Address Aroma Enterprises Pty Ltd ATF Tamana Family Trust
14 Duneba Avenue, West Pymble NSW 2073
Sous Chef (Full-Time)
$75,000-$85,000 p.a, exclusive of superannuation
We’ve been successfully operating Avenue Road Café for over 10 years, located in the main shopping district of Mosman Village. We’re well known in the community for our seasonal, fresh and diverse meals and proud to consistently source ingredients from our local producers.
This success has seen us branch out and recently open another venue, Bar Infinita – a modern Italian restaurant and wine bar, located in Gordon NSW. Armed with a woodfired pizza oven and our head chef, being Francesco Lervolino from Naples itself (who has worked at some of Sydney’s finest Italian restaurants including Ormeggio and Firedoor), we’ve already become one of the North Shore’s new neighbourhood favourites in a matter of weeks.
We’re excited to keep improving our processes and refining our menus to offer our customers mouth-watering culinary experiences as well as vibrant environments they will find themselves wanting to come back to.
To ensure we continuously provide premium service to our loyal and new customers at both of our venues, we’re currently on the hunt for highly experienced and motivated Chefs to join our team. This full-time position is critical, working closely with the head chef, to create and execute top quality meals to cater for our clientele base. These venues operate at high volume, so it is imperative that our Chefs have the skills and experience needed to be able to maintain standards while working in a busy kitchen.
As Sous Chef, you will be responsible for the following duties including but not limited to:
• Ensure the smooth running of all kitchen operations
• Maintain quality & service standards
• Manage strategic objectives of our business including production (kitchen), food & beverage costings
• Plan menus and order food supplies
• Develop & manage the training & development systems for all kitchen staff including procedures for opening, changing & closing shifts
• Staff recruitment, selection, training, rostering & performance reviews
• Kitchen operations including inventory procurement, menu direction, food sales & COGS controls
• Closely collaborate with head chef to determine how food should be presented & create decorative food displays
• Prepare, cook, garnish and present foods in an adequate manner as per directions from head chef
• Collaborate with other chefs to plan and develop recipes and menus, taking into account factors such as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers
• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met
• Safety, security & hygiene systems management including inspecting supplies and dining facilities to ensure conformance to established standards & monitoring sanitation practices to ensure that standards and regulations are met by team members.
Required Skills:
• A relevant diploma or at least 5 years work experience in a relevant field
• Minimum 2 years work experience as a Chef in a restaurant of café
• General cooking and preparation knowledge
• Adequate knowledge of OH&S and food safety standards
• Friendly attitude and good work ethic.
