Sous Chef - Buffet Breakfast

As Sous Chef, you’ll ensure quality across our breakfast operations, maintaining high standards and keep the kitchen running smoothly. This role leads our Riverside Restaurant & In Room Dining offering for breakfast, provides preparation support for the lunch teams and works closely with the Evening Sous Chef to ensure a smooth kitchen operation across meal periods.

Every day is different, but you’ll mostly:

· Be hands on directing morning kitchen operations ensuring smooth and efficient service across breakfast and In-Room Dining.

· Lead, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of culinary professionals in a proactive manner.

· Take ownership and accountability for food safety and hygiene in compliance with HACCP standards.

· Manage kitchen inventory, ordering, and stock control to minimize waste.

· Conduct regular training sessions to enhance skills and knowledge including onboarding new colleagues.

· Tackling guest feedback head-on in conjunction with Front-of-House leadership.

· Collaborate with the Executive Chef on menu development.

What We need from you:

· 3-years’ experience in a culinary leadership role within a high-volume environment.

· Experience in buffet and ala carte operations, with demonstratable presentation skills appropriate to a 5-star environment.

· A proven ability to lead a multi-national team and grow talent.

· Have knowledge in rostering with an ability to manage scheduling and payroll for kitchen colleagues according to predetermined hotel budgets.

· The ability to effectively communicate to manage relationships between departments.

· A guest-centric focus that pushes you to be the best-in-market, leveraging the wider hotel team to ensure success.

· Ability to work under pressure while maintaining calm demeanour.

· Flexibility to support other kitchens and special events as needed.

· Experience in a 5-star international hotel brand is required.

· Must have Full Australian Work Rights.

To be considered for this role, availability mornings on a rotating roster including weekends and public holidays is vital, as well as a reliable method of transportation.

Please indicate clearly on your application what your working rights are in Australia.

What you can expect from us:

You’ll be rewarded for your hard work with a suite of benefits that supports you and your family’s well-being, including:

· Annual HIGA Managerial Salary $79521.25 plus Super & IHG Benefits

· Paid birthday leave

· Food & beverage discounts and generous employee accommodation rates worldwide

· Enhanced parental leave

· Proactive health days and flexible work options.

· Your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development program

· IHG Career Milestone celebrations

· Transfer of entitlements as you move and grow with IHG.

· Access to our discount retail platform that makes your pay go even further

Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate differences and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees regardless of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives.