Seven Seeds Coffee Roasters - Group Head Chef

About the role

The Head Chef is a senior, hands-on leadership role responsible for food operations across all Seven Seeds Group venues — balancing creative direction, active kitchen involvement, and commercial accountability. Most of your time is spent in kitchens across the group: developing menus, improving execution, mentoring teams and setting the standards and systems across the business.

Key responsibilities

• Lead seasonal menu development across all venues, on-brand and cost-tested

• Oversee pastry and baking programs for consistency and commercial viability

• Test, cost and roll out new dishes with clear execution guidelines

• Work actively in kitchens across the group, leading by example

• Support venues through busy services and key transitions

• Mentor chefs, cooks, bakers and prep teams directly

• Maintain and progress food quality, presentation, cleanliness and workflow

• Build standardised recipes, prep methods, portion control, and plating standards

• Set production schedules for prep and pastry kitchens

• Ensure compliance with food safety, OH&S, and regulatory standards

About you

• Extensive experience as Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in multi-venue cafés or restaurants

• Strong background in both savoury and pastry/baking operations

• Proven at running multiple kitchens and production environments at once

• Financially literate — comfortable owning budgets and benchmarks

• Confident setting KPIs and being accountable to them

• Commercially minded, creative but execution-focused

• A hands-on leader who wants to be in the kitchen, not just above it

About us

Seven Seeds Group runs multiple venues, a central prep kitchen, and dedicated pastry and baking production. Food sits alongside specialty coffee as a core part of the customer experience.