Café Chef: Breakfast & Lunch Menu Innovator

Sunset Pier; Queensland; Sur place; AUD 60 000 - 80 000; Plein temps

Résumé du poste

Waterfront Café is seeking an experienced chef to support and strengthen its kitchen operations, preparing breakfast and lunch while contributing to menu development, service standards, stock control, and day-to-day organisation.

The successful candidate will deliver consistently well-presented food, uphold high safety and cleanliness standards, and work collaboratively with kitchen and front-of-house teams, including weekend roster availability.

Qualifications

• Demonstrated experience as a chef in a café, restaurant, or comparable professional kitchen.
• Experience preparing breakfast and lunch in a busy service environment.
• A sound understanding of food safety, hygiene, allergen management, and kitchen safety.

Responsabilités

• Prepare and present breakfast and lunch dishes in accordance with approved recipes, portion standards, and presentation requirements
• Contribute to planning and maintaining a commercially practical menu that reflects the café's style, customers, seasonality, and waterfront setting
• Develop, test, and refine new dishes in consultation with the Café Manager or Owner
• Create and deliver regular specials, including preparation plans, recipes, portion sizes, ingredient requirements, and cost recommendations
• Organise rotate place and kitchen workflow to support efficient, timely service
• Maintain consistent food quality, flavour, portioning, and presentation during both regular and peak service
• Monitor customer feedback and recommend improvements to dishes, service, and kitchen processes
• Coordinate kitchen activities during service and communicate clearly and professionally with colleagues
• Prioritise orders and preparation tasks to maintain service flow in a high-volume environment
• Work collaboratively with front-of-house staff to support accurate order handling and a positive customer experience

Connaissances

Culinary experience

Formation

Relevant culinary qualifications

Description du poste

Waterfront Café is seeking an experienced chef to support and strengthen its kitchen operations, preparing breakfast and lunch while contributing to menu development, service standards, stock control, and day-to-day organisation.

The successful candidate will deliver consistently well-presented food, uphold high safety and cleanliness standards, and work collaboratively with kitchen and front-of-house teams, including weekend roster availability.