Executive Chef - InterContinental Brisbane

InterContinental Hotels Group; Golden Horseshoe; On-site; CAD 50,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

An established industry player in luxury hospitality is seeking a passionate Executive Chef to lead their culinary team. In this dynamic role, you will be responsible for delivering world-class dining experiences, overseeing a talented team, and ensuring compliance with food safety standards. Join a global family that values teamwork, innovation, and excellence in service. Enjoy a rewarding career with competitive salary and benefits, including accommodation and training opportunities. If you have a flair for culinary arts and a commitment to quality, this is the perfect opportunity for you to shine.

Benefits

Accommodation

Room Discounts

Training Opportunities

Health Benefits

Qualifications

• Experience as an Executive Chef or Head Chef in a luxury hotel.
• Strong understanding of HACCP and food safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Deliver exceptional dining experiences and maintain food quality standards.
• Oversee culinary team and ensure efficient execution of the culinary program.

Skills

Culinary Arts

HACCP Compliance

Team Management

Food Safety Standards

Communication Skills

Education

Trade Qualification in Culinary Arts

Job description

Hotel Brand: InterContinental
Location: Australia, Queensland, Brisbane

As the world's largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental brand.

Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world.

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.

Nestled in the heart of Brisbane’s CBD, InterContinental Hotel Brisbane will open to guests this winter, offering 319 spacious hotel rooms and suites, all day dining restaurant and lobby bar, outdoor pool, fitness centre and Club Lounge, all in a prime location above Queen Street Mall, perfect for exploring the city’s top attractions. With over 1800 square metres of meeting and events spaces, InterContinental Brisbane offers versatile function rooms and a Grand Ballroom catering for up to 1000 guests, making it a great choice for business and leisure events alike.

The moment a guest steps into one of our hotels, they walk into a genuinely memorable experience. As leader of our Kitchen team, you’ll deliver this from the outset, delivering an exceptional dining experience that makes our guests and visitors alike, want to return time and again. Reporting to the General Manager, you are responsible for the delivery of the culinary divisions objectives by providing operational direction, support and guidance to a team of talented Chefs, catering to all of our outlets including All Day Dining Restaurant, Lobby Lounge, Club InterContinental, Event Operations and In-Room Dining.

A little taste of your day-to-day

Every day is different, but you’ll mostly be:

• Responsible for maintaining and delivering world class food quality standards
• Oversee department planning and rostering to ensure budgeted productivity and financial targets are achieved
• Coordinate culinary team resources, materials and equipment to ensure efficient execution of the culinary program across the hotel
• Driving continuous efficiency and productivity improvement
• Inspire, motivate, mentor and develop the culinary team
• Adhere to HACCP, Food Safety and WHS policies
• Waste management and minimizing cost control
• Collaborate closely with hotel teams across all dining venues and events to deliver a world class culinary experience

What we need from you

• Trade qualified with experience working within a Hotel restaurant as either an Executive Chef or a Head Chef (preferably for a minimum of 1-2 years)
• Must have previous experience in a premium venue, luxury hotel or similar high-end environment
• Experience in a professional commercial kitchen with a passion for culinary arts
• Strong understanding of HACCP / Food Safety / WHS and QA
• You will have proven experience working with and achieving brand standards at luxury or similar level
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time and interpersonal management skills
• Experience in manage a large cross functional team and developing an inspired, engaged culinary team
• Full working rights in Australia without restrictions.
• Impeccable grooming standards and good personal hygiene.
• Physical fitness as you’ll be on your feet most of the day. Sometimes you’ll need to lift, push and pull objects, up to 23 kg – we have the equipment to support you and keep you safe.

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care - that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve – in return we’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including accommodation, package benefits, great room discount and superb training.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.