Head Cook

Guzman y Gomez; City Of Wanneroo; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Career growth – Australia and internationally

Quarterly bonus scheme

Pathway to Restaurant Manager or Franchisee

New product trials and launches

Culinary training

Job summary

A fast-food restaurant chain is seeking a Head Cook to ensure kitchen quality standards and support the recruitment and development of the kitchen crew. The ideal candidate will have experience in a busy hospitality kitchen and possess strong leadership skills. Responsibilities include managing food safety and WH&S policies while assisting the Restaurant Manager with financial results. This role offers career growth opportunities and participation in a quarterly bonus scheme.

Qualifications

• Experience in a busy hospitality kitchen
• Good understanding of food safety concerns
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure kitchen quality standards are complied with.
• Support recruitment, training, and development of kitchen crew.
• Support Restaurant Manager with P&L results.

Skills

Experience in a kitchen / cooking role

Experience leading and developing a team

Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Education

Certificate in commercial cookery or equivalent experience

Job description

At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. We’re Australia’s only fast-food restaurant to be 100% clean, meaning there are no added preservatives, artificial flavours, added colours or unacceptable additives in our food. We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people, and the unique way we celebrate Mexican culture in everything we do.

Job Description

As the Head Cook, you’ll be responsible for ensuring that all kitchen quality standards are always complied with. You will be supporting recruitment, training, and development of all kitchen crew, supporting the Restaurant Manager with P&L results which includes, COGS, Labor, Operating Expenses and ensuring all food safety and WH&S policies and procedures are adhered to.

We appreciate experience comes in many shapes and sizes, what we mean specifically is:

• Experience in a kitchen / cooking role within a busy hospitality environment
• Experience leading and developing a team
• Certificate in commercial cookery or equivalent experience
• Good understanding of food safety concerns
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills

We’re incredibly proud of our amazing people and always have each other’s backs. Whether you’re working in restaurant, at our Hola Central head office or as one of our partners, we are so passionate about living our values every single day.

These are just some of the benefits that come with working at GYG:

• Career growth – Australia and internationally
• Quarterly bonus scheme
• Pathway to Restaurant Manager or Franchisee
• New product trials and launches
• Culinary training

At Guzman y Gomez Mexican Kitchen, our mission has always been to reinvent fast-food. Since we opened our first restaurant in 2006, we’ve been OBSESSED with food, bringing the incredible energy of Mexican culture to Australians across the country during breakfast, lunch and dinner, committed to serving the freshest fast food with the best local ingredients.

Ready to join the family? Apply now to start the conversation.