Lead Food Production Chef - High-Volume Ready Meals

Lewis Continental Kitchen; Sydney; On-site; AUD 90,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Lewis Continental Kitchen is seeking a senior, hands-on Kitchen Leader to drive the ready-meals production operation. You will lead daily production, coordinate the kitchen team, ensure recipes and specs are followed, and maintain strict food-safety and HACCP standards.

The role offers Monday–Friday hours, with no nights or weekends, and a focus on consistency and efficiency. You will plan workflows, supervise staff, and work alongside the team to cook, portion and pack products, while ensuring

Qualifications

• Qualified and experienced Chef or Cook with strong commercial kitchen experience.
• Current HACCP qualification and a thorough understanding of HACCP principles.
• Proven experience in high-volume kitchen or food-manufacturing environment.
• Experience supervising or managing a kitchen or food-production team.
• Hands-on leader who cooks and works alongside the team.
• Knowledge of bulk cooking, portion control and production processes.
• Understanding of food safety, allergen management, hygiene and traceability.
• Excellent organisational, planning and time-management skills.
• Full Australian working rights.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the daily production of chilled and frozen ready meals.
• Work hands-on with the team to prepare, cook, portion and pack products.
• Produce sauces, soups, curries, casseroles and other meal components in bulk.
• Plan daily workflows, allocate tasks and meet production targets.
• Ensure products made accurately according to recipes and specifications.
• Monitor yields, portion control, wastage and ingredient usage.
• Maintain HACCP, food-safety, allergen-management and hygiene standards.
• Complete production, temperature, traceability and food-safety records.
• Supervise, train and support kitchen and production employees.
• Keep kitchen and production areas clean, organised and audit-ready.

Skills

Hands-on leadership

Team supervision

Organisation

Time management

Education

HACCP qualification

Job description

Lewis Continental Kitchen is seeking a senior, hands-on Kitchen Leader to drive the ready-meals production operation. You will lead daily production, coordinate the kitchen team, ensure recipes and specs are followed, and maintain strict food-safety and HACCP standards.

The role offers Monday–Friday hours, with no nights or weekends, and a focus on consistency and efficiency. You will plan workflows, supervise staff, and work alongside the team to cook, portion and pack products, while ensuring