Chef

Lone Star New Zealand; Queenstown; On-site; NZD 42,000 - 63,000; Full time

Job summary

Lone Star Queenstown is seeking cooks and chefs at any level for an immediate start. This kitchen operates dinner service with no early mornings, typically starting between 2pm and 5pm, and requires flexible weekend and public holiday availability.

You will work across prep, hots, colds, and grill stations, ensuring food quality and presentation while complying with health and safety standards. Prior commercial kitchen experience is welcomed and opportunities to learn and develop are available.

Qualifications

Responsibilities

• To ensure that all food prepared in the kitchen meets quality standards and specifications
• To comply with all health & safety, and hygiene standards
• To ensure that the highest quality of preparation and presentation is met at all stages of preparation and presentation
• Workstations will include prep, hots, colds, and grill
• To assist the managers in the day-to-day running of the kitchen, ensuring that all food quality, hygiene, safety, and customer service standards are adhered to
• To offer ideas for improving cooking and preparation techniques
• To be punctual and to meet scheduled time frames for prepping and cleaning duties
• To train, coach, and develop new staff
• To place orders, and ensure that supplier invoices and deliveries are constantly matched
• To actively try and achieve reasonable costs of goods and wage costs
• To work well with the BOH team and kitchen management, and assist in achieving food and wage cost targets

Job description

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Lone Star New Zealand – Queenstown, South Island

Lone Star Queenstownis looking for cooks and chefs at any level with an immediate start.

Hours of work and requirements:

• no early mornings as we are open only for dinner, starting between 2pm and 5 pm
• flexible availability - must be able to work weekends and public holidays
• The cook position requires some experience in a commercial kitchen with a willingness to learn new skills

Duties & Responsibilities:

• To ensure that all food prepared in the kitchen meets quality standards and specifications
• To comply with all health & safety, and hygiene standards
• To ensure that the highest quality of preparation and presentation is met at all stages of preparation and presentation
• Workstations will include prep, hots, colds, and grill
• To assist the managers in the day-to-day running of the kitchen, ensuring that all food quality, hygiene, safety, and customer service standards are adhered to
• To offer ideas for improving cooking and preparation techniques
• To be punctual and to meet scheduled time frames for prepping and cleaning duties
• To train, coach, and develop new staff
• To place orders, and ensure that supplier invoices and deliveries are constantly matched
• To actively try and achieve reasonable costs of goods and wage costs
• To work well with the BOH team and kitchen management, and assist in achieving food and wage cost targets