Head Chef – Functions

• Full Time Head Chef required
• Grow with our business – support and development opportunities
• Competitive rates

Restaurant Associates are a team of world class hospitality and fine-cuisine professionals, delivering contemporary food solutions and service across leading corporations and iconic venues all across Australia.

You are a dynamic and passionate Head Chef who loves a challenge and thrives on hard work. Our venue hosts large scale events, catering functions, weddings, and conferences. In this role you will showcase your talents in a centralised production kitchen managing a culinary brigade at the National Gallery of Victoria.

Key Duties

• Plan, supervise, monitor, and evaluate the food production and menu-based catering
• Successfully managing, mentoring, and developing a kitchen team including kitchen hands, cooks, and chefs
• Deliver to our client’s high expectations of a premium experience
• Controlling stock, preparing budgets, operating within strict budgetary constraints
• Be accountable for food production of various areas, in accordance with timing requirements
• Champion the significance and accurate implementation of allergy awareness controls
• Maintaining a high standard of food hygiene, safety, infection control and cleanliness in accordance with Compass standards.

The Person

• Chef trade’s qualification with at least 5 years’ experience in a comparable venue environment including multi-venue catering
• Proven ability of Large-Scale High-End Functions, and Fine Dining A La Carte Restaurant Experience
• Will display a proven history of strong logistical experience for requirements across multiple venues, functions, and catering requirements
• Drive, personality creative flair and a passion for food
• Experience in leading, mentoring and developing teams
• Exceptional communication skills
• Must have experience in menu development and costing
• Training and/or accreditation in OH&S and Food Hygiene

The Benefits

We place great importance on being an employer of choice and offer excellent career opportunities including internal transfers; ongoing training and development, recognition programs including service and safety awards, regular team event days, site-based benefits, and company discounts.

Our people’s unique backgrounds, experience, and abilities are at the heart of our vibrant workforce. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the diverse communities that we serve, where everyone feels empowered and valued. By building diverse teams means we are creating inclusive environments for all our people and also those we connect with through our day-to-day operation. We welcome& encourage applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, gender expressions, gender identity and people with disability.

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