Chef / Cook, Columbus Coffee Wellington Central

Overview

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.

Columbus Coffee cafés 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 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 Café 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.

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