Chef
Visa sponsorship
Hospitality · Sydney, NSW, Australia · Full-Time · Discussed at interview · Visa: Employer sponsored
This Sydney Chef position sits at the top of a hospitality group's kitchens: seven food and beverage outlets, a kitchen team of more than 60 people and output above 12,000 meals per week. It calls for a leader who can combine team leadership, commercial decisions and tight operational control with consistent results.
Your senior kitchen history, backed by employment and career documents that can be checked, will carry weight. Experienced executive chefs from Malaysia are welcome to apply.
Show the venues, team sizes and cost controls you have managed on a Sydney executive chef CV made with Build AI CV.
Key Responsibilities
- Take charge of kitchen operations at seven food and beverage outlets
- Coach, supervise and grow a kitchen workforce of more than 60, hiring at several levels
- Make sure every venue delivers the same food quality, presentation and service
- Guide menu development and carry it through across the operations
- Keep a firm grip on food costs, labour spend, purchasing and inventory, and track kitchen budgets to protect profit
- Put strong kitchen systems, procedures and performance standards in place
- Stay on top of food safety, workplace health and safety and regulatory compliance
- Partner with venue managers and senior leaders on operational targets
- Look for smarter ways to improve productivity, workflow and cost management
- Keep standards high in a large, fast-moving hospitality operation while promoting an accountable, positive kitchen culture
Requirements & Eligibility
- You have worked as a Group Executive Chef, Executive Chef or in a comparable senior culinary position
- You have been responsible for large kitchen teams, complex operations and high-volume food production
- Solid knowledge of food costing, budgeting, labour control and purchasing, plus a commercial view of kitchen profitability
- A record of menu development and consistent food standards
- Able to recruit, train, mentor and retain kitchen staff
- Strong organisational, communication and people-management skills
- Leads strategically but stays hands-on when needed
- Multi-venue hotel or hospitality experience is highly regarded
- Understands food safety, workplace health and safety and regulatory requirements
- International recruitment or sponsorship experience is advantageous
- Can provide verifiable evidence of relevant employment experience and senior responsibilities
Apply: jobs@jobsabroad.my · WhatsApp
Visa guide: Australia 482 Visa Guide for Malaysians