Head Chef

Situated in Greymouth Mitre 10 MEGA, Columbus Café is a small but professional team who believe in having fun while we work hard. Going above and beyond to offer our customers a premium coffee and food experience we are looking for a Café Chef to work with the Café manager to run the kitchen.

What do we offer?

• Competitive pay rate
• Early starts and finishes
• Free parking
• Training and upskilling

As the Cafe Chef

You will contribute to the successful running of the kitchen - in a busy cafe environment. You will be given a full induction and training but will need to be confident and experienced to work unsupervised.

The ideal candidate for this role will

• Be a team player with good communication skills
• Be a professional who strives to maintain high standards and who takes real pride in the quality of the food
• Solution focused with an ability to manage stressful situations effectively
• Be confident with stock control systems, costing food products and food compliance
• Ideally have at least 12 months experience as a chef working in a busy Cafe kitchen with great experience in cooling short order brunch meals and baking skills to help with preparing savoury and sweet food cabinet items.

Responsibilities include

• Prepare and cook meals as per Columbus Coffee Standards, experience in baking would be an advantage.
• Prepare baked goods for cabinet, ensuring innovation and freshness
• Creating seasonal local favourite dishes.
• Productivity, stock control and rotation
• Ensure daily monitoring and control of all food purchasing, purchasing specifications and food stock control
• Follow and maintain our high standard of Food Safety compliance

The days and hours of work for this position are Wednesday - Friday 7.30am - 2.30pm, Saturday and Sunday 7am - 2.30pm

Please apply with a brief cover letter and your CV via this site,

Only shortlisted applicants will be contacted

Apply now

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