About the Venue
A well-established, upmarket modern pub — one of the city's long-standing hospitality institutions — is seeking a Senior Sous Chef to play a key leadership role within its kitchen.
The venue attracts a strong weekday office crowd, consistent weekend trade and regular functions throughout the year. The food offering blends elevated pub classics with more refined touches, delivering quality, consistency and broad appeal.
Everything is produced with care, with a strong focus on in-house preparation and well-executed pub food at a premium level.
The kitchen is modern, professionally run and backed by experienced leadership. This is a structured, standards-driven environment where quality and consistency are non-negotiable.
The Role
This is a hands-on leadership position — very much the engine room of the kitchen.
You will oversee a key section of the operation, leading service, driving prep standards and ensuring smooth execution across lunch and dinner. The focus is speed, structure and consistency.
Responsibilities include:
* Running service at volume with calm control
* Managing prep levels, ordering and supplier relationships
* Coordinating function run sheets and event preparation
* Maintaining quality control and recipe consistency
* Supporting labour and food cost targets
* Leading and mentoring a team of approximately six chefs within a larger brigade
You will work closely with the Head Chef and senior leadership team, helping maintain standards while strengthening systems and day-to-day structure.
About You
* Has strong experience in high-volume pub, bistro or large-format venues
* Understands the pace and expectations of a busy trade
* Is organised, commercially aware and confident managing ordering and prep systems
* Leads from the front during service
* Values professionalism, structure and consistency
* Is confident collaborating within an experienced and skilled kitchen team
The Offer
* Upto $95k+S+Tips
* Sundays Off
* Stable, professional kitchen culture
* Strong leadership team and clear structure
* Genuine opportunity to take ownership of a key section