Willbiz Pty Ltd The San Remo Hotel-Motel is an established and well-known hospitality venue located in San Remo, Victoria, offering quality bistro dining and excellent hospitality experiences to its valued customers. The hotel features a bistro restaurant serving a variety of meals through its à la carte menu, with lunch and dinner options. The business is currently seeking a skilled, motivated, and experienced Chef to join its dynamic kitchen team.

As a Chef at San Remo Hotel-Motel, the successful candidate will play an important role in preparing high-quality meals, maintaining food quality and presentation, ensuring customer satisfaction, and contributing to the hotel's continued success and strong reputation within the local community. Benefits Task & responsibilities Managing operations of the kitchen. Inspecting raw ingredients to check for spoilage and assess usability.

Maintaining skills and knowledge relevant to job duties and preparing items on restaurant menu. Plan, collect, estimating food and commodities for menus. Prioritize menus, recipes and task sheets.

Managing budgeting and cost controls by estimating labor and food costs. Provide great leadership, guidance and training to kitchen staff including cooks, wait staff, kitchen hands, etc. Utilizing kitchen utensils, appliances, and cookware to prepare ingredients and meals.

Preparation of raw ingredients including meat and vegetables through use of wide-ranging cutting and marinating techniques. Monitoring and regulating heat and cold sources such as ovens, stoves, fridges, freezers, grills,



and other equipment to ensure food quality. Maintain product, service and market knowledge.

Take pride in food presentation while always ensuring top quality of food. Taking feedback from regular and new patrons about food taste, expectations and further improvements, etc. Working with management about improvement of efficiency, quality and productivity of food.

Guiding kitchen staff with cooking procedures and on recipes to fit special dietary requirements (e.g., vegetarian, vegan, cultural requirement, etc.) Managing storage, food preservation to reduce wastage. Serving and portioning foods and adding garnishes and other ingredients as necessary to ensure dishes are well presented. Preparing and flavoring sauces and gravies with condiments, herbs, spices, and other ingredients as required by the recipe.

Following safety and hygiene regulations and procedures around food handling, storage, preparation. Ensuring the cleanliness of work stations and kitchen area and abiding by occupational health and safety procedures. Providing input to menu changes with consideration of availability of seasonal produce.

Communication with other members of staff including waiters, management,



and other kitchen staff in relation to issues relevant to the kitchen. Estimating stock requirements and ordering stock to ensure kitchen is fully stocked for service. Demonstrate a high standard of personal hygiene.

Qualification & experience ? AQF Certificate IV or higher in Commercial Cookery or a related field. ?

At least 1 year of relevant experience working as a Chef. ? Strong knowledge of cooking techniques and food preparation methods.

? Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced kitchen environment. ?

Strong organisational and time-management skills. ? Attention to detail and commitment to maintaining high food quality standards.

? Ability to work both independently and as part of a team. ?

Good communication skills to coordinate with kitchen staff and management. ? Knowledge of food safety, hygiene regulations, and workplace health and safety standards.

? Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and public holidays as required. About Company San Remo Hotel-Motel is a well-established hospitality venue located in San Remo, Victoria, offering comfortable accommodation, quality bistro dining and friendly customer service.

The venue provides a welcoming dining experience with a variety of food options and is committed to maintaining high standards of food quality, service and customer satisfaction. . Work Type: Full time Salary: $78000-80000 Job Publish: 14-11-2026 Job Expire: 14-12-2026 Apply on: Chef Job here! This job is brought to you by workinitiatives.com.au.

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