This is a hands-on senior kitchen position. You will be responsible for leading and supporting the kitchen team, maintaining food quality and consistency, supervising preparation and service, training kitchen staff and ensuring recipes and operating standards are followed. You will need to be comfortable working in a busy commercial kitchen and leading the team through high-volume service periods.
Key responsibilities
- Leading and supervising day-to-day kitchen operations
- Preparing and overseeing authentic Indian vegetarian dishes
- Managing kitchen operations during busy lunch and dinner services
- Maintaining consistency in taste, quality, portioning and presentation
- Ensuring recipes, preparation methods and kitchen procedures are followed
- Supervising chefs, cooks and kitchen hands
- Training and developing kitchen team members
- Allocating duties and coordinating kitchen sections during service
- Conducting quality checks before food is served
- Managing food preparation and production planning
About you
- Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery, Asian Cookery or a higher relevant qualification
- Minimum 2 years' relevant experience in an Indian commercial kitchen environment
- Strong practical knowledge of Indian vegetarian cuisine
- Experience preparing a variety of Indian dishes in a commercial kitchen
- Knowledge of Indian spices, gravies, sauces, preparation techniques and cooking methods
- Experience in North Indian, Indo Chinese and South Indian cuisine
- Previous experience supervising or leading kitchen staff
- Ability to maintain quality and consistency in a high-volume restaurant environment
- Good understanding of food safety, hygiene, stock control and kitchen procedures
- Strong organisational and time-management skills
About us Bikanervala is a renowned Indian vegetarian food brand, known for authentic Indian cuisine, street food, snacks and traditional sweets. Bikanervala Adelaide is the brand's first Australian franchise, located at 1/618 Lower North East Road, Campbelltown SA 5074.
Benefits
- Opportunity to take a senior kitchen role with Bikanervala Adelaide
- Established international brand, recipes and operating systems
- Large and diverse Indian vegetarian menu
- Supportive management team
- Opportunity to lead and develop a growing kitchen team
- Long-term career prospect for the right candidate
- Staff benefits and discounts
📌 Head Chef / Senior Chef – Indian Vegetarian Cuisine (Campbelltown)
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📍 Campbelltown
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