Job Description

Head Chef - Central Production Kitchen Frontline Recruitment Brisbane, QLD, AU

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- Genuine Monday-Friday roster with your weekends back
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- Brand-new kitchen, team, menu and systems
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- Lead production across multiple hospitality venues
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About the company
n An established and growing hospitality group is launching two brand-new concepts alongside its existing venues, with a purpose-built central production kitchen becoming the group's food hub.

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About the role

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As Head Chef, you will take ownership of the kitchen operation, leading a brigade and overseeing production that supplies multiple venues, catering operations and the kitchen's own service. This is not a traditional Head Chef role where you walk into an established kitchen and inherit someone else's systems. You'll be involved from the beginning - helping shape the menu, recruit the team, establish suppliers, implement systems and create a kitchen operation that is structured, productive and built for growth.
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- Building, recruiting and leading the kitchen brigade from the ground up
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- Designing and launching menus with genuine input into kitchen systems and production flow
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- Developing production and preparation schedules across multiple venues
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- Managing food costs, quality, consistency, yields, wastage and recipe compliance
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- Working closely with ownership throughout the opening and launch process
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- Establishing supplier relationships, ordering processes and stock control systems
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- Implementing HACCP, allergen management and food safety procedures
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- Developing and maintaining kitchen operations manuals and systems
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- Reviewing sales, production and wastage data to improve efficiency and profitability
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- Creating a kitchen culture built around accountability, quality and teamwork
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Your Skills and Experience

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We are looking for an experienced Head Chef or senior kitchen leader who understands that successful production kitchens are built on structure, planning and consistency.
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- Proven experience managing a central, production or multi-site kitchen operation
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- Strong organisational and planning skills
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- Experience opening a new venue or kitchen and building systems from scratch
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- Proven ability to manage food costs, recipes, stock, labour, yields and wastage
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- Strong leadership skills with experience recruiting, training and developing kitchen teams
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- Sound knowledge of HACCP, allergen management and Australian food safety requirements
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- A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery or equivalent
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- Current Food Safety Supervisor certification
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- The ability to confidently manage a 5am start, five days per week
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- A genuine desire to build an efficient, high-performing kitchen operation
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Your Benefits and Rewards

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- $85,000 - $100,000 + Superannuation, depending on experience
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- Monday-Friday roster - NO WEEKENDS, 5am starts
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- Opportunity to build a kitchen team from the ground up
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- Genuine input into menus, systems, processes and kitchen setup
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- Responsibility across a multi-venue production operation
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- Career growth within a growing hospitality group
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If you're an experienced Head Chef looking for the chance to lead a serious operation while getting your weekends back, this could be the role for you.

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Consultant

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Reference number: 1247733
n Profession: Hospitality & TourismChefs/Cooks

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Company: Frontline Recruitment
n Date posted: 3rd Sep, 2026

📌 Head Chef - Central Production Kitchen (Queensland)
🏢 Frontline Recruitment Group
📍 Queensland