Chef and Cook

Job description

Positions: Chefs and Cook

Position Type: Full Time Salary: $70,000 - $85,000 p/a plus Super

Employer Name: Townview Hospitality Pty Ltd

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Job Location: 103 Marian St, Mount Isa, QLD-4825

Advertising Period – 05/11/2025 to 05/12/2025

Our Client, Townview Hospitality Pty Ltd, is a well-established hospitality provider located at 112 Marian Street, Mount Isa QLD 4825. Situated in the heart of Mount Isa, the motel is recognised for its comfortable accommodation, friendly service, and welcoming atmosphere that attracts both local and interstate travellers. With modern amenities including a swimming pool, on-site parking, and in-house dining facilities, Townview Motel offers guests a complete and relaxing experience during their stay.

Our in-house restaurant caters to a diverse clientele, serving freshly prepared meals that highlight both local and international flavours. The business prides itself on maintaining consistent food quality, cleanliness, and superior customer service, ensuring that every guest enjoys an exceptional dining experience.

Join Our Team

We are currently seeking experienced Chefs and Cooks to join our dynamic team at Townview Motel. The successful candidates will play a vital role in our kitchen operations, contributing to menu planning, food preparation, and presentation while maintaining high standards of taste and hygiene. Candidates with a genuine passion for hospitality, strong teamwork skills, and the ability to perform in a fast-paced environment are encouraged to apply.

Duties of Chef:

• Monitors and maintains the quality of dishes throughout every stage of preparation, ensuring that each plate meets high standards in taste, presentation, and adherence to culinary excellence.
• Designing menus that balance creativity, seasonal availability, and customer preferences.
• Calculating food and labour costs to ensure profitability and efficient resource allocation.
• Ensuring dishes are prepared according to standardized recipes and presentation guidelines.
• Ordering ingredients and optimizing inventory to support kitchen operations.
• Strategically freezing and preserving ingredients to minimize waste and optimize kitchen efficiency.
• Introducing new cooking techniques, recipes, and menu items to enhance culinary offerings.
• Participating in the selection and hiring process to onboard skilled and qualified kitchen personnel and training the kitchen staff to perform their duties adequately.
• Working closely with managers, dietitians, kitchen staff, and waiting staff, the focus is on fostering collaboration and addressing operational, nutritional, and customer service aspects to ensure efficient and high-quality food service.
• Ensure hygiene is maintained to the required standards and maintain a clean and organized kitchen during and after service.

Duties of Cook

· Cooking food as per the dietary requirements of the patrons such as food allergies.

· Checking whether the ingredients used for cooking are in accordance with recipe guidelines and are of good quality.

· Seasoning, Marinating, Roasting and Baking food as per the recipes.

· Stirring and mixing to make a variety of sauces for marinating and preparing various dishes.

· Washing, cutting, peeling of ingredients including vegetables and meats for preparing cuisines.

· Demonstrating safe work practices and adhering to Workplace health and safety regulations by cleaning and tidying the restaurant and kitchen using sanitizers, bleach, hot water, soap liquids etc.

· Examining food and products to ensure it is of the highest quality.

· Organizing cooked meals in platters with good presentation and right proportion.

· Assisting Chef in planning and designing menus.

· Cooking, Baking and grilling of meats and vegetables following proper recipes.

· Assisting chef in daily food operations and working under the supervision of the chef.

· Using proper knife handling techniques, and cutting techniques for fruit, vegetables, and meats appropriate to the style of cuisine.

· Performing other activities such as training kitchen staff

· Receiving and storing stock in a clean place and temperature-controlled facility.

Qualification & Experience:

• Certificate IV qualification is desirable.
• The candidate must have at least 1 year of relevant work experience
• Friendly, positive & approachable attitude
• Well presented & motivated
• Able to work unsupervised under pressure.

Salary: AUD $70,000- $85,000 per annum plus superannuation

Please include reference: J1113 in the subject line and email all applications and CV to

Due to the volume of applicants, only those meeting the minimum standards will be considered and only successful candidates will be contacted. Thank you for your interest in the role.

Job Types: Full-time, Permanent

Pay: $70,000.00 – $85,000.00 per year

Work Location: In person