Head Chef | Italian Restaurant & Wine Bar, Inner East Sydney

About us

We’re an established Italian restaurant and wine bar in Sydney’s inner east, set in a heritage building with a serious wine list and a room built for long dinners and date nights. We’re part of a growing Sydney hospitality group with multiple venues across the city.

The venue is a small and intimate restaurant & wine bar with 50 seats.

The role

We’re looking for a Head Chef to take our food to the same level as our wine and our room. This is a chance to put your name on a menu, build a kitchen team you’re proud of, and shape what the venue becomes over the next 12 months. You’ll have real creative input, the support of a group that backs its people, and a room that already has the bones of something special. If you cook Italian food with care, lead calmly under pressure, and want to build something rather than just run a service, we’d love to talk.

What you’ll be doing

- Leading menu development: seasonal, Italian led and built to sit alongside an Italian wine list





- Owning food cost and GP against budget

- Building, training and managing the kitchen team

- Running rosters and labour against trading patterns

- Managing suppliers, ordering and stock

- Setting and holding food safety and HACCP standards

- Quality control on every plate that leaves the pass

- Working with the floor and wine team on pairings, events and private dining

What we’re looking for

- Previous Head Chef or solid Sous Chef experience in a quality venue

- A solid grounding in Italian cooking, handmade pasta a big plus

- Commercial understanding of food cost, labour and margin

- A leader who builds people up and keeps the kitchen calm

- Reliability, consistency and pride in the details

- Full working rights in Australia

What’s in it for you

- Bonus Scheme

- Career pathways across a growing hospitality group

- Staff dining and group perks

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