Cook

Full Time

What we offer

At Eclectic Tastes, we are committed to creating a positive and supportive work environment for our employees. We offer competitive remuneration, opportunities for career development, and a range of employee benefits, including staff discounts and team-building events. We also prioritise the health and wellbeing of our team, with access to flexible work arrangements and a focus on work-life balance.

About us

Eclectic Tastes' is a dynamic and innovative hospitality group. Our mission is to provide our customers with exceptional dining experiences. We are committed to creating a positive work environment for our employees.

About the role

We are looking for an experienced cook who wants to progress into a fast-paced environment with great work culture and the opportunity to learn and grow around experienced and knowledgeable chefs.

• Set up the kitchen with cooking utensils and equipment
• Experiment with recipes and suggest new ingredients to Head Chef
• Study each recipe and gather all necessary ingredients
• Inform wait staff about daily specials
• Maintaining safe temperatures of grills, oven and other cooking equipment
• Prepare cooking ingredients daily, including poultry, raw meat, seafood, vegetables.
• Prepare hot and cold desserts
• Prepare various sauces
• Cook food in a timely manner to ensure service quality
• Monitoring quality of each dish during cooking process to ensure appealing plate presentation as per restaurant menu.
• Modify recipes to meet customers special dietary needs and requests 
• Monitor food stock and place orders to minimise wastage
• Check freshness of food and discard out of date items to comply with food safety
• Ensure compliance with all health and safety regulations within the kitchen area, including immediately reporting repairs of any necessary equipment
• Cleaning the kitchen to comply with regulations

Skills/Qualifications required

At least Certificate III or above in Commercial Cookery. Relevant experience in similar position might substitute formal qualification

Experience:

Minimum of 2 years’ experience in fast-paced commercial kitchen or similar roles.

Please send resume including two references to jane@eclectictastes.com.au

Please note only successful candidates will be contacted.