Sydney CBD | Full-time | Monday-Friday | Day & PM Opportunities

If You Love Making Kitchens Run Better, We Should Talk.
Some chefs love creating the next dish.
Some love the adrenaline of service.
And some discover that what they really love is running the kitchen better.
Getting the team working together.
Holding the standard.
Finding the bottleneck.
Reducing wasted labour.
Training someone until they become excellent.
Improving a process so it works every single day.
Looking at yesterday's operation and asking:
How do we make this 1% better tomorrow?
If that sounds like you, Feedwell may be a very different kind of career opportunity.
We're hiring two kitchen leaders as we continue to grow one of Sydney's highest-volume corporate catering operations.
One will lead our Catering & Events kitchen.
The other will lead our PM Kitchen Operations team.
The work is different.
The mindset we're looking for is the same.
Why Feedwell?
Feedwell has become one of Sydney's fastest-growing corporate caterers, trusted by teams at Google, Amazon, TikTok, Louis Vuitton, Salesforce and hundreds of other premium clients.
We're proud of our food.
But great food alone didn't build this business.
Operational excellence did.
We have built a highly structured, high-volume kitchen around systems, standards, technology, disciplined labour management and teams that know how to execute.
And we are constantly sharpening it.
That's why we're looking for kitchen leaders who don't just want to work inside a good operation.
They want to learn how it works, lead it exceptionally well, and then help make it even better.

Two Opportunities
1. Catering & Events Chef
This is a hands-on kitchen leadership role running our daytime catering operation while helping us build our expanding hot-food and events capability.
You'll lead the daily kitchen, own quality, labour, production and team performance, and work closely with our Operations Manager and Product Development Manager.
As the events side develops, you'll help:

test and implement new hot-food products;
turn recipes into reliable production systems;
improve how food is prepared, packed, transported and served;
train and grow the team;
and help build the operating systems around an expanding events business.

This will particularly suit a chef who enjoys both running an operation and helping build the next version of it.
2. Kitchen Operations Manager - PM Team




This role is much less about menu development.
It is about operational leadership.
You'll lead an established PM production and assembly operation and take accountability for:

team performance;
labour productivity;
food quality;
accuracy;
workflow;
food safety;
timing;
and consistent execution every day.

Then you'll help us make it better.
That might mean:

removing wasted labour;
reducing product waste;
improving workflow;
strengthening training;
increasing team capability;
improving communication;
simplifying a process;
lifting product consistency;
or finding a better way to achieve the same result.

If the idea of taking an already strong operation and continuously sharpening it sounds satisfying rather than boring, this may be your role.
What Both Roles Have in Common
We are looking for people who want real responsibility.
You'll be expected to:
Lead People
Set clear expectations, coach people, hold standards, develop capability and create a team that performs without drama or heroics.
Run the Operation
Understand the work, organise it properly, stay close enough to see problems early and make sure quality, timing and labour targets are achieved.
Improve It
We believe operational excellence is never finished.
You'll be encouraged to look for better ways to improve:

labour;
waste;
workflow;
productivity;
training;
team satisfaction;
food quality;
consistency;
shelf life;
systems;
and communication.

Not by changing things for the sake of changing them.
By learning the operation first, understanding the problem and then helping us make sensible improvements that stick.
Who We're Looking For
Your current title matters less to us than your trajectory.
You might currently be a:

Senior Chef de Partie;
Junior Sous Chef;
Sous Chef;
Senior Sous Chef;
Catering or Events Chef;
Kitchen Supervisor;
Kitchen Manager;
Production Chef;
or hands-on Head Chef.

What matters is that you've already started moving beyond simply being a good chef.
You've begun leading people.




You care about how the whole kitchen performs.
You notice waste and inefficiency.
You like teaching people.
You hold standards.
You're interested in labour, systems, process and the commercial side of food.
And you still have hunger to get considerably better at all of it.
You don't need to arrive as the finished article.
In fact, we'd rather find someone with strong fundamentals, an achiever pattern and plenty of runway than someone who believes they've already mastered everything.
The Career Opportunity
This isn't about escaping hospitality.
And it isn't about giving up being a chef.
It's an opportunity to add another discipline to your craft:
Kitchen operations leadership.
You'll work inside a business that has become successful by being unusually good at operational execution.
You'll get real responsibility, clear standards, direct feedback, coaching and the opportunity to grow as the business grows.
We believe our kitchen leaders are developed through opportunity, coaching and accountability -- not just hired through experience.
And because we're growing, the operation you inherit today won't be the operation you're leading several years from now.
And Yes, The Working Week Is Different
Both roles are full-time, Monday to Friday.
No split shifts.
No routine weekend restaurant grind.
But don't mistake sustainable hours for low ambition.
We work hard while we're here.
We measure performance.
We hold standards.
We want leaders who enjoy responsibility and want to keep getting better.
The difference is that we don't believe becoming an exceptional kitchen leader should require sacrificing the rest of your life indefinitely.
Interested?
If you've reached the point in your career where you're thinking:
"I know I'm a good chef. Now I want to become really good at running kitchens and leading people."
We'd like to hear from you.
Apply and tell us which chance interests you most:
Catering & Events Chef
or
Kitchen Operations Manager - PM
If you're not sure, that's fine too. We'll work that out together.
Once you apply, we'll send you a short online questionnaire by email and text. It only takes a few minutes and is required for us to consider your application.

Experience Senior-Level (8+ years) Job type Full Time Additional benefits

Fixed Shifts
Free Fortnightly Feedwell Grocery Box
Free Meal
Paid Birthday leave
Permanent Position

📌 Sous Chef & Kitchen Operations Leader - Roles (Sydney)
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