Executive Chef: Brand-New High-Volume Club Kitchen

Work Initiatives; Brisbane; On-site; AUD 180,000 - 240,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Generous salary package

Bonus structure

Job summary

The Country Club Hotel, a brand-new high-volume venue in Moreton Bay, is seeking an experienced Executive Chef to lead the culinary operation from day one. You will build the kitchen from the ground up, recruit the team, establish systems, menus and standards to deliver quality food at scale.

Reporting to the Comiskey Group, you will drive cost control, staff development and compliance while shaping a high-performing kitchen culture in a dynamic hospitality environment.

Qualifications

• Experience as an Executive Chef or senior culinary leader
• Experience in pubs, clubs, hotels, resorts or large-volume restaurants
• Strong leadership and people-management skills
• Proven food cost, labour and wastage management
• Strong menu development and food-costing knowledge
• Ability to maintain quality and consistency under pressure
• Hands-on leadership style with strong operational discipline
• Venue-opening experience will be highly regarded

Responsibilities

• Leading, mentoring and developing a large kitchen brigade
• Recruiting and onboarding the opening culinary team
• Establishing kitchen systems, procedures and operating standards
• Overseeing menu development, implementation and food quality
• Delivering consistent, high-quality food through high-volume service
• Managing food costs, stock control, wastage and supplier relationships
• Managing labour, rosters and kitchen productivity
• Maintaining strong food safety and compliance standards
• Working closely with venue management to achieve commercial targets
• Building a positive, accountable and high-performing kitchen culture

Skills

Executive Chef leadership

Large-volume operations

Menu development

Food cost management

People management

Job description

The Country Club Hotel, a brand-new high-volume venue in Moreton Bay, is seeking an experienced Executive Chef to lead the culinary operation from day one. You will build the kitchen from the ground up, recruit the team, establish systems, menus and standards to deliver quality food at scale.

Reporting to the Comiskey Group, you will drive cost control, staff development and compliance while shaping a high-performing kitchen culture in a dynamic hospitality environment.