At a Glance
- Tasks: Lead a new production kitchen, ensuring consistent and safe food prep for multiple venues.
- Company: Join HBH Group, a growing hospitality leader in Brisbane.
- Benefits: Competitive salary, career growth, and regular hours.
- Other info: Opportunity to build systems from scratch in a dynamic environment.
- Why this job: Shape a brand new kitchen and make your mark in the culinary world.
- Qualifications: Experience in high-volume food prep and strong leadership skills.
The predicted salary is between 62100 - 75900 $ per year.
HBH Group runs a growing group of hospitality venues across Brisbane's north, including Bubba Gump Shrimp Co.
Sandgate, Gorilla Grind Café and Food Trucks, and Deux M Wine Bar and Café.
We're now opening a new central commercial production kitchen in Brendale to handle bulk prep for all our venues.
This is a new role, and you'll help shape it from day one.
The role
As Production Head Chef, you'll lead the kitchen that supplies our venues.
You'll make sure every batch is consistent, safe, costed correctly and delivered on time.
You'll work closely with our venue head chefs and managers to plan production around each venue's needs.
What you'll do
- Plan and run daily production, including bulk prep, batching and portioning
- Develop, standardise and document recipes, specs and yields
- Lead, train and motivate the production team
- Build and manage rosters within labour budgets
- Manage stock, ordering and receiving, and keep waste to a minimum
- Keep food safety, labelling and HACCP standards in place
- Help set up the systems, processes and workflows for a brand new kitchen
- What you'll bring
- Proven experience in production or high-volume food preparation
- Strong batching, recipe development and costing skills
- Solid leadership experience running a kitchen team
- Rostering and labour management experience
- Well organised, reliable and focused on consistency
- Able to start early and work shift work
- Food Safety Supervisor certificate, or willingness to get one
- A rare chance to build a production kitchen from the ground up
- Mostly early starts, with more regular hours than a typical restaurant kitchen
- Be part of a growing hospitality group with room to progress
- Competitive salary, based on experience
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Production Head Chef in Brisbane employer: HBH Group Pty Ltd
At HBH Group, we pride ourselves on being an exceptional employer, offering a dynamic work environment where creativity and leadership thrive. As the Production Head Chef in our new Brendale kitchen, you'll not only lead a passionate team but also have the unique opportunity to shape processes from the ground up, all while enjoying competitive pay and a supportive culture that prioritises employee growth and development. Join us and be part of a vibrant hospitality group that values innovation and teamwork.
