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 reliable 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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