Chef

The Royston (Harley Howard Freehouse PL)

• Full time position
• Attractive salary & benefits
• Quality kitchen
• Enthusiastic team environment
• Opportunities for career growth

About the role

The Royston Hotel is a busy gastropub in Richmond, Victoria. The Royston consists of a quintessentially Melbourne Front Bar, a cosy Dining Room & Beer Garden. The executive chef at the Royston is an experienced chef, with overseas experience, that is now producing elevated gastropub food in his hometown of Melbourne.

You’ll be working closely with the head chef & the kitchen team to perform the following tasks:

• Receiving deliveries & organising food storage areas

• Preparation of food

• Cooking in all sections of the kitchen – grill, fryers, larder, pass

• Monitoring quality of dishes at all stages of the cooking process – from preparation to presentation

• Daily execution of cleaning schedule to ensure compliancy with council regulations

• Working with senior chefs to develop food specials and seasonal menu changes

• Ordering

• Train & supervise junior staff

• Estimating food & labour costs

About you

You’ll be an experienced chef with at least 2 years experience working as a chef ideally in a high end Bistro/Pub food environment.

The ideal candidate will possess:

• Minimum Certificate IV commercial cookery or higher

• Food handling certificate

Estimate Salary range from $70,000 - $79,999 plus superannuation depending on experience.