Sous Chef | Full Time | InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach

IHG Hotels & Resorts; Sydney; On-site; AUD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Laundry for business attire

Room discounts

Employee discounts program

Training opportunities

Job summary

IHG Hotels & Resorts in Sydney's Coogee Beach is seeking an experienced Sous Chef to lead shift operations across Restaurant, Bar, Pool Bar, Club Lounge and In Room Dining, ensuring consistent quality and guest satisfaction.

You will collaborate with the Executive Chef on seasonal menus, manage stock and costs, mentor your team, and drive a positive, high-performing kitchen culture within a multi-outlet environment.

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience as a chef in hotel or restaurant environments.
• Two+ years supervisory experience in kitchen operations.
• Current food safety certification.
• Ability to work across multiple outlets and maintain high standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily kitchen operations across Restaurant, Bar, Pool Bar, Club Lounge and In Room Dining.
• Ensure consistent quality in food preparation, flavour, and presentation.
• Collaborate with Executive Chef to create and update menus reflecting seasonal ingredients.
• Create special event menus to enhance dining experiences.
• Communicate across departments to maintain guest satisfaction.
• Monitor stock levels, ordering, and food costs; manage labour.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Food safety

Open kitchen experience

Team coaching

Education

Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery

Job description

If you'd like to embrace a world of opportunities, we'd like to welcome you to the world's most international luxury hotel brand.

Perfectly positioned on Sydney's iconic beachfront, InterContinental Sydney Coogee Beach offer 198 elegantly designed rooms and suites, many with uninterrupted Pacific Ocean views, alongside an ocean-facing infinity pool, luxury cabanas, and a vibrant leisure deck. Guests can look forward to an elevated arrival experience, immersive coastal dining celebrating seasonal local produce, and a redefined wellness sanctuary. With state-of-the-art event spaces including a Grand Ballroom, the hotel blends soulful escapes and meaningful connection with refined coastal elegance - setting a new benchmark for beachfront hospitality in Australia.

About the Role

As Sous Chef you'll lead kitchen activities on shift and prepare our delicious food - helping create memorable experiences for guests - whenever and wherever they dine. You'll work collaboratively with the Executive Chef to ensure food quality, kitchen cleanliness, ordering and people management are kept to our high standards - to make sure the kitchen is always running smoothly. This role focuses on our Restaurant, Bar, Pool Bar, Club Lounge and In Room Dining offering however will work collaboratively across all parts of the kitchen required.

A little taste of your day-to-day

• Deliver exceptional dining experiences by ensuring consistent quality in food preparation, flavour, and presentation across all outlets and service styles

• Lead daily kitchen operations across our Restaurant (breakfast and à la carte), Bar, Pool Bar, Club Lounge and In Room Dining outlets.

• Work with Executive chef to create and update menus that reflect seasonal ingredients, current trends, and customer preferences

• Create special event menus that enhance the dining experience

• Communicate across departments and ensure your team work effectively without negatively impacting the guest experience

• Ensure optimum ordering of food stock & accurate stock take

• Monitor food costs and implement measures to control expenses

• Supervise daily kitchen activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers and labour cost is managed effectively

• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching, feedback and recognition

• Work with the Executive Chef to recommend or initiate any HR related actions where needed in terms of recruitment or performance management

What we need from you

• Full working rights in Australia without restrictions (a kind reminder sponsorship is not available for this role)

• Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery is essential

• Understanding of food standards

• Mandatory certifications include Food Safety Certificate and First Aid.

• 5 years’ experience working as a chef in either hotel or restaurant environments with at least 2 years supervisory experience in kitchen operations

• Experience working in a culinary environment servicing multiple outlets will be key and exposure to an open kitchen environment would be an advantage

• Holds a current food safety certification

• Ability to inspire passion, enthusiasm and positivity in the team to drive an engaged, winning culture.

• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage well with both the team and guests

What you can expect from us

• We give our people everything they need to succeed.
• From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life - including laundry for business attire, impressive room discounts, competitive products & services discounts program and some of the best training in the business.

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.

IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well - both inside and outside of work - and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace.

We are proud to be IHG and we know you will be too. Visit http://careers.ihg.com/ to find out more about us.