Chef (Wheelers Hill)

Elevate our dining experience with your culinary skills, as part of a talented kitchen team!
- Enjoy work-life balance
- have your evenings back!
- You will see local produce, quality cuts and vibrant colour for our residents to enjoy!
- Fantastic opportunity to grow your skills in the kitchen About the Role Calling all Chefs! We will challenge any ideas you have on Retirement Village cuisine, we offer more choices and more variety in our all-new approach to food and fine dining called Ryman Delicious! We are developing menus with more complexity and we are investing in redesigning our kitchens and putting in extra resources to make it work. We have an exciting opportunity for an experienced Chef at Nellie Melba Retirement Village in Wheelers Hill. This is a casual position working any day from Monday to Friday 0930-1730 / 1130-1930, at a base hourly rate starting from $30.92 to $31.89. In this role you will:
- Ensure nutritious, high quality, well prepared, well presented and enjoyable food is provided to our residents
- Prepare specialty food for fine dining evenings and village functions
- Adhere to all practices relating to food hygiene, preparation, storage and disposal
- Work closely with, and support your team and colleagues About You To thrive in our environment you will have:
- Certificate in III or IV in Commercial Cookery, Diploma in Hospitality Management (Commercial Cookery) or international equivalent
- At least 3 years of proven experience as a Chef leading a team and running a kitchen (aged care experience is highly desired)
- Outstanding communication skills
- A reliable, friendly and professional manner About Ryman Welcome to Ryman! We're a growing and agile organisation with a culture based on kindness, and excellence. We're one of New Zealand and Victoria's fastest growing employers, with career options across a range of different sectors
- from nursing, to sales, village, design, technology and office roles. We take pride in the fact that our people are naturally empathetic and caring. In fact, we believe that's essential to the way we work! We think our people are one of a kind. Ryman Perks
- Work in a facility that operates more like a family business. We are well resourced and have great care ratios
- Fun, friendly and supportive team environment
- Monthly employee recognition
- Receive a complementary designer uniform
- Opportunities for professional development and career progression
- Receive a Ryman Team Perks card with discounts from 45+ well-known brands At Ryman, we support an environment where everyone feels welcome to be themselves. We embrace diversity and celebrate individual uniqueness, encouraging anyone wanting to work for Ryman to apply for our vacant positions. If you're our KIND of person we'd love to hear from you! Applications will be reviewed as they are received and interviews may take place prior to the close date. This means we reserve the right to close a job ad before the advertised close date. Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3pr2tq