Sponsor Business Name: The Taralga Hotel Pty Ltd (ACN 672 274 403 / ABN 35 672 274 403), trading as The Taralga Hotel

Business Address: 24 Orchard Street, Taralga NSW 2580

Sponsor Contact Name: Lyn Morphett, Manager (Director: Mr Nickolas Lazarou)

Sponsor Contact Email: [email protected]

Sponsor Contact Phone Number: (02) 4840 2007 / 0413 007 984

Website: www.thetaralgahotel.com.au

Location of Role (suburb and city/state): Taralga, NSW 2580 — Upper Lachlan Shire, Southern

Tablelands (approx. 45 minutes north of Goulburn; designated regional area)

Title of Position: Chef (ANZSCO 351311)

Full time / Part time / Contract / Temp: Full time — permanent, ongoing (38 ordinary hours per week)

Start Date: Immediate start available, or by negotiation?

Hours / Days of Work:

- 38 ordinary hours per week, plus reasonable additional hours
- Rostered over 5 days within a 7-day roster, including evenings, weekends and public holidays
- Split across lunch and dinner bistro service, with breakfast service for accommodation guests

Salary Range:
- AUD $82,000 – $88,000 per annum, plus superannuation, commensurate with experience

Duties and Responsibilities:
- Plan and develop bistro menus and specials, including seasonal changes and use of local produce
- Estimate food and labour costs, set portion sizes and monitor gross margin on each menu item
- Order food supplies, liaise with suppliers, receive deliveries and maintain stock rotation and inventory
- Prepare and cook food to order across bistro lunch and dinner service, functions and guest

breakfasts
- Monitor the quality and presentation of every dish at all stages of preparation and service
- Supervise, direct and train kitchen staff, including kitchen hands and apprentices
- Prepare rosters for kitchen staff and manage kitchen labour within budget
- Discuss menu, dietary and food preparation matters with management, front-of-house staff and

guests
- Demonstrate cooking techniques and advise staff on preparation procedures
- Explain and enforce food hygiene, allergen and work health and safety requirements, and maintain

the venue’s food safety program, temperature records and cleaning schedules
- Cater for functions, group bookings and local community events held at the hotel





Skills / Experience / Specific Qualifications Required: (KEY COMPETANCIES, MUST HAVES)

Essential

- AQF Certificate IV in Kitchen Management (SIT40521), or a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery

together with substantial post-qualification experience, or an equivalent recognised trade qualification
- Minimum 3 years’ post-qualification experience as a Chef in a full table-service kitchen
- Demonstrated à la carte and bistro experience, including high-volume weekend and holiday service
- Proven ability to run a kitchen without day-to-day supervision — ordering, stock control, rostering and

cost control
- Sound working knowledge of food safety, allergen management and WHS obligations
- Current NSW Food Safety Supervisor certificate, or willingness to obtain one before commencement
- Current driver’s licence and own transport — there is no public transport to Taralga
- Right to work in Australia

Desirable
- Experience in a licensed hotel, country pub or venue with accommodation attached
- Responsible Service of Alcohol (RSA) competency card
- Experience working with local and seasonal produce and building supplier relationships
- Experience catering for functions and community events

Type of Person / Background Suitable:
- Someone genuinely seeking a regional lifestyle and a long-term position, not a short placement
- Self-directed and dependable — this is a small team and the kitchen is run with real autonomy
- Comfortable in a close-knit country venue where staff deal directly with regulars and travellers
- Hands-on and practical, willing to work the pass through service rather than manage from an office
- Steady under pressure during weekend, holiday and event trade

Prospects / Benefits:
- Full-time, permanent, ongoing position with secure hours
- Genuine autonomy over the menu and the running of the kitchen




- Established venue with a strong local reputation and growing trade
- Supportive management team and a settled front-of-house crew
- Affordable regional living, roughly 45 minutes from Goulburn and under two hours from Canberra

 Staff meals on shift, on-site or assisted accommodation, relocation assistance, paid training?

Equipment / Systems Used

- Full commercial kitchen — gas ranges, oven, deep fryers, grill, salamander, commercial dishwasher,

cool room and freezer storage
- Lightspeed point-of-sale system for ordering and kitchen dockets
- Little Hotelier property management system for accommodation and guest bookings
- Standard food safety record keeping — temperature logs, cleaning schedules, supplier records

Presentation / Dress Code etc:
- Chef whites or venue-supplied uniform, clean and presentable at all times
- Enclosed non-slip safety footwear, hair restraint, minimal jewellery, short clean nails
- Qualified and courteous manner — the kitchen is visible to guests and the chef is expected to

speak with diners from time to time Work Environment / Size / Style / Team:
- The Taralga Hotel is a heritage sandstone country hotel built in 1876 and a landmark in the village of

Taralga, in the NSW Southern Tablelands
- The venue operates a public bar, a bistro seating approximately 80, a beer garden, and guest

accommodation rooms upstairs
- Food style is well-executed country pub dining — generous, consistent, produce-driven, serving

locals, passing travellers and overnight guests
- The hotel holds a strong public rating of 4.3 out of 5 across almost 400 Google reviews
- Total team of approximately 13 across kitchen, bar and front of house
- The kitchen team comprises the chef together with kitchen hands

Other Info:
- Taralga is a historic village in the Upper Lachlan Shire, roughly 45 minutes north of Goulburn, under

two hours from Canberra and about three hours from Sydney
- The position is available immediately and the hotel is prepared to wait for the right person
- Applications are to be made by email to the address above and will be acknowledged and considered

Pay: $85,000.00 – $88,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person

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