Head Chef for Production Kitchen
A Life Plus
Posted 25 days ago
🚨 Head Chef – Innovation, Quality & Cost Control (Meal Delivery, Botany NSW)
Join a fast-growing, high-performance food company on a mission to scale.
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About Us
We are one of Australia’s leading ready-to-eat meal providers, producing 15,000+ meals per week. We're not just about food — we're about transforming lives through healthier eating. Based in Botany, NSW, we serve NDIS clients and health-focused customers across the country.
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The Role
We’re looking for a Driven Head Chef to lead our kitchen and become a key driver of product quality, cost control, and innovation.
This is NOT just a cooking role.
You’ll design best-selling meals, run production like a high-output machine, and work with leadership to scale fast and profitably.
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What You’ll Own
- Quality & Consistency – Every meal, every time.
- Menu Innovation – Launch new meals weekly aligned with client feedback.
- Cost Control – Reduce waste, improve yield, and build margin-friendly meals.
- Operational Flow – Streamline prep, cooking, and plating for speed and precision.
- Team Leadership – Build a strong kitchen team that runs without micromanagement.
- Food Safety – Champion HACCP and ensure perfect compliance.
- Client Feedback Loop – Improve meals based on what customers actually say.
- Co-Packing Collaboration – Work with external partners to scale cooked products.
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Who You Are
- A culinary leader with high standards, strong systems thinking, and a hunger to improve.
- Able to lead teams, train juniors, and enforce quality without compromise.
- Commercially aware — you know food isn’t just about taste, it’s about margin too.
- Bonus: Experience with meal delivery, HACCP, co-packing, or scaled production.
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You’ll Thrive Here If You…
- Love building scalable systems and world-class meals.
- Are proactive, hands-on, and lead by example.
- Want to be more than just a chef — but a core part of a business that’s scaling fast.
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Role Details
- Location: On-site in Botany, NSW
- Type: Full-time, Permanent
- Salary: $90K–$120K + super + performance bonuses (negotiable for top performers)
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How to Apply
Send your resume and a short note on:
- The best kitchen system you’ve ever built or run.
- One cost-saving idea you’ve implemented that worked.
We’ll move fast for the right person.
About A Life Plus
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