We're Cartel Tacos. Two venues in the Canberra region, Queanbeyan & Belconnen, & we're opening our third on the Ulladulla waterfront in late October. Modern Mexican, & our tacos are made in a way you won't find anywhere else.

We're looking for a head chef to own that kitchen.

THE SEAFOOD BIT

We're on the water & we want to use it. A big part of this role is building a seasonal seafood taco special menu with local suppliers - working out what's running, what's valuable, & what we can do with it. Our core menu is locked & consistent across all three venues. The specials board is yours.

THE ROSTER IS THE POINT

We trade Thursday to Sunday, lunch & dinner. Wednesday is a prep day with no customers. That's it. Three days off, every single week.

This is a company-wide decision, not an Ulladulla thing. All three venues run this way. Hospitality chews valuable people up & spits them out, & we'd rather our team had a life outside work & were still here in five years. Longevity over burnout, for you & for us.

BEING STRAIGHT ABOUT THE FIRST FEW MONTHS

Everyone works Wednesdays until late November while we learn the recipes together, so five day weeks to start.



We're open seven days from Boxing Day to the end of January for the holiday peak, with extra staff on. From February it's four days for positive.

WHAT YOU GET
$85,000 to $100,000 plus super, depending on experience
Your own kitchen, from day one of a brand new venue
The specials menu is genuinely yours to build
Our group head chef Ronn works the first services alongside you, so you're not opening cold
A six month review, written into your contract
Twenty minutes from Mollymook beach

THINKING ABOUT RELOCATING?

Talk to us. We know finding somewhere to live on the coast before summer is the hard part, & we'd rather solve it than lose you over it.

WHAT WE NEED
You've run a section at volume & you're ready to run the whole thing, or you're already a head chef looking for a life
You can handle seafood properly & you know how to work a supplier
Consistency on the core menu. Same taco, every time, all night. Save the flair for the specials
You hold the standard when nobody's watching
Available Thursday to Sunday

Send your resume & three recent references to @carteltacos.au, or apply here.

Anna Petridis, Founder

📌 Head Chef 4 Day Week $85 100k New Coastal Venue, Ulladulla
🏢 Cartel Taqueria
📍 Ulladulla