Head Chef

Mitre 10; Greymouth; Remote; NZD 28,000 - 36,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive pay

Early starts and finishes

Free parking

Training and upskilling

Job summary

Mitre 10 MEGA Columbus Café in Greymouth is seeking a Café Chef to support the Café manager in running the kitchen within a busy cafe environment. You will receive a full induction and training but must be confident to work unsupervised while upholding high standards of food quality.

The role focuses on preparing meals, baking goods for the cabinet, creating seasonal dishes and maintaining stock control, with attention to food safety compliance.

Qualifications

• Be a team player with good communication skills.
• Maintain high standards and take pride in food quality.
• Solution-focused with ability to manage stressful situations.
• Confident with stock control, costings, and food compliance.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook meals as per Columbus Coffee Standards; baking experience is a plus.
• Prepare baked goods for cabinet, ensuring freshness and innovation.
• Create seasonal local favourite dishes.
• Manage productivity, stock control and rotation.
• Monitor and control all food purchasing and stock specifications.
• Follow and maintain high standards of Food Safety compliance.

Skills

Team player

Excellent communication

Food quality focus

Stock control & costing

Job description

Situated in Greymouth Mitre 10 MEGA, Columbus Café is asmall but professional team who believe in having fun while we work hard. Goingabove and beyond to offer our customers a premium coffee and food experience weare looking for a Café Chef to work with the Café manager to run the kitchen.

What do we offer?

• Competitive pay rate
• Early starts and finishes
• Free parking
• Training and upskilling

As the Cafe Chef

You will contribute to the successful running of the kitchen - ina busy cafe environment. You will be given a full induction and training butwill need to be confident and experienced to work unsupervised.

The ideal candidate for this role will

• Be a team player with good communication skills
• Be a professional who strives to maintain high standards and who takes real pride in the quality of the food
• Solution focused with an ability to manage stressful situations effectively
• Be confident with stock control systems, costing food products and food compliance
• Ideally have at least 12 months experience as a chef working in a busy Cafe kitchen with great experience in cooling short order brunch meals and baking skills to help with preparing savoury and sweet food cabinet items.

Responsibilities include

• Prepare and cook meals as per Columbus Coffee Standards, experience in baking would be an advantage.
• Prepare baked goods for cabinet, ensuring innovation and freshness
• Creating seasonal local favourite dishes.
• Productivity, stock control and rotation
• Ensure daily monitoring and control of all food purchasing, purchasing specifications and food stock control
• Follow and maintain our high standard of Food Safety compliance

The days and hours of work for this position are Wednesday - Friday 7.30am - 2.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 7am - 2.30pm

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted