Sous Chef | Sandbar Surfers Paradise

Sandbar is one of Surfers Paradise’s busiest beachfront venues, serving breakfast, lunch and dinner seven days a week. With a high-volume kitchen, diverse menu and large team, we’re looking for a strong, all-round Sous Chef who can support the Head Chef and help lead the kitchen across all services. This is a hands-on leadership role suited to someone who thrives in quick-paced kitchens, is confident across all aspects of kitchen operations, and enjoys developing and leading a team. The Role You’ll work closely with the Head Chef to manage the day-to-day kitchen operations, lead the team during service, and ensure the kitchen runs smoothly across breakfast, lunch and dinner. What You’ll Be Doing
- Run and support breakfast, lunch and dinner service
- Support the Head Chef with daily operations
- Rostering and labour management
- Ordering and stock control
- Stocktakes and cost control
- Train, mentor and develop junior chefs
- Maintain food quality, consistency and presentation
- Ensure food safety and WHS compliance
- Lead the team during busy service periods What We’re Looking For
- Must have 2+ years’ experience in a busy, rapid-paced kitchen
- Able to confidently run breakfast, lunch and dinner service
- Experience with rostering and budgeting
- Experience with ordering and stocktakes
- High-level ability to train and develop a team
- All-rounder who is confident across all aspects of kitchen operations
- Previous Sous Chef experience or strong CDP ready to step up Why Join Us?
- Iconic beachfront location
- Large, high-performing venue
- Career progression opportunities within AVC
- Strong support from Operations and central teams
- Staff discounts across 240+ venues in Australia & New Zealand
- Outstanding team environment If you're a well-rounded Sous Chef who can lead from the front and handle a busy service, this is a great opportunity to join a high-volume, well-established venue. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3qc4bt