Chef

Tin Fish Bar; Victoria; On-site; AUD 72,000 - 114,000; Full time

Job summary

Go2hr is opening a new small plates bar in Victoria, BC, and seeks a Head Chef to lead the kitchen from day one. You’ll craft the opening small plates menu, cook for private events, and build your own team under the General Manager’s guidance.

You’ll work with local greenhouse and Gulf Island farm partners, pair dishes with BC wine, beer and spirits, and maintain high standards of food safety and day-to-day kitchen operations as the build-out finishes.

Qualifications

• Experience leading a kitchen from day one.
• Ability to create and manage the opening small plates menu.
• Proven ability to hire, train and lead BOH.

Responsibilities

• Create the small plates menu for opening and menu planning for private parties.
• Keep the menu turning with the seasons as ingredients change.
• Work with greenhouse and Gulf Island farm partners on planting/harvest decisions.
• Pair dishes with BC wine, beer and spirits.
• Hire, train and lead the BOH.
• Manage ordering, inventory, suppliers and day-to-day kitchen operations.
• Maintain high food safety and sanitation standards.
• Assist with setting up the kitchen as the build-out finishes.

Skills

Menu planning

Team leadership

Kitchen operations

Food safety

Job description

• Open to International applicants with valid Canadian Work permits: No

Make the menu your own.
We’re opening a new small plates bar in Victoria, BC. We will be sourcing from local farms and local water, with a list of BC wine, beer and spirits to match. We’re looking for a Chef who wants to lead a kitchen and write a menu that changes with the seasons.

About us

We cook from the farm and the water around us. We have our own greenhouse and direct access to farms on the Gulf Islands along with local boats and fisheries. The result of those relationships is what sets the terms for what goes on the plate. The menu is meant to move. A dish might run for three weeks while the crop is at its best and then disappear until next year.

The room matches the ambition. We’ve secured a location as good as any in the city, and the interior is being built to impress people when they walk in and keep them looking around once they’ve sat down.

Before we open, we’re hosting private parties while the team takes shape. It’s a small, creative group building something from the ground up. Our Head Chef will be the driving force behind our menu’s evolution.

Responsibilities & Qualifications

The role
You’ll lead the kitchen from day one. You’ll create the opening small plates menu, cook for private parties, and build your own team. You’ll report to the General Manager and work closely with the owners, who want to give a talented chef real creative freedom.

What you’ll do
Create the small plates menu for opening and menu plan for private parties
Keep the menu turning with the seasons, rewriting it as ingredients come and go

Work with our greenhouse and Gulf Island farm partners on what gets planted and harvested, and build relationships with local fishers and foragers

Work with the bar team to pair dishes with our BC wine, beer and spirits

Hire, train and lead the BOH

Manage ordering, inventory, suppliers and day-to-day kitchen operations

Keep food safety and sanitation standards high

Help set up the kitchen as the build-out finishes