Chef - QLD - Sunshine Coast - Contract for 6 months

Spirit House restaurant has been winning awards and launching chef careers for over 20 years. And while Spirit House may be old in 'chef years', we like to think we're still sexy.

Located in Yandina, just 20 minutes from the beaches and the resort towns of Noosa and Mooloolaba we are offering a lifestyle as well as a unique opportunity to bring your skills and ideas in Asian cuisine to life while supporting the head chef and creating awesome dishes with our dedicated kitchen crew.

The Opportunity:

We are seeking a chef who has a real passion for Asian food & Modern Technique to work alongside an award winning team and help us take Asian food to new levels.

We have two positions: part-time 30 hour a week and a full-time role is available as well.

The good news is we are a very busy restaurant during the week and weekends and so it's not all weekend work - unless you want that.

With free onsite staff car parking and a team of award-winning chefs to work with, this is a great opportunity to develop skills, work with a fun-loving team and potentially join us full time at the end of the contract.

Here's what we will do for you:

Good work/life balance - we are busy during the week and weekends so there is flexibility there to create a lifestyle, not just a job.

Great Place to Learn: A dedicated team of professional chefs who work happily together and are willing to learn and bring new ideas to life.

No Split Shifts - We are a destination restaurant where people come to be taken on a food journey. This means reasiable hours and some flexibility so you get more time to live your life and take advantage of the coastal life.

Free Onsite Parking.

Great Pay - plus you are treated with respect.

Non-bullying workplace - our head chef is calm, professional and has created a happy workplace where you can look forward to going to work.

About YOU:

You might be thinking, "Woot, this sounds like a great job", and it is - but it's not for everyone - we have a specific type of person in mind. So let's talk about YOU.

You probably have a bookshelf filled with cookbooks and your Instagram is overflowing with food images. When you go to a book shop you go to the cookbook section first.

We're talking passion but, most importantly, we want a chef who can back that passion up with proven skills and new ideas for Asian food.

A little bit more about you:

Maybe you're smashing out huge hours in the latest, hottest place in town but you're not getting paid properly or the respect you deserve.

Or . . . you're in a position right now where you have ideas and passion that is simply being ignored or it's just not the sort of place where you can unleash your potential.

You've got:

Great knife skills

the ability to play well with others

experience working in busy kitchens

proven passion for your craft

the desire to share your knowledge and teach others

to be willing to learn and grow

ideas to take food to new levels

believes there's more to Asian food than putting kewpie mayo on everything

Here's The Deal:

Spirit House is a consistently busy, hatted restaurant and a major food destination with a huge reputation in the business.

Our team of great chefs has published cookbooks, won hats, led food tours overseas and has kept the Spirit House a major Australian food destination on the Sunshine Coast.

Chefs from Spirit House have earned a serious reputation and have gone on to senior positions in some of the most exciting restaurants in the country - and overseas.

If you're wanting to get funky with Asian food and are ready to jump in the deep end for 6 months and give us a try . . . AND . . . you can treat others with respect then we would like to hear from you.

There you have it.

To apply:

You can send us a resume to [email protected] but most importantly - write us a short note telling us about "what you can bring to the team" and submit your application by clicking apply now.