Kitchen/Café All Rounder
Job No:
WHS407
Location:
Adelaide
- Work with a great team
- Work in a fast paced café environment
- Daytime hours - evenings not required
About the Company
WHSmith is an historic British retailer focusing on news, books and convenience, and is a renowned, competitive leader in the travel market worldwide. Our Australian operations, under which 7 brands currently operate, are rapidly expanding and WHSmith is expected to continue this growth.
We currently operate a large number of cafés under our "Fresh+" brand in hospitals across NSW, QLD, and SA, providing food, beverages, and convenience retail to hospital staff and the general public.
The Fresh+ Café located at the Queen Elizabeth Hospital is looking for an experienced Cook to join our great team. We are looking for an energetic, flexible, and personable Cook with proven experience in a similar scale food and beverage role to join our team.
The ideal candidate will be determined, hardworking, creative and have excellent communication skills and be able to adapt to different environments.
Roles & Responsibilities
- Pre-service kitchen preparation
- Preparation of ingredients
- Ability to cook all menu items (basic cafe-style food).
- Providing suggestions for menu improvement and changes.
- Safe food handling
- Responsible for ensuring the kitchen is always a clean, safe, and efficient workspace.
- Complete orders / Stocktakes
- Give direction and delegate tasks to any supporting team member
- Assume some responsibility of all kitchen duties, ordering and compliance.
- Consistently prepare high volume of food within the Cafe
Skills & Experience
- Experience in food retail/or a Café back of house.
- Food preparation and presentation experience
- Experience managing stock control and costs.
- Good communication and interpersonal skills.
- An interest in food and beverage.
This is a great opportunity if you are looking for a lifestyle change to daytime work away from the traditional nights and weekend work that comes with working in hospitality. If you are interested in this role, please apply using the links provided.
Note that only short-listed candidates will be contacted.