Chef

THE TRUSTEE FOR KHOKHAR FAMILY TRUST T/A LITTLE CHEF INDIAN RESTAURANT; Geelong; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Superannuation

Job summary

Little Chef Indian Restaurant in Belmont, Geelong is seeking a full-time chef/cook with strong professional standards to join our kitchen team. The role requires preparation of ingredients, menu planning input, stock ordering, and ensuring high hygiene and safety standards.

With a Certificate IV in commercial cookery and at least three years' experience, the successful candidate will work across ovens, grills and station areas to deliver quality dishes and vegetarian options, aligned with our

Qualifications

• Certificate IV in commercial cookery or equivalent in a related field.
• At least three years of relevant commercial cooking experience.
• Experience maintaining high safety and hygiene standards.

Responsibilities

• Preparation of raw ingredients including meat and vegetables through varied cutting and marinating techniques.
• Inspecting raw ingredients to check for spoilage and assess usability.
• Maintaining skills and knowledge relevant to job duties and preparing items on restaurant menu.
• Plan, collect, estimating food and commodities for menus.
• Prioritize menus, recipes and task sheets.
• Monitoring dish quality at all stages of cooking and preparation.
• Adjusting recipes to fit dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian).
• Utilizing kitchen utensils, appliances, and cookware to prepare ingredients and meals.
• Monitoring and regulating heat and cold sources to ensure food quality.
• Serving and portioning foods and adding garnishes to ensure presentation.
• Preparing and flavouring sauces and gravies as required by the recipe.
• Following safety and hygiene regulations around food handling, storage and preparation.
• Ensuring cleanliness of work stations and kitchen area and abiding by OH&S procedures.

Skills

Meat prep

Vegetable prep

Stock management

Menu input

Education

Certificate IV in commercial cookery

Tools

Ovens & grills

Job description

Little Chef Indian Restaurant is located atShop 1, 108 High Street, Belmont, Geelong, Victoria 3216. It is a fine dining family restaurant that serves authentic Indian Cuisine. Our Philosophy is to maintain the food and service quality at the highest possible level.

Position:

We are seeking highly professional, motivated and enthusiastic individual with relevant qualification to come and join our team as the Full-timeChef/Cook.

Skills and Experience:

Preparation of raw ingredients including meat and vegetables through use of varied cutting and marinating techniques

Inspecting raw ingredients to check for spoilage and assess usability

Maintaining skills and knowledge relevant to job duties and preparing items on restaurant menu

Plan, collect, estimating food and commodities for menus

Priorities menus, recipes and task sheets

Monitoring dish quality at all stages of cooking and preparation

Adjusting recipes where required to fit special dietary requirements (e.g. vegetarian)

Utilizing kitchen utensils, appliances, and cookware to prepare ingredients and meals

Monitoring and regulating heat and cold sources such as ovens, stoves, fridges, freezers, grills, and other equipment to ensure food and meal quality

Serving and portioning foods and adding garnishes and other ingredients as necessary to ensure dishes are well presented

Preparing and flavouring sauces and gravies with condiments, herbs, spices, and other ingredients as required by the recipe

Following safety and hygiene regulations and procedures around food handling, storage, preparation

Ensuring the cleanliness of work stations and kitchen area and abiding by occupational health and safety procedures

Providing input to menu changes with consideration of availability of seasonal produce

Communication with other members of staff including waiters, management, and other kitchen staff in relation to issues relevant to the kitchen

Estimating stock requirements and ordering stock to ensure kitchen is fully stocked for service

Demonstrate a high standard of personal hygiene

Ensures high standards of sanitation and cleanliness are maintained throughout kitchen

Qualifications and Experience

Certificate IV in commercial cookery or equivalent in a related field.

At least three years of relevant commercial cooking experience

Remuneration

The successful candidate will be paid $75,000 to $85,000 plus superannuation.