CHEF

Fend Hospitality Pty Ltd; Blacktown; On-site; AUD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Secure working environment

Job summary

Fend Hospitality Pty Ltd, operating Lusso Bistro in Blacktown, seeks an experienced Chef to lead the kitchen, plan menus with management, and ensure high culinary standards. You will delegate tasks, supervise staff, and collaborate on new dishes to keep the menu fresh.

The role emphasizes cost awareness, food safety, and consistent quality across all courses, with a focus on training staff and maintaining an organized kitchen, inventory control, and a secure working environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in a professional kitchen environment.
• Ability to lead and manage kitchen staff.
• Strong understanding of food safety and hygiene.

Responsibilities

• Analyse the performance of each dish individually and as part of the menu; plan the restaurant menu with management.
• Demonstrate and monitor techniques in food preparation; ensure high food standards at all stages.
• Assess the cost of food and factors in recipe preparation through to final stage.
• Season, prepare and cook all food items.
• Preserve and freeze food items per specifications and standards.
• Maintain food safety standards and hygiene per regulatory requirements.
• Take feedback from managers and staff; implement improvements; organize the kitchen and catering department.

Skills

Leadership

Menu planning

Staff training

Food safety standards

Kitchen inventory management

Job description

Fend Hospitality T/A Lusso Bistro is looking for an experienced, forward-thinking Chef who is passionate about culinary arts. The ideal candidate for this position will be a natural leader who always has a finger on the pulse of current culinary trends. The Chef will be responsible for assigning work in the kitchen, preparing meals for our diners, interviewing and training staff, kitchen inventory management and partnering with the Cook to come up with delectable new dishes to add to our growing menu.

Responsibilities:

• Responsibility to analyse the performance of each dish individually and part of the whole menu accordingly Plan the menu for the Restaurant in consultation with the Management.
• Demonstrating and monitoring the techniques that need to be followed in the preparing of food and ensuring the food standards are always being maintained at all the stages of food preparation.
• Assessing the cost of food and other factors involved in preparation of various recipes to its final stage.
• Seasoning, preparing and cooking all food items.
• Preserve various food items as per their specification and freeze them under appropriate temperature as per the standards.
• Ensure the food safety standards are maintained as per the statutory requirement and hygiene are up to standards as laid down by the regulatory authority.
• Taking feedback from Managers, service staff, kitchen staff on food planning issues, evaluating the feedback and accordingly implementing and fixing the issues. Overall responsibility to organize the Kitchen and catering Department

What we offer:

• Secure and safe working environment.

Qualifications:

• Minimum 01 year of work experience.

LOCATION:

We are located in Workers Blacktown. There is a parking, and we are also accessible via bus and train.

The Applicant should be a Permanent Resident or Citizen of Australia