Head Chef – Up to $120K+S+Incentives, Sponsorship, Central Coast, Premium Venue

$100,000 - $120,000 a year

Full time
Head Chef with genuine ownership of the kitchen and food direction
Create, cost and evolve a produce-led menu
Lead the team, standards and commercial performance
Head Chef with genuine ownership of the kitchen and food direction
Create, cost and evolve a produce-led menu
Lead the team, standards and commercial performance

About You

We are looking for a head chef who has already carried a kitchen and wants to carry one properly this time. You will likely bring:
Proven experience as a head chef in a quality venue
Genuine menu creation ability. Dishes that sell, not just dishes that read well
Robust commercial skills across costings, margins, labour and stock
Leadership people actually respond to. The team here is good and has been here a long time, they simply need direction and someone to look up to
Clear, confident communication with your brigade, your suppliers and your venue manager
Availability across the weekend, when the venue is at its busiest
High standards without the ego

Most importantly, you’ll be a Head Chef who still wants to build something.



Someone who can read a P&L; as confidently as they run a section, lead a team and understand that excellent kitchens are built on robust fundamentals, consistency and people, not unnecessary complication.

What’s On Offer
$100,000 to $120,000+S
A performance-based incentive tied to what you build, reviewed as you prove it
A modern, spacious, well-equipped kitchen that chefs comment on when they walk in
Real autonomy over the food, the team and the direction
Direct access to ownership and a seat at the table on business decisions
A venue with room to grow and an owner who will fund good ideas

Why This Role?

Most Head Chef jobs ask you to protect what already exists. This one asks you to take it somewhere better. You will have the freedom to create, the budget to back it, and an ownership group that measures you on what you deliver rather than how well you fill in a form. If you get it right, the ceiling here is set by you, and that is not a line, it is how they have run it.

If you’re a Head Chef ready for genuine ownership, a robust team and owners who will back your ideas, we’d like to hear from you.
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