Senior Sous Chef in Sydney

Lead a brand-new premium café delivering exceptional breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go offerings.

An innovative workplace featuring a community food garden with native food-producing plants, vegetables and herbs, native bee initiatives, and a strong focus on sustainability.

Shape the future of food and hospitality through a purpose-built cooking school and activation space, creating memorable guest experiences and showcasing culinary excellence.

This is a unique opportunity to lead a brand-new café focused on delivering a best-in-class culinary experience based in Barangaroo, Sydney, working Monday to Friday from 7am to 3pm.

This role is part of a strategic initiative to enhance the workplace experience and support the client’s vision of becoming Australia’s employer of choice.

The café is a single-site operation dedicated to producing exceptional breakfast, lunch, and grab-and-go offerings using the highest quality local produce.

You will play a key role in shaping a customer‑centric dining experience, delivering outstanding food quality, innovation, and service in a modern corporate environment.

THE POSITION

• Set standards across quality, culture, and performance.
• Oversee dining and event execution, including creative menu development.
• Drive team productivity, structure, and operational efficiency.
• Act as a trusted 2IC to the Head Chef, supporting leadership and growth.
• Maintain control across food safety, compliance, and cost performance.

THE PERSON

• 5+ years in a senior culinary leadership role.
• Background in corporate catering, events, fine dining, or large-scale production.
• Strong leadership presence - able to drive standards and performance.
• Passionate culinary foodie who lives and breathes provenance, unique products and seasonality.
• Highly organised and commercially aware.
• Solid knowledge of digital HACCP, allergen management, and compliance.
• A collaborative mindset with the ability to challenge, adapt, and grow.

THE BENEFITS

• Access to client’s discounts and benefits on a range of financial and retail products.
• Unlock your potential with our career pathway and my learning programs within Compass Group.
• Great opportunities to support your growing family.
• Options to make your dollar go further and secure your future.
• Easy access to 100+ retail discounts through our Maxxia partners.
• Opportunity to learn new skills and move to a host of exciting and new roles within the global company.
• A chance to join an ecologically and socially forward operation.
• Senior Management recognition programs run for our team members.
• Exclusive discounts on Travel, Cars, Accommodation, Electronic devices & more!

We are committed to providing a recruitment process that is fair, equitable and accessible for all. If you require adjustments or alternative methods of communication in the recruitment process, please reach out to us on either 1300TALENT or careers@compass-group.com.au.

Our people’s unique backgrounds, experience, and abilities are at the heart of our vibrant workforce. We strive to create workplaces that reflect the diverse communities that we serve, where everyone feels empowered and valued.

By building diverse teams means we are creating inclusive environments for all our people and those we connect with through our day‑to‑day operation. We welcome & encourage applications from Aboriginal & Torres Strait Islander peoples, people of all backgrounds, ages, sexual orientation, gender expressions, gender identity and people with disability.