Executive Sous Chef

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Are you an experienced Executive Sous Chef or Head Chef looking to showcase your creative culinary skills? Are you ready to let your food fly high?

AVIATION SUPPORT BUSINESS OF THE YEAR 2025

AUSTRALASIA's AIRLINE CATERER OF THE YEAR 2025

We currently have an exciting opportunity that has become available for an experienced and qualified  Executive Sous Chef to assist lead our successful Flight Catering team and commercial kitchens at Brisbane Airport on a full-time basis.

What does a typical day look like?

You will be supporting our Executive Chef with the overall delivery of planning, production and profitability. To achieve this you will work on providing operational direction, daily decision making, and guidance to a team of Chefs and Catering Attendants.

Responsibilities include but not limited to overseeing daily and weekly planning of food preparation, shift allocation and rostering, ordering and purchasing of produce through our systems, attending business strategy and operational meetings, championing a safe work environment and promoting a winning culture.

In a nutshell, your main responsibilities are:

• Be responsible for maintaining and delivering world class airline food quality standards across all classes (Economy, Premium, Business and First)
• Oversee department planning and execute activities to ensure budgeted production and financial targets are achieved
• Coordinate labour, resources, materials and equipment to ensure efficient execution of operational plans and Master Production Schedule (MPS)
• Manage all aspects of food catering, including meal presentations, charter catering, menu changes and audits
• Focus on continuous efficiency and productivity improvement
• Motivate, mentor and develop the Kitchen team at all levels
• Adhere to company HACCP and WHS policies
• Compliance to Waste Management and Environmental policies and minimizing cost controls where feasible.
• Keep all Kitchen staff up to date with required training (MLZ modules)
• Work with all stakeholders, Dept Heads and various support teams for BAU
• Maintain clear lines of communication across all operational depts and update your production teams and supervisors regularly.
• Collaborate with the wider business to align production operations with overall strategy

What do you need to be successful in securing this role?

• Trade qualified with experience min to Senior Sous Chef Level or higher
• Exposure to large or bulk catering facilities in manufacturing or FMCG
• Strong understanding of HACCP / Food Safety / WHS and QA
• Strong verbal and written communication skills
• Excellent time and interpersonal management skills
• Experience in manage a large cross functional team (over 100 staff)
• Planning or project management skills highly desired
• Previous Airline Catering experience is highly desired but not essential

What's in it for you?

• Attractive salary and staff benefits
• 5 weeks paid Annual Leave per year
• Free onsite parking, free daily hot meals and uniforms provided
• Career advancement opportunities, training, upskilling and development
• Grow your culinary career with a hand in strategy and planning management
• Be part of a business that is committed to giving back to our people and the community, through environmental, community and wellbeing initiatives
• Be part of a close knit, dedicated team with one-on-one mentoring
• Access to our Employee Benefits Program including a wellbeing platform, discounted private health insurance and access to specials and discounts from over 700 retailers

About Us:

We are Australia's largest and most admired inflight catering and retail partner. Specialising in inflight catering and retail, food manufacturing, and airport lounge management, our group of diverse brands enables us to deliver extensive service capabilities.

Chosen by many of the world's top airlines, we operate 16 facilities across 10 cities and employ over 4,000 people who help us to produce over 64 million meals, and service more than 250,000 flights, each year.

Parent company dnata – part of the Emirates Group – is one of the world's largest air services providers. Offering ground handling, cargo, travel, and inflight catering and retail services, dnata ensures the aviation industry operates smoothly and efficiently.

Want to know more about dnata catering and our global businesses? Visit our Australian careers website   and watch a short video here:

Does this role sound perfect for you? If so, we want to hear from you

Click the link below and upload your resume to start on the journey of joining the dnata catering family as an Executive Sous Chef.