About the business and the role

Woodpeckers Restaurant is located in the heart of Subiaco (WA), just minutes from Perth’s CBD a renowned foodie hotspot, a thriving place in the greater Perth metropolitan area. We are a renowned restaurant specializing in traditional Italian cuisine, including homemade pasta. We offer a wide range of pastas and mains (pork, beef, mussels and lamb) to our guests accompanied by sauces, sides and wines. The location of the Restaurant makes it perfect for all occasions. Currently we are after an experienced Head Chef specialised in Italian pasta dishes.

Job tasks and responsibilities

The role includes, but is not limited to, top quality pasta dishes production standard. The kitchen team works 6 evenings a week, 1 split shift on Friday. The winning candidate’s responsibility will be working with the kitchen team to control the kitchen operations. He or She will also be in charge of planning and drafting the menus, estimate food and labour costs, and liaising with suppliers to prepare the orders for food supplies; He or She will monitor and be responsible for the quality of dishes at all stages of preparation and presentation; He or She will discuss food preparation issues with the Manager and the kitchen and waiting staff; will train other team members if and when required; may be requested to prepare and cook food; as the quality of our products and the safety of our Clients is paramount, will be responsible to make sure that all relevant regulations in terms of food health, hygiene and safety are complied with at all times, including rules, methods and practices related to food freezing and subsequent thawing.

Skills and experience

We are looking for a professional. Someone who is capable of keeping costs under control while providing top of standard and well-presented dishes.

The successful candidate will be trade qualified, holding at least an Australian Certificate IV in commercial cookery or the offshore equivalent (holding a qualification gained in Italy will be a plus) and have a minimum of 3 years’ experience in the role; he or she must have current or very recent experience as full time Chef in a restaurant with a similar menu as ours;

What we offer:

· a tasty employment, literally;

· a salary of $ 85,000.00 p.a. plus superannuation;

· a full time (38 hrs/week), ongoing position for at least two years and beyond;

Other requirements:

· must be able to provide a clean and recent (not older than 1 month) AFP NPC;

· for your own convenience, it's best if you own your own transport;

· the selected candidate will be required to undergo a medical check and drugs screening; if you are into any kind of drugs, please do not apply;

· non-smoker;

How to apply:

do NOT hand-deliver your job application; we will consider ONLY complete application made online, on this Job Board, as per below;

A complete application is made of all the following documents packaged in one single PDF and in the following order;

A) a dated and signed cover letter where, in no more than 200 words, you tell us why you think you are the perfect fit for this position;

B) the following attachments:

1. Colour clear scans of your qualification(s) (photos or scans made with a mobile app are not acceptable);

2. a statutory declaration where you declare;

2.1. for how long you have been working as a Chef, where and doing what exactly (i.e., what were/are your duties/tasks while working there);

2.2. that you currently are or have been very recently employed as Chef;

2.3. why you want to change employer or why you have left your employment;

3. your recent (less than 1 month old) AFP NPC obtained online from the Australian Federal Police and

not from any other private organisation or local Australian police;

4. three signed work-related verifiable references where name(s) and contact details are clearly readable;

NOTE: colour scans of original documents must be made at 300 DPI. Scans of copies will not be accepted.