AddressThe Catering Project Group is looking for experienced Sous Chefs for an immediate start.
Reporting to the Head Chef, this is a full-time position working in a busy corporate kitchen serving rustic styled food for catering and events.
This is an amazing opportunity to work within a great team, build on the business model and deliver exceptional service and standards to our customers.
Duties include, but are not limited to:
- Oversee all food operations paying particular attention to every stage of the production process
- Manage freshness, quality and ensure all products are delivered as per SOP
- Ensure all orders are dispatched on time from the kitchen
- Ensure consistency across all products
- Manage processes, SOP’s and on the job training across kitchen team
- Quality Assurance
- Manage HACCP processes and checks
- Manage and maintain food and production labour costs
- Receive customer feedback and work with operations to ensure corrective actions taken
- Manage rosters effectively to meet demands
- General administration tasks
- Drive a safe work culture and comply to HACCP and WHS regulations
Essential Criteria
- Large scale catering experience, preferably in with a delivered catering model.
- Minimum of 3 years’ experience in similar role
- Strong interpersonal and communication skills and ability to influence key stakeholders
- Process driven and experience with developing systems and SOP’s
- Management and leadership experience and the ability to motivate and drive teams
- Business and financial acumen
- High level of organisational and planning ability
- Experience in stock control, ordering, menu planning and new product development
- Competent financial reporting and cost management skills
- Experience in a HACCP accredited kitchen
- Ability to drive efficiencies across production teams, to achieve high quality output in volume
