Casual Breakfast Chef - QT Newcastle

EVT Limited; Newcastle; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

50% off dining and stays across EVT"

$2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold &

Seasonal perks at Thredbo

Rapid career growth across our hotel &

Job summary

QT Hotels & Resorts, part of EVT Limited, is seeking an experienced breakfast chef for our hotel team in Australia. You’ll focus on delivering an excellent breakfast à la carte offering to guests, working in a small, supportive kitchen to back the wider hotel team.

You will join a dynamic, guest‑centric environment with opportunities to mentor junior staff and develop your skills across breakfast and lunch service within EVT’s hotel and entertainment network.

Qualifications

• 2+ years’ worth of experience as a CDP in hotels, restaurants, cafes, or bistros.
• Experience across different sections including pans, grill and larder.
• Ability to train and mentor junior staff.
• Strong communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude.
• Attention to detail, well-presented and high standards of cleanliness.
• Ability to multitask and perform under pressure, while still delivering a high standard.
• Anticipate and respond promptly to guest needs while upholding professional personal grooming and positive team relationships.

Responsibilities

• Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
• Resilient and solutions-focused — stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset — learns, shares, and levels up others.

Skills

CDP experience

Pans & grill

Larder experience

Team mentoring

Communication skills

Attention to detail

Multitasking

Job description

QT Hotels & Resorts is EVT’s premium lifestyle hotel brand, with locations in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Pioneers behind the philosophy of ‘unexpected and unrequested’, with every guest engagement presenting an opportunity to delight, and every QT property inspired by local influence with signature quirk. And our people? With personalities as diverse as each property, individuality is more than encouraged.

EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150award winningrestaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges,Atura,LyLo, Independent CollectionandAustralia’s most lovedyear roundalpine resort,Thredbo.Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Onceyou’rein,there’sno limits on where your career could take you.

Skills & Key Responsibilities

We are looking for an experienced breakfast chef to join the team. This is a great role for someone that is looking to work mainly breakfast and lunch shifts. You will be working in a small team to deliver an excellent breakfast a la carte offering to guests and support the wider team across the hotel.

• 2+ years’ worth of experience as a CDP in hotels, restaurants, cafes, or bistros.
• Experience across different sections including pans, grill and larder.
• Ability to train and mentor junior staff.
• Strong communication skills and a positive, can-do attitude.
• Attention to detail, well-presented and high standards of cleanliness.
• Ability to multitask and perform under pressure, while still delivering a high standard.
• Anticipate and respond promptly to guest needs while upholding professional personal grooming and positive team relationships.

How You Work

3-4 bullets most relevant to the role.

• Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
• Resilient and solutions-focused — stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset — learns, shares, and levels up others.

Perks from Day One

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.