Chef

Joia Cucina is a buzzing restaurant in the heart of Ivanhoe. We offer great Italian food and drinks to a sophisticated local area. As we continue to grow we are looking for a Restaurant Manager who can grow with us. We need an ideal person, someone with innovation and a robust work ethic who loves hospitality.

We are open every day except Tuesday for dinner and Friday, Saturday, Sundays for lunch too.

We are offering an attractive salary and other benefits including additional leave, food and drinks with every shift and flexible work options.

Responsibilities for Chef

- Creation of menu and special options – including planning cost estimating per serve for dishes including labour costs and commensurate ordering of food supplies to minimise wastage
- Coordinating food preparation and planning with all kitchen staff and delegating key tasks
- Ensuring high quality of all dishes cooked and served through all elements of preparation to presentation
- Training including demonstrating food preparation and cooking techniques as well as providing advice and direction on relevant preparation and cooking procedures
- Ensuring food and all dishes are prepared to the highest standard to meet the high quality standards we expect
- Training, explaining and enforcing kitchen and food preparation hygiene council regulations and safety laws




- Identify skills and any gaps in the kitchen function and when necessary be involved in the hiring and training of new kitchen staff
- Coordinate with kitchen manager to create staff rosters which effectively plan for variability of customers during services times
- Manage and coordinate with all sections of the kitchen the relevant budgets and methods to control costs in order to manage budget and maximise revenue
- Create and plan ad hoc function menus
- Review and approve timesheets of relevant kitchen staff and coordinate with payroll when leave applications are received

Skills/Qualifications/Experience

- At least three years of relevant experience may substitute for the formal qualifications listed above. In some instances relevant experience and/or on-the-job training may be required in addition to the formal qualification.
- Working knowledge of general restaurant operations, including personnel management, budgeting, purchasing, adhering to health and safety standard
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills
- Excellent leaderships skills
- Demonstrated ability to manage operating costs in accordance with budgets
- Comfortable setting priorities and delegating tasks as needed
- Extremely organised and detail-oriented

Job Type: Full-time Pay: $79,500.00 – $83,000.00 per year

Experience

- Chef: 3 years (Required)

Work Authorisation:
- Australia (Required)

Work Location: In person

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