We're a growing organic, gut-friendly ready-made meals business moving into a bigger production space and building out our kitchen team from the ground up. We're after someone who can take real ownership of the kitchen: running production, building and leading a team, developing our recipes, and helping shape how this business operates as it grows.

Key responsibilities
Own day-to-day and weekly production planning to meet demand, and manage prep, cook, packaging with consistency and precision Recruit, train and roster a new kitchen team, and lead them day to day Lead recipe development with new delicious and exciting dishes, seasonal menus, and refining what we already make Maintain and build on our existing food safety program (records, training, audits) Manage stock, ordering and supplier relationships Food costing and margins Help plan and set up the recent Clifton Hill space (equipment, workflow, systems)



before and during the move About you Real experience running a high-volume or production kitchen Confidence building systems and processes Strong understanding of food safety and compliance Strong command of costings, margins and ordering A genuine belief that food is medicine. You understand food provenance, nutrition and seasonality, and can build a menu where people can feel and taste the love around that Enjoy the challenge of cooking to meet different allergy and food sensitivity requirements, not daunted by it Passionate about being part of a business at this growth stage and helping take it to the next level Be careful
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📌 Head Chef (Melbourne)
🏢 The Sweet Potato Kitchen
📍 Melbourne