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About the Role
Lead a brand-new premium café delivering exceptional breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go offerings in an innovative, sustainability-focused workplace. Shape the future of food and hospitality through a purpose-built cooking school and activation space, creating memorable guest experiences.
Responsibilities
- Lead and influence a brand-new café producing premium produce
- Set standards across quality, culture, and performance
- Oversee dining and event execution, including creative menu development
- Drive team productivity, structure, and operational efficiency
- Act as a trusted 2IC to the Head Chef, supporting leadership and growth
- Maintain control across food safety, compliance, and cost performance
Requirements
- 5+ years in a senior culinary leadership role
- Background in corporate catering, events, fine dining, or large-scale production
- Strong leadership presence — able to drive standards and performance
- Passionate culinary foodie who lives and breathes provenance, unique products and seasonality
- Highly organised and commercially aware
- Confident delivering premium café dining experiences
- Solid knowledge of digital HACCP, allergen management, and compliance
- A collaborative mindset with the ability to challenge, adapt, and grow
Skills
- Culinary leadership
- Menu development
- Food safety
- Compliance
- Cost control
- HACCP
- Allergen management
Location
- Barangaroo, Sydney
Work Type
- Monday to Friday
- 7am to 3pm
Experience Level
- Senior
Salary/Compensations
- $90,000.00 Annual Base + 12% Superannuation
Benefits
- Access to client's discounts and benefits on a range of financial and retail products
- Career pathway and learning programs within Compass Group
- Paid Parental Leave
- Salary Packaging
- 100+ retail discounts through Maxxia partners
- Opportunity for internal mobility within the global company
- Eco & Social Impact initiatives
- Senior Management recognition programs
- Exclusive discounts on Travel, Cars, Accommodation, Electronic devices & more
About the Company
- Restaurant Associates has an enviable track record, working with some of the most prestigious venues and corporations in the world.
- From grand gala events, corporate cocktail parties to intimate gatherings, we provide bespoke food solutions and exceptional dining experiences.
- This role is part of a strategic initiative to enhance the workplace experience and support the client's vision of becoming Australia's employer of choice.
- The café is a single-site operation dedicated to producing exceptional breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go offerings using the highest quality local produce.
- You will play a key role in shaping a customer-centric dining experience, delivering outstanding food quality, innovation, and service in a modern corporate environment.
Equal Opportunity
- We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you require adjustments or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, please reach out to us on either 1300TALENT or careers@compass-group.com.au.
- Our people’s unique backgrounds, experience, and abilities are at the heart of our vibrant workforce. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the diverse communities that we serve, where everyone feels empowered and valued. By building diverse teams means we are creating inclusive environments for all our people and those we connect with through our day-to-day operation. We welcome & encourage applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, gender expressions, gender identity and people with disability.