Lead Chef & Kitchen Manager (Aged Care)

Yarram & District Health Service; Yarram; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Yarram and District Health Service in regional Victoria seeks a Head Chef (Food Services Lead) to direct daily kitchen operations across aged care meals, ensuring safe, tasty, and compliant service under HACCP and the YDHS Food Safety Plan.

This leadership role requires a Cert IV Cookery or Kitchen Management and strong experience in high-volume catering, with accountability for resident satisfaction, rostering, budgeting and supplier coordination.

Qualifications

• Cert IV Cookery or Kitchen Management required.
• Experience leading high-volume catering operations.
• Proven ability to manage rostering, budgeting and supplier coordination.

Responsibilities

• Direct daily kitchen operations across aged care meals.
• Lead resident satisfaction and team accountability; rostering and budgeting.
• Coordinate suppliers and ensure HACCP and food safety compliance.

Skills

Leadership

High-volume catering

Rostering

Budgeting

Supplier coordination

Education

Cert IV Cookery

Kitchen Management qualification

Job description

Yarram and District Health Service in regional Victoria seeks a Head Chef (Food Services Lead) to direct daily kitchen operations across aged care meals, ensuring safe, tasty, and compliant service under HACCP and the YDHS Food Safety Plan.

This leadership role requires a Cert IV Cookery or Kitchen Management and strong experience in high-volume catering, with accountability for resident satisfaction, rostering, budgeting and supplier coordination.