Experienced Cafe Chef (Weekend Only) (Balwyn North)

**Job Title: Experienced Café Chef**

**About Us**

We are a vibrant, fast-paced café dedicated to delivering exceptional culinary experiences. We pride ourselves on quality, innovation, and excellent customer service. We're seeking a seasoned Café Chef who is passionate about creating and curating dishes that delight our guests.

**Role Overview**

As our Café Chef, you will be the culinary cornerstone of our café kitchen. You will be responsible for:

- **Crafting and introducing new, creative dishes** that align with our brand identity and seasonal offerings.
- **Delivering consistently high-quality food** in a high-volume, fast-paced workplace.
- **Efficiently managing food prep, service support, and kitchen maintenance tasks** to keep operations running smoothly.
- **Handling stock, inventory, and supply planning**, including creating shopping lists and coordinating orders.
- **Ensuring kitchen hygiene and cleanliness**, including regular tidying, sanitising surfaces, and equipment upkeep.
- **Working flexibly across mornings, afternoons, weekdays, and weekends**, to meet service demands.

**Key Responsibilities**
- Design and develop new menu items, specials, daily offerings, and seasonal features.
- Execute all menu items with precision, efficiency, and consistent quality.
- Oversee all aspects of food preparation—from ingredient prep to plating.
- Conduct regular cleaning, sanitising, and maintenance of the kitchen and equipment.
- Monitor stock levels, perform inventory counts, forecast needs, and create accurate shopping lists.
- Support front-of-house team during service when needed, ensuring smooth and efficient operations.
- Uphold health and safety regulations, maintaining cleanliness and food safety standards.
- Collaborate with café management on menu updates, supplier relationships, and operational improvements.

**What We're Looking For**
- **Proven experience as a Café Chef or similar role**, preferably in a café or fast-casual dining setting.
- Strong ability to **innovate and introduce new dishes** that align with brand and seasonal trends.
- Excellent organizational skills with the ability to **thrive in a fast-paced environment**.
- Familiarity with **inventory management**, stock ordering, and supply coordination.
- Exceptional knowledge of **food safety, hygiene standards, and kitchen procedures**.
- Strong multitasking skills and the ability to switch between prep, service, and maintenance duties seamlessly.
- **Availability on weekends**. (Fix Saturday / Sunday shifts)
- A proactive attitude with strong communication and teamwork abilities.

**Why Join Us**
- Be part of a creative and dynamic team where your culinary ideas and execution truly matter.
- A supportive environment that encourages innovation and personal growth.
- Flexible scheduling to support work-life balance.
- Competitive compensation and opportunities for career progression.

**How to Apply**

Please submit your resume and a short cover letter detailing:

- Your experience in menu development and kitchen leadership.
- Examples of new dishes you’ve created or contributed to.
- Your availability for weekends.

**Job Type**: Part-time

Pay: $28.00
- $40.00 per hour

Application Question(s):

- How many years of experience in a Cafe or fast casual kitchen you have?
- Describe a dish you created that feels 'classical'
- its inspiration, components and presentation
- Are you comfortable managing all kitchen operations independently
- prep, service, cleaning, inventory and ordering ?
- Are you available to work on weekends ?
- Do you have any food safety certifications? which one ?

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