We're a growing organic, gut-friendly ready-made meals business moving into a bigger production space and building out our kitchen team from the ground up. We're after someone who can take real ownership of the kitchen: running production, building and leading a team, developing our recipes, and helping shape how this business operates as it grows.

Key responsibilities

Own day-to-day and weekly production planning to meet demand, and manage prep, cook, packaging with consistency and precision

Recruit, train and roster a new kitchen team, and lead them day to day

Lead recipe development with recent delicious and exciting dishes, seasonal menus, and refining what we already make

Maintain and build on our existing food safety program (records, training, audits)

Manage stock, ordering and supplier relationships

Food costing and margins

Help plan and set up the new Clifton Hill space (equipment,



workflow, systems) before and during the move

About you

Real experience running a high-volume or production kitchen

Confidence building systems and processes

Strong understanding of food safety and compliance

Strong command of costings, margins and ordering

A genuine belief that food is medicine. You understand food provenance, nutrition and seasonality, and can build a menu where people can feel and taste the love around that

Enjoy the challenge of cooking to meet different allergy and food sensitivity requirements, not daunted by it

Passionate about being part of a business at this growth stage and helping take it to the next level

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📌 Head Chef / Production Manager (Melbourne)
🏢 The Sweet Potato Kitchen
📍 Melbourne