Chef/Cook, Columbus Coffee Wellington Central

We have an exciting lead Chef/Cook opportunity available in our newest Columbus Coffee Café. This café is situated in the Mitre 10 Wellington Central store on Tory Street. This will be café number 76 across New Zealand. Columbus Coffee cafés are all owned and operated by Kiwis for the past 30 years, making Columbus Coffee the largest and oldest owned and operated café chain in New Zealand. We have amazing and proven systems with award winning consultants on hand to help our team.

The appointed chef/cook for this new café is someone that will go above and beyond to offer our customers a premium dining experience. They need to have an incredible personality, fit in with the team and be willing to help and support throughout the café.

 What do we offer?

• Competitive pay rate
• Early starts & early finishes, usually 6:00 am till 3:00 pm  (to be confirmed)
• Well equipped kitchen
• Training and upskilling
• Great staff discounts in café and Mitre 10

 As the Cafe Chef

• You will contribute to the successful running of the kitchen
• 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
• Be solution focused with an ability to manage stressful situations effectively
• Be confident with stock control systems, costing food products and food compliance
• Have a solid understanding of the FCP and H&S in cafés
• Ideally have at least 12 months experience as a chef working in a busy café kitchen with great experience in cooking short order brunch meals and baking skills to help with preparing savoury and sweet food cabinet items
• Be able to work on a 7 day roster which will include weekdays, weekends and public holidays as required

 Responsibilities include

• Prepare and cook meals as per Columbus Coffee standards
• 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.

 Only short-listed applicants will be contacted.

Please note applicants must be legally able to work in NZ.