Head Chef
Hospitality · Albany, Albany & Great Southern WA, Australia · Full-Time · $80,000/yr
A senior leadership opportunity for a commercially minded chef: a well-established hospitality venue is seeking a skilled Head Chef to lead its kitchen operations.
The role calls for an experienced professional with strong leadership, operational and financial management skills. Your remit covers daily kitchen performance, team development, food quality and cost management, alongside safe and efficient operation.
Beyond day-to-day leadership, you will have scope to influence menus, kitchen systems and the future direction of the culinary offering, a valuable platform for long-term career progression.
Key Responsibilities
- Hold overall accountability for the kitchen's daily operations and its performance in every service
- Lead the brigade, plan daily staffing, and recruit and onboard new team members
- Drive consistent, high-standard food production with tight portion control and presentation, keeping quality benchmarks in place
- Design and embed efficient kitchen systems, standard recipes and operating procedures
- Direct food purchasing and cultivate supplier relationships
- Oversee inventory levels, stock movement, rotation and ordering
- Contain food costs and cut avoidable waste
- Align labour costs and rosters with budgets and financial targets
- Shape and refresh menus and seasonal offerings
- Coach and mentor kitchen staff
- Manage team performance and lead development reviews
- Ensure compliance with food safety, HACCP and workplace health and safety standards
Requirements & Eligibility
- Proven experience in a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef position, with a background leading the kitchen of a busy restaurant
- Strong operational and financial management capability, demonstrated through controlling both food costs and kitchen labour costs
- Strong capability in leading teams and managing staff
- A history of building and rolling out kitchen systems and overseeing suppliers and purchasing
- Excellent knowledge of food safety and HACCP principles
- Strong understanding of modern Australian cuisine
- Capability to design menus that balance quality with commercial viability
- Excellent problem-solving, backed by strong organisation and communication
- Ability to sustain high standards under pressure
- Suitable international candidates may be eligible for visa sponsorship
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