Chef De Cuisine

Company Description
Your team and working environment:
The Sofitel Brisbane Central is centrally located within the heart of Brisbane City. The hotel’s 416 elegantly appointed rooms and suites are complemented by the finest personal luxuries to make this one of Brisbane’s best accommodation experiences. The hotel features a number of exquisite and extravagant food and beverage outlets, two fitness centres, a Day Spa and fully flexible event spaces for up to 1100 delegates.
Job Description
Chef De Cuisine
This is an opportunity to bring your superior kitchen management and organisational skills to Brisbane’s best and most iconic luxury hotel. Join a senior leadership team who cherish and nurture innovation, creativity and fresh ideas.
The Chef de Cuisine at Sofitel Brisbane Central is a key member of the kitchen brigade and works closely with the Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef and operational teams to achieve the highest culinary standards for the hotel.
In this role, time will be spent equally across kitchen operations and administrative duties, providing direct supervision to senior chefs across multiple hotel kitchens, and support and leadership to the wider kitchen brigade.
Focused on delivering a luxurious style of cuisine that is best in class, the successful candidate will be able to look at menus through a French lens in line with the Sofitel brand, and be a team player who displays a consistently positive attitude and guest-centric approach.
What you will be doing:

• Lead and manage a team of chefs across multiple kitchens at any given time
• Be responsible for the kitchen in the absence of the Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef
• Develop and mentor the future leaders of the hotel’s kitchen team
• Assist with the writing and design of new menus, showing diversity, luxury and elegance, using seasonal and cost-effective produce
• Undertake market research and maintain strong connections with local suppliers to be aware of current food trends
• Assist to facilitate effective staffing of the kitchen to ensure financial and service targets are achieved
• Perform administrative duties to achieve a safe, compliant, effective kitchen operation.

Qualifications
Your experience and skills include:

• At least 5 years' experience as a qualified chef
• Ability to lead, motivate, manage and develop others
• Immaculate personal presentation and hygiene
• High level of food safety standards
• Experience managing a HACCP certified kitchen is desirable
• Strong capabilities in menu design and food costing
• Flexibility to work as required across various kitchen functions
• Fluency in English and good communication skills.

Additional Information
Benefits and perks
Sofitel Brisbane Central provides ambassadors with opportunities to develop their career in the hotel and across the wider Accor Group.
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent. We live by our Heartist principles, that is, the heart and art of human connection. Understanding people is our business and putting people at the heart of our organisation is how we make decisions. We want every ambassador to feel valued, inspired and to strive for greatness every day.
We offer our Heartists:

• The opportunity to Work Your Way and build a career with the largest hotel group in the Pacific
• Complimentary food in the ambassador dining room
• Laundered uniforms
• Secure parking in the centre of Brisbane for $10 per day
• Direct access to Central train station
• Complimentary hotel stay package for your work anniversary
• Worldwide employee and family and friends benefits at Accor Hotels.