Chef / Kitchen Team Leader
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Hospitality · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · $80,000 - $95,000/yr · Visa: Employer sponsored
Know your rempah from your sambal and ready to run a kitchen? Busy Malaysian restaurants in Sydney, NSW, are hiring a Chef / Kitchen Team Leader for a permanent, full-time job paying $80,000 - $95,000 per year.
The kitchen cooks for both the restaurants and corporate catering clients. You would lead the team, report to the Company Director and work hand in hand with management. They want the dishes to taste the way they should and the kitchen to stay well run, so a cheerful, practical person who enjoys teaching, keeps learning and finds smarter ways to work will do well. The ad's work-rights condition is in the requirements.
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Key Responsibilities
- Turn out nasi lemak, laksa, Hainanese chicken rice and char kway teow that taste right, plate after plate
- Make each recipe, portion and plate look and taste the same, whether for diners or a catering order
- Map out prep and give each cook a clear task so service stays fast and orders stay correct
- Coach and guide the crew so teamwork, quality and hygiene never slip
- Run food safety properly, from storage and labels to temperature logs, stock rotation and allergens
- Place orders, receive deliveries, reject poor ingredients and keep spending and waste low
- Keep benches, cool rooms and equipment clean on schedule and flag anything needing repair
- Sit down with management to sharpen recipes, try new menu items and speed up the kitchen
- Keep kitchen records in order and help management sort out food quality concerns and customer feedback
- Back the team up on the line in rush hours
Requirements & Eligibility
- Three years at least of relevant, professional kitchen work, mainly cooking Malaysian cuisine
- Know-how with Malaysian ingredients, techniques, spice pastes, sauces and traditional tastes
- Time spent heading or helping a kitchen crew in a busy restaurant
- Love for Malaysian food and an eagerness to learn more and teach others
- Steady and cheerful at work: you own your tasks, listen to feedback and back up the crew
- Tidy, organised and precise, keeping a cool head when problems hit during service
- Hands-on knowledge of food safety requirements
- Interest in new dishes that keep Malaysian flavours real while pleasing customers
- Valid Australian work rights and/or sponsorship
- Malaysian or Singaporean cuisine, corporate catering, hotels or high-volume kitchens in your background is an advantage
- Bahasa Malaysia, Indonesian or Mandarin speakers are also welcome
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