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