Senior Café Operations Lead

Christchurch Adventure Park; Arkansas; On-site; USD 20,000 - 28,000; Part time

Job summary

Christchurch Adventure Park Café is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead all kitchen operations part-time, delivering high-quality food, maintaining food safety, and guiding a busy kitchen team within a destination café setting.

The role emphasizes menu development, cost control, and professional leadership to ensure exceptional visitor experiences through consistency and professionalism.

Qualifications

• Senior Chef/Head Chef with 5+ years in a commercial kitchen.
• Experience leading, managing, and developing kitchen teams.
• Ability to deliver high-quality food in a fast-paced, high-volume environment.
• Strong knowledge of food safety and health and safety compliance.
• Clear written and spoken English and excellent communication.
• Willingness to work evenings, weekends and public holidays as required.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage all kitchen operations, ensuring efficient, safe, and high-quality food service.
• Establish and maintain a strong reputation for excellent food quality, presentation, and consistency.
• Lead, roster, train, and develop a committed and professional kitchen team.
• Work at a consistently high pace in a high-turnover kitchen environment while maintaining high standards.
• Develop menus in collaboration with the Café Manager, contributing to the positioning of Christchurch Adventure Park as a destination café.
• Plan, implement, and review menu changes, including pricing, portion control, and cabinet presentation.
• Maintain a strong focus on food safety and health and safety, ensuring all records are completed accurately and kept up to date.
• Ensure correct food handling, dating, rotation, and storage to maintain freshness and minimise waste.
• Maintain a clean, organised, and safe kitchen environment at all times.
• Order supplies, manage stock levels, undertake stocktakes, and support pricing negotiations as required.
• Monitor portion control, manage wastage, and contribute to cost control initiatives.
• Train and induct new kitchen staff and support ongoing capability development.
• Contribute new ideas, menu concepts, and continuous improvement initiatives.
• Work alongside the Café Manager to support functions, group bookings, and peak service demands.
• Maintain a professional and respectful approach with customers and colleagues at all times.
• Participate in all aspects of kitchen work as required, from preparation through to service and clean-down.
• Undertake other duties reasonably required to support café and visitor operations.

Skills

Senior Chef

Head Chef experience

Kitchen Leadership

Food Safety

English Communication

Team Management

Job description

Christchurch Adventure Park Café is seeking an experienced Head Chef to lead all kitchen operations part-time, delivering high-quality food, maintaining food safety, and guiding a busy kitchen team within a destination café setting.

The role emphasizes menu development, cost control, and professional leadership to ensure exceptional visitor experiences through consistency and professionalism.