Sous Chef / Chef

Employer Sponsored Jobs; Coffs Harbour; On-site; AUD 80,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Visa sponsorship

Job summary

Sous Chef role at a coastal venue in Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia. The business is part of a hospitality group expanding across Queensland and New South Wales and seeks an experienced chef to lead the kitchen.

You will direct kitchen staff, plan menus for the Bistro and events, manage KPIs, and contribute to menu development while maintaining food standards, costing and quality control. Sponsorship for eligible applicants is available.

Qualifications

• 2+ years' experience in similar kitchen roles.
• Strong emotional intelligence.
• Proven ability to manage a fast-paced, multifaceted kitchen.
• Attention to detail with quality control.
• Understanding of costing and profits.
• Strong organisational and planning skills.

Responsibilities

• Contribute ideas to menus for the Bistro and events.
• Direct kitchen staff and run the operation against KPIs.
• Support hiring of fresh talent and growth of team members.
• Foster a kitchen culture people want to work in.
• Look after food standards, portioning and plating while overseeing each Bistro service.
• Take ownership of planning and delivering the venue's regular functions and events.

Skills

Leadership

Kitchen management

Emotional intelligence

Quality control

Menu planning

Tools

Costing software

Job description

Coffs Harbour, NSW, Australia Full-time Posted 28 Oct 2026

$80,000 - $85,000 per year Visa sponsorship

About the role

Leadership in the kitchen is what this employer needs most. An oceanfront venue in Coffs Harbour, one of several run by a hospitality group expanding across Queensland and New South Wales in both fine and casual dining, is recruiting an experienced Sous Chef together with qualified chefs.

The business is busy on several fronts. A bistro restaurant trades alongside frequent weddings, conferences, functions and live music events, and the employer wants a chef with 2+ years' experience in similar roles who can steer a brigade, keep morale high and hold the kitchen to its KPIs while planning menus and events.

For applicants who need it, the employer has a sponsorship opportunity available, which puts this role on the radar of skilled chefs planning a move to Australia.

• Contribute ideas to menus for the bistro as well as the packages sold for events
• Direct kitchen staff and run the operation against agreed KPIs
• Support hiring of fresh talent and the growth of current team members
• Foster a kitchen culture people want to work in
• Look after food standards, portioning and plating while overseeing each bistro service
• Take ownership of planning and delivering the venue’s regular functions and events

Requirements & eligibility

• 2+ years' experience in roles of a similar kind
• High emotional intelligence
• Proven experience managing a kitchen that is fast-paced and multifaceted
• Attention to detail, with a firm hand on quality control
• An understanding of costing and profits
• Strong organisational and planning skills