CHEF / EXPERIENCED COOK Permanent Part-Time | Monday to Friday | Daytime Hours

Are you an experienced chef or cook looking for a hospitality role that gives you your nights and weekends back?

YES...Read on

About the role

Working as part of a close-knit team, you will help prepare and deliver consistently fresh, appealing and high-quality food across a café and growing catering operation. This is a permanent part-time position offering approximately 25–30 hours per week, Monday to Friday, with anticipated working hours of approximately 8:00 am to 2:00 pm, although some flexibility may be required during larger catering periods.

Key responsibilities

• Preparing and cooking a diverse range of café and catering dishes

• Coordinating food preparation for corporate and larger catering orders

• Contributing ideas for seasonal menus, daily specials and new catering products

• Maintaining excellent standards of presentation, consistency and portion control

• Assisting with ordering, stock rotation, waste reduction and inventory management

• Contributing to recipe costing and maintaining agreed food-cost targets

• Ensuring food-safety, allergen and workplace-safety requirements are consistently followed

• Helping organise daily kitchen production and priorities

• Supporting and mentoring team members and workplace trainees

• Communicating effectively with management, kitchen staff and front-of-house team members

About you

• Experience as a chef or highly experienced cook in a commercial kitchen

• The ability to confidently prepare a broad variety of dishes and cuisines

• Experience in catering, high-volume production or corporate food service

• Strong organisation and time-management skills

• The ability to work autonomously and take ownership of your responsibilities

• A sound understanding of food costs, portion control, stock management and waste reduction

• Leadership skills and the confidence to help guide a small team

• Excellent communication and teamwork skills

• Experience producing cakes, muffins, cupcakes, slices, pastries or other baked catering items would be a significant advantage

• A strong commitment to food quality, presentation and customer satisfaction

• A current Food Safety Supervisor certificate

About us

Unisus Group is a Certified Social Enterprise providing café and corporate catering services throughout the Geelong region. Alongside producing fresh, high-quality food, we use our business to create meaningful training and employment opportunities for people who have experienced barriers to employment. Our kitchen produces a diverse range of food, including café meals, daily specials, corporate lunches, meeting catering, platters, salads, baked goods and larger catering orders.

Benefits

• Permanent part-time employment

• Approximately 25–30 hours per week

• Monday-to-Friday daytime hours, anticipated to be approximately 8:00 am to 2:00 pm

• No nights

• No weekends

• Additional hours may be available during larger catering periods

• Free onsite parking at Avalon location

• Meals, coffee and drinks provided during working hours

• Genuine input into menus and product development

• Creativity and autonomy encouraged

HOW TO APPLY

Please submit your résumé together with a short cover letter telling us:

• What interests you about the role
• Your relevant cooking and catering experience
• Your preferred number of hours and days of availability
• Whether you have baking or pastry experience

We welcome applications from people of all backgrounds who share our commitment to quality food, teamwork and meaningful employment.