Sous Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Queenstown, New Zealand · Full-Time · $37/hr · Visa: Employer sponsored
In Queenstown, a premium hotel that is being transformed is searching for a Sous Chef ready to step up and take a lead role in its kitchen team, which serves several dining and bar venues. Hours are a minimum of 40 per week, on a permanent full-time basis.
The hotel will consider the right candidate for sponsorship under an Accredited Employer Work Visa (AEWV), and it invites applications from residents of New Zealand and from international candidates meeting the criteria below.
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Kenyan chefs coming from hotel kitchens in Nairobi or Mombasa should show outlets covered, cost control and team development on the CV. Craft a sous-chef CV with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Oversee food production in all of the hotel's kitchens, holding standards high and approving every dish before it leaves
- Make sure preparation, rotation and mise en place are done and every section and cook is set before service begins, checking, correcting and jumping on a section when needed; staff sections through rosters and delegate to junior chefs
- Keep food cost under control with careful stock rotation, ordering and par levels, so waste and spoilage stay low in every store
- Recruit, train and grow the kitchen team and keep the culture harmonious and high-performing
- Keep the kitchen clean, safe and hygienic in line with WHS rules, food safety standards and the hotel's grooming requirements
- Coordinate with the F&B Manager, outlet supervisors and front-of-house so every venue runs smoothly
Requirements & Eligibility
- Must hold a trade qualification (for instance a Certificate in Cookery Level 4 or equivalent), or have a minimum of three years working as a Sous Chef or senior chef in a similar kitchen
- A record of managing kitchen operations across multiple outlets in a premium hotel or restaurant
- Strong technical cooking, consistently high culinary standards in every service, and demonstrated confidence leading, training and developing kitchen teams and running daily operations
- Understanding of food cost, stock control and financial targets for a kitchen
- A current Food Safety certificate and full working knowledge of WHS in a commercial kitchen
- Flexible for a rotating roster, evenings, weekends and public holidays included
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