build standardised recipes, prep methods, portion control, and plating standards




Set production schedules for prep and pastry kitchens
Ensure compliance with food safety, OH&S;, and regulatory standards

About you
Extensive experience as Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in multi-venue cafés or restaurants
Solid background in both savoury and pastry/baking operations
Proven at running multiple kitchens and production environments at once
Financially literate — comfortable owning budgets and benchmarks
Confident setting KPIs and being accountable to them
Commercially minded, creative but execution-focused
A hands-on leader who wants to be in the kitchen, not just above it

About us Seven Seeds Group runs multiple venues, a central prep kitchen, and dedicated pastry and baking production. Food sits alongside specialty coffee as a core part of the customer experience.

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