EOI | Head Chef | Chartwells
- Lead and manage a culinary team in a prestigious college setting.
- Ensure high standards of food hygiene, safety, and cleanliness.
- Plan and evaluate food production and menu-based catering.
Head Chef
- We are passionate about healthy and nutritious eating
- Enjoy school holidays with the people who matter most
- Unlimited training and career development opportunities
Chartwells are specialists in providing catering and hospitality services in education. Our goal is to provide engaging and nutritious dining solutions tailored to support academic achievement at the highest levels.
We currently have an opportunity for a Head Chef in Inner City Melbourne.This role is based at one of our prestigious colleges providing a broad range of culinary requirements, from retail and boarding areas through to functions and events, no two days will ever be the same! You will showcase your talents in a centralised production kitchen with state-of-the-art facilities, managing a strong culinary brigade and working in a supportive environment with a well-oiled team. This is a hands-on role, but you will need to be office-savvy as well to stay on top of the paperwork.
Key Duties
- Plan, supervise, monitor and evaluate the food production and menu-based catering
- Responsible for stock control, budgets, rostering, staff mentoring, training & liaising with the client
- Assist and oversee the preparation, cooking and presentation of all our culinary offerings
- Ensuring accurate implementation of allergy awareness controls
- Maintain efficient operations across multi services and liaising with client and other key stakeholders
- Maintaining a high standard of food hygiene, safety and cleanliness
The Person
- An unwavering love of food and the art of cooking
- Experience in leading, mentoring and developing teams
- Have a genuine passion for using sustainable practices and local produce
- A high level of commercial acumen
- Experience in HACCP, food safety and infection control
- Previous experience in a large production kitchen
The Benefits
Our people are awesome. They breathe life into our brands. They make great things happen. We believe in the opportunity to recognise and develop great talent and offer many diverse opportunities. We offer discounts and benefits at hundreds of retail outlets and have 100+ salary packaging options available. We actively encourage Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander people, men and women of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, and People with Disability to apply.
Join a company whose core values are Respect, Growth, Teamwork.
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