At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a skilled kitchen team, ensuring top-notch food quality and seamless service.
- Company: Blue Mountain Hotel, part of the ALH Hotels and Endeavour Group network.
- Benefits: Career growth, exclusive discounts, and wellbeing support.
- Other info: Hands-on role with opportunities for leadership and creativity.
- Why this job: Make your mark in a vibrant kitchen locals love and create memorable dishes.
- Qualifications: Trade cooking qualifications and food safety certifications required.
The predicted salary is between 49500 - 60500 $ per year.
About The Role
Are you a passionate, organized kitchen leader ready to step into a venue with a skilled team already in place? The Blue Mountain Hotel is looking for an experienced, driven Head Chef to lead our high-volume bistro and busy function operations, backed by a strong, talented, and hard-working kitchen brigade. In this role, you will lead from the front on the pass while taking full operational accountability for kitchen performance across both daily dining and major events. Working in direct partnership with the Venue Manager, you’ll drive food quality, direct function catering, and ensure exceptional pub classics and catered menus hit the pass seamlessly every single service.
A Day In The Life Of a Head Chef
- Command the kitchen like it’s your own, keeping it running smooth, safe, and profitable.
- Be a key part of the leadership crew, working closely with the Publican and FOH team.
- Share your passion, skills, and creativity to grow a high-performing kitchen team.
- Keep the connection between the kitchen and front of house flowing with good vibes and great food every shift.
Inherent Requirements
This is a hands‑on role that involves manual handling and lifting as part of regular duties (e.g. moving stock, kegs, and deliveries). Applicants must have the ability to perform physical tasks safely and efficiently.
About You
- You’ve got the experience, confidence, and pride to own the kitchen and make it shine.
- You’ve got trade cooking qualifications and food safety certifications sorted.
- You live and breathe the Head Chef life - creating food people talk about and coming in each day ready to lead.
If you’re ready to put your stamp on a kitchen locals love, let’s talk. The benefits are good too!
- Grow your career within ALH Hotels and the wider Endeavour Group network.
- An exclusive discount card for ALH Hotels, BWS, Dan Murphy’s and other Endeavour Group brands.
- Through our partnership with Woolworths, you'll also enjoy discounts at Woolies supermarkets and BIG W.
- Endeavour Wellbeing Support; our EAP service offers critical incident support, career, conflict, nutrition and lifestyle, money, family, legal and employee assistance.
In line with our ongoing commitment to responsibility, candidates will be required to complete Employee Due Diligence checks which may include a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process.
Head Chef in Westbrook employer: ALH Hotels
At The Esplanade, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a unique opportunity to lead a flagship beachfront venue in Brighton, South Australia. Our vibrant work culture fosters creativity and collaboration, providing you with true ownership of your kitchen while enjoying competitive benefits, including career growth within the ALH Hotels network and exclusive discounts across various brands. Join us to be part of a team that is setting a new benchmark for coastal hospitality, where your passion for food and leadership can truly shine.
