IHG Hotels & Resorts is one of the world’s leading hotel companies with around 350,000 colleagues working across more than 100 countries. As part of the IHG team, our people help our guests create amazing memories and deliver our purpose of providing True Hospitality for Good.

About the role

As Sous Chef with InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, you will be second in charge in a busy hotel kitchen providing support to the Executive Chef and leadership to the Kitchen team. This is a hands-on role with full participation in the daily production of food to ensure planning and direction of service is produced to the highest quality and consistency to ensure hotel quality and revenue goals are met and costs are controlled.

Your day to day

People

• Develop & Write Standard Recipe Cards
• Prepares detailed on-boarding program for new staff
• Maintains a comprehensive, current and guest focused set of departmental standards and procedures and oversees their implementation
• Ensures training needs analysis of kitchen and stewarding staff is carried out and training programs are designed and implemented to meet needs
• Conducts probation and formal performance appraisal in line with company guidelines
• Maintains up to date staff records and approves leave requests etc
• Regularly communicates with staff and maintains good relations
• Provides direction to the Kitchen team including Commis / Demi chefs, Cooks, Kitchen Attendants and Stewards
• Maintain, promote and monitor the food safety program HACCP

Responsible Business

• Liaison daily with stewarding department to verify equipment requirements for service period, cleanliness and sanitation issues of kitchen and equipment
• Demonstrate a sound awareness of OHS&W policies and procedures, ensuring the dissemination of information to all team members
• Champion the identification and reporting of hazards, evaluation or risks, and design and implementation of hazard and control measures
• Facilitate the reporting and investigation of injuries and illnesses arising from workplace activities, recommending corrective actions to prevent or minimise the chance of recurrence
• Establish the appointment of a trained health and safety representative, first aid officer and fire wardens for the department, ensuring their active role in the ongoing safety of the department
• Provide OHS&W Committee representatives with adequate resources including time to actively participate in the committee
• Provide induction and refresher training to all staff, ensuring their ability to discharge allocated OHS&W responsibilities including hazards within the workplaces, safe operating procedures, use and maintenance of PPE and safety equipment and emergency response procedures

Guest Experience

• Champion the winning ways culture within the hotel to ensure our people are consistently delivering positive guest experiences
• Develops popular menus offering guests value for money in accordance with IHG guidelines with Senior Chefs
• Plans and organizes successful Food and Beverage activities in the hotel and externally
• Co-ordinates and supervises the preparation and presentation of food products to ensure the highest quality at all times
• Controls and analyzes, on an on-going basis, the level of quality and presentation of food product, the condition and cleanliness of facilities, guest satisfaction and marketing
• Communicates politely and display courtesy to guests and internal customers
• Communicates to his/her superior any difficulties, guest or internal customer comment and other relevant information

Financial

• Monitors and controls inventories for operating equipment ensure the control and maintenance of par stocks and costs
• Controls and analyses department costs on an ongoing basis to ensure performance against budget
• Makes recipes and maintains up-dated and accurate costing of all dishes prepared and sold in the Food Production operation
• Maintains comprehensive product knowledge including ingredients, equipment, suppliers, markets and current trends and make appropriate adjustments to kitchen operations accordingly
• Monitors local competitors and compare their operation with the hotel Food and Beverage operation
• Sets standards of all food and equipment purchases in accordance with ICHG guidelines

What we need from you

• Appropriate full and unrestricted working rights in Australia are required for this role (no sponsorship available).
• Candidates should have completed a minimum of Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery or relevant equivalent, along with over two years of chef experience or an equivalent combination of education and culinary experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment preparing and cooking high quality dishes. Additionally, they must possess current food safety certification and be fluent in English.

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What we need from you

• Appropriate full and unrestricted working rights in Australia are required for this role (no sponsorship available).
• Candidates should have completed a minimum of Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery or relevant equivalent, along with over two years of chef experience or an equivalent combination of education and culinary experience.
• Experience working in a fast-paced environment preparing and cooking high quality dishes. Additionally, they must possess current food safety certification and be fluent in English.

What we offer

• Some of the best colleague discounts across our IHG Hotels for accommodation, food and beverage
• Enhanced parental leave program
• Free duty meal on shift
• Paid birthday leave
• Proactive paid wellness and mental health days
• A massive colleague discounts platform for all your favourite brands and retailers