State Executive Chef

About the Role

State Executive Chef | South Queensland

An exciting career opportunity exists for a passionate State Executive Chef to support our venues in delivering exceptional food offerings and standards across South Queensland.

As a State Executive Chef, you will play an active role in shaping venue food offerings to ensure they are relevant to the market while adhering to ALH standards. You will lead a culture of safe practices, ensuring ongoing auditing and continuous improvement in food safety across all venues. You will also contribute to succession planning for future leaders and provide support in the recruitment and development of Head Chefs.

A day in the life of a State Executive Chef:

• Demonstrated success in leading and mentoring diverse culinary teams across multiple venues.
• Proven ability to drive performance, build talent pipelines, and foster a culture of collaboration and trust.
• Resilient and adaptable in managing complex, fast-paced environments and dynamic operational environments.
• Ability to foster a culture of collaboration, inclusion, and trust across diverse teams.
• Drive recruitment, training, and succession planning to build capability and retain top culinary talent.
• Strong commercial focus with expertise in monitoring labour, cost controls, and P&L performance for continuous improvement.
  Monitor and analyse kitchen performance, including labour, wastage, and P&L reports, providing insights and recommendations for continuous improvement.

About you:

• You are a dynamic culinary leader with experience managing multi-site operations and large kitchen brigades.
• You bring a balance of creativity and commercial acumen, with a proven ability to deliver both innovation and profitability.
• You thrive in fast-paced, high-volume environments and adapt quickly to complex operational challenges.
• You are passionate about mentoring and developing chefs, building strong teams, and creating pathways for future leaders.
• You have a customer-first mindset, with a commitment to delivering exceptional dining experiences.
  You foster an inclusive, collaborative, and high-performance culture across diverse teams.|

The benefits are good too

Grow your career within ALH Hotels and the wider Endeavour Group network. An exclusive discount card for ALH Hotels, BWS, Dan Murphy's and other Endeavour Group brands, not to mention discounts from Woolworths and Big W. Endeavour Wellbeing Support; our EAP service offers critical incident support, career, conflict, nutrition and lifestyle, money, family, legal and employee assistance.

In line with our ongoing commitment to responsibility, candidates will be required to complete Employee Due Diligence checks which may include a National Police Check as part of the recruitment process.

Our Talent Team and Hiring Leaders kindly request no unsolicited resumes or approaches from Recruitment Agencies. Endeavour Group is not responsible for any fees related to unsolicited resumes.