Description

KITCHEN OPERATIONS

- Ensuring the highest food quality, hygiene and service standards are maintained.
- Preparation of all food for restaurant service, takeaway or catering requirements.
- Cook food to order as required to an exceptional standard.
- Be proactive, anticipate, organised, ensuring smooth running of kitchen operations, including cleaning and dishes duties.
- Ensure performance exceeds the required standards.
- Ensure a professional and positive attitude at all times in your dealings with fellow staff and suppliers.
- Maintain a hygienic, professional appearance at all times and deal with issues as they arise, ensuring the food safety of the business is maintained.
- Ensure kitchen, equipment, benches, fridges and floors are clean at all times and maintained at a hygienic standard.
- Ensure kitchen is restocked, prepared and all cleaning duties are completed at opening and close of business where required, to ensure restaurant is ready for business on time.

PLANNING AND ADMINISTRATION

- Maintain an in-depth knowledge of food and beverage menu and options.

EXPECTATIONS

- Create and maintain a positive and performance culture in the team.




- Lead by example in your actions and ensure your presentation is impeccable.
- Ensure performance exceeds the required standard, including Food Safe Standards and our Code of Conduct.
- Ensure training is provided to new staff where necessary.
- Perform any other reasonable duty required of you by management.
- Skills

- Ability to multi-task and work autonomously, demonstrating a high level of attention to detail.

- Ability to work successfully in a high-pressure environment

- Possess excellent knife skills.

- Ability to follow instructions from Head Chef or Restaurant Manager

- Excellent communication and teamwork skills, including being an effective team player.

- Ability to effectively supervise and lead a team.

- Ability to follow food standards requirements.

- Have a willingness to learn new skills.

Experience

- Extensive experience in the hospitality industry

Qualifications

- Apprenticeship or Graduate qualifications in Hospitality (Cert III Commercial Cookery) or equivalent substantial experience

- Food Protected compliance Knowledge and training

📌 Experienced Chef (Bentleigh)
🏢 Jane Elizabeth Wendl
📍 Bentleigh