Description
Summary:
Seeking a passionate, reliable, and detail-oriented Commis Chef to support the Head Chef in preparing healthy food, utilizing basic food knowledge and knife skills.
Highlights:
1. Key support role directly under the Head Chef
2. Opportunity to gain valuable experience in the food industry
3. Focus on healthy food preparation and culinary skill development
We are looking for a commis chef who is passionate about cooking healthy food - someone who is reliable, self motivated, and detail-oriented!
As a key support person in the kitchen (working directly under our head chef), your ability to listen and recall instructions will be essential to success. This role will require a good level of basic food knowledge and heavily utilise PRE-EXISTING knife skills.
Core duties include:
* cutting and prepping all ingredients for the salads
* cooking/grilling proteins and vegetables
* making and portioning out salad dressings
* portioning and weighing finished salads
* making soups, juices, nut milks, date puree & oatmeal
* general all around kitchen cleaning
Preference will be given to those applicants who have experience working in a commercial kitchen, however this position is well suited for a junior chef still studying in culinary school looking to gain valuable experience in the food industry.
This role is approximately 25-30 hours per week:
Monday - Wednesday 2:30pm - 7:30pm and Sunday 11am - 7pm. From next year, the hours will extend to Monday - Thursday 2pm - 7:30pm and Sunday 10am - 8pm. Hours are approximate and can vary based on how busy our two CBD stores are.
Please note that we have our annual closure for 3 weeks from the 19th of December.
This job is located in Rosedale on the North Shore, so living on the North Shore and/or having your own transportation to get to the kitchen is ESSENTIAL.