Chef

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About the Role

We are looking for a passionate, qualified, experienced, professional Chef at Galilee SRS for our daily operations. The position is full time. You may be required to work different/extra hours depending on functions or bookings as the restaurant opens 7 days a week.

The job duties are described as under:

· Managing the overall operations of kitchen

· Determine how food should be presented and create decorative food displays

· 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

· labour 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 varied cutting and

· marinating techniques.

· Meet with customers to discuss menus for special occasions such as weddings, parties, and

· banquets

· 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 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 workstations and kitchen areas and abiding by occupational health and

· safety procedures.

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· Contributing to menu changes, taking into account the availability of seasonal produce at the

· facility.

· Collaborating with other staff members, including waitstaff, management, and fellow kitchen staff,

· to address kitchen-related issues.

· Engaging with regular residents and new arrivals to understand their tastes, preferences,

· expectations, feedback on food quality, and suggestions for enhancements.

· Working with management for the improvement of efficiency, quality, and productivity of food

About you

The successful candidate will possess:

∙ Minimum 1 year experience as a chef however, higher years of experience will be preferred.

∙ Relevant Qualification in Commercial Cookery.

∙ Supervisory skills

∙ Confident approach and results driven

∙ Flexibility with hours and approach

∙ Good communication and technology skills

∙ Excellent attention to detail.

∙ Ability to work under pressure to deliver timely and quality results.

Salary range between $70,000 to $85,000 plus superannuation will be paid based on experience and skills to deserving candidates.

Please ring us or email to apply or for further information regarding this position.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $55,351.80 – $85,463.21 per year

Work Location: In person