Job Description
New Restaurant in Ettalong Beach called "Pippi's" n
You'll work a section on the line and support the Sous Chef in a small, seafood-focused kitchen. This suits someone starting out or almost finished Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, or a first-year commis chef who wants to learn seafood properly and progess their career.
What you'll do n
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Run your section during service to spec and to time
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Learn to break down, fillet and portion whole fish and shellfish, including shucking oysters to order, and to check quality on delivery
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Prepare raw dishes like crudo and sashimi
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Receive deliveries, store and rotate stock, label and date everything, and keep waste low
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Help the Sous with ordering, stocktake and recipe cards
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What we're looking for n
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Real interest in cooking, and in seafood in particular
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Reliable: on time, in clean whites, ready to work
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Calm when it gets busy, and happy to ask when you don't know something
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Works well in a small team
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Available for weekends, evenings and public holidays
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Food handling certificate, or willing to get one before starting
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Kitchen experience is a preferred but not required. Good attitude and rapid hands matter more
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What you'll get n
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Hands-on training from the Sous and Head Chef, with a focus on fish handling and knife skills
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A formal apprenticeship with time set aside for study (if applicable)
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Pay under the Restaurant Industry Award
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A say in what we cook, because the kitchen is small and the menu is still developing
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