Head Chef

We’re seeking a dynamic and energetic chef to run our small kitchen located in Mount Maunganui.

This is an incredible opportunity for a talented, creative chef who is ready to put their unique stamp on our established café.

Responsibilities:

• Overseeing the day-to-day kitchen operations to ensure a smooth workflow and maintain our high-quality standards.
• Developing seasonal & specials menus, ensuring they are aligned with our café’s vision and appeal to our customers.
• Managing inventory and sourcing high-quality, local ingredients.
• Ensuring compliance with food hygiene, and H&S standards.
• Collaborating with the owner to set budgets, optimise costs, and maintain the efficiency of the kitchen.

Qualifications:

• Experience as a Head Chef or similar role, running an all-day menu.
• Experienced in baking (scones, muffins, slices, etc.).
• Up to date with culinary trends and optimised kitchen processes.
• Passionate about making healthy & delicious food.
• Outstanding communication and leadership skills.
• Well organised and works effectively under pressure.
• Ability in dividing responsibilities and monitoring progress.

Immediate start available.

This is a full-time position for 5 days per week. Must work at least one day on weekends, either Saturday or Sunday.

Hours are likely to be 6:00am – 2.30pm weekdays, and 7:00am – 2.30pm weekends. We’re also looking to introduce a Friday dinner service in the future.

Sound like you? We would love to hear from you. Please provide a CV and a short cover letter about yourself.

Contact: Angela at heathstreeteat@gmail.com

Please ONLY apply if you have the Right to Work already. We are not an accredited employer and will not be considering overseas candidates for these roles.