Head Chef & Kitchen Ops Lead — Menu, Waste & Dispatch

Mile End Bagels; Melbourne; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Mile End Bagels, Australia's first wood-fired Montreal-style bagelry, is seeking a seasoned kitchen leader to head our Fitzroy prep kitchen and dispatch team.

You will own the food from recipe to store, drive food safety, menu development and waste reduction across four Melbourne stores each day, with no dinner service and no late close.

If you lead with focus, care about quality, and want to grow with a business expanding its footprint, this is the role for you.

Qualifications

• Have run a kitchen as a head chef, sous chef or kitchen manager.
• Sweat the small stuff.
• Would rather build a better way than follow the old one.
• Lead from the bench, with no ego.
• Want to grow with a business that’s growing.

Responsibilities

• Set the standard for taste, food safety and consistency across every store (Fitzroy prep kitchen and four Melbourne stores).
• Upgrade our recipes, specs and batch methods so they hold and improve as we grow.
• Cut waste and lift yields.
• Build a team that takes pride in the work.
• Develop monthly specials and sharpen the menu.
• Lead the kitchen and dispatch team.

Skills

Head chef experience

Kitchen management

Food safety

Menu development

Job description

Mile End Bagels, Australia's first wood-fired Montreal-style bagelry, is seeking a seasoned kitchen leader to head our Fitzroy prep kitchen and dispatch team.

You will own the food from recipe to store, drive food safety, menu development and waste reduction across four Melbourne stores each day, with no dinner service and no late close.

If you lead with focus, care about quality, and want to grow with a business expanding its footprint, this is the role for you.