About the Role
As Head Chef, you will be a culinary genius and innovator, creating exquisite dishes while leading and inspiring your kitchen team. You will manage the kitchen as a commercial enterprise, focusing on costings and supplier relationships, and ensuring smooth kitchen service under pressure.
Responsibilities
- Create exquisite dishes that are fresh, balanced, and heavenly.
- Manage the kitchen as a commercial enterprise, including costings and supplier relationships.
- Plan and lead the kitchen brigade, ensuring smooth and consistent service.
- Lead by example, building a close-knit kitchen team that works in harmony.
- Inspire teamwork and motivate the team.
- Mentor and motivate the team, encouraging new ideas and enforcing strict standards.
- Maintain focus and go the extra mile to keep kitchen service on track.
- Manage time effectively and remain calm under pressure.
Requirements
- Understanding of how to create exquisite dishes.
- Ability to manage the kitchen as a commercial enterprise.
- Strong eye for detail in costings and management of supplier relationships.
- Excellent planning skills.
- Ability to lead by example and build a cohesive team.
- Ability to inspire teamwork.
- Ability to mentor and motivate a team.
- Ability to enforce strict standards without raising your voice.
- Excellent time management skills.
- Ability to maintain focus under pressure.
- Willingness to go the extra mile.
Skills
- Culinary expertise
- Innovation
- Costing and financial management
- Supplier relationship management
- Leadership
- Team management
- Mentoring
- Motivation
- Communication
- Time management
- Pressure management
Location
- Darling Harbour
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Head Chef experience
About the Company
- TFE is an international hotel group headquartered in Sydney.
- TFE has over 70 hotels, seven brands, in eight countries, with new hotels planned.
- TFE encourages employees to take ownership and shape the company's future.
- TFE supports authentic, flexible, and talented individuals.
