Chef – Indian Sweets (Mithai) & Chaat Specialist – Fixed Term
Job Type: Temporary position | Full time position
Job Description
We need an experienced specialist chef for a 12-week fixed-term contract to set up our sweets and chaat section and train our new kitchen team for the opening. You will:
- Set up the sweets and chaat production stations before opening
- Prepare traditional Indian sweets in large batches, including syrup-based sweets, milk-based sweets, barfi, ladoo and halwa, with precise sugar-stage control
- Prepare chaat items such as pani puri, papdi chaat, tikki and dahi bhalla to brand standards
- Calibrate recipes to Australian ingredients and write recipe cards and portion specifications
- Train and assess our local cooks through demonstration and supervised practice
- Maintain food safety and hygiene standards
You will need
- At least 3 years' experience as a chef specialising in Indian sweets (mithai) and chaat in a high-volume commercial kitchen
- Proven ability to produce traditional sweets consistently at scale, including sugar-syrup stages, setting and moulding
- Experience training other cooks
- Cert III or IV in Commercial Cookery, a hospitality degree, or equivalent experience
- Experience with a large Indian sweets brand's standardised recipes is highly regarded
- Full Australian work rights for the contract period
- Availability to work early and late shifts, including weekends and public holidays
What we offer
- $41.00 per hour plus 12% superannuation
- Saturday, Sunday, public holiday and overtime penalty rates under the Restaurant Industry Award 2020
- 37.5 hours per week, 5 shifts
- Staff meal on every shift
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