Sydney CBD | Mon-Fri | 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM | No Weekends | Lead 15 Team Most chefs don't leave kitchens. They burn out of them. You've done the hard yards. Run sections, led teams, held standards that actually mattered, and paid for it with every weekend, every double, every 50-hour week. You're not looking for easy. You're looking for bigger scope, real ownership, and a step forward that doesn't cost you your life outside work. This could be it. What Feedwell Is Thousands of fresh items made daily (platters, wraps, salad bowls, grazing boards, fruit platters, bakery) for clients including Google, Amazon, Canva, Louis Vuitton and many more. Not à la carte, not a factory line. Fresh produce arrives daily, presentation matters on every item, and structured sections run in parallel: prep, cooking, salads, fruit, gourmet bread range for 5-star hotels, baked goods. Calm, but it moves. And we're raising the bar on quality. We want someone who'll help drive that. What You'll Own You lead the entire PM shift. 15 people across multiple sections. You report directly to the Operations Manager. You're the most senior person in the room. Quality: You set the standard and train your team leaders to hold it. You're the one who notices the produce that's off, the platter that's not right, the portioning that's drifted. You keep a roving eye across the floor. Nothing substandard leaves on your watch. Numbers: On-time delivery, labour, waste, timelines. Within three months you know every gap. Within six, your shift runs at or above benchmark. People: Get on the bench, show how it's done, explain the why. You lift knife work, portioning, assembly, food safety through your team leaders and hands-on when it counts. Product Development Input: Our PD Manager owns the creative direction, but your input matters. You trial new items at production scale, troubleshoot, adjust, and train the team. You give honest feedback on what works, what breaks at volume, and where flavours can improve. Your food knowledge shapes how recipes actually run. Energy: When you walk in, performance lifts. Not from noise, from presence. You keep the pace sharp and the mood right, even on the hard days. Why This Is More Than a Typical Sous Chef Role In most kitchens, a sous chef supports the head chef's vision. Here, you own the shift: production, quality, people, culture. You're not second-in-command. You're the leader on the floor. That's why this role sits on a clear pathway to Kitchen Manager. As you prove performance, the scope grows: more involvement in planning, more influence on standards, more ownership of outcomes across the operation. This isn't a vague promise. It's how we've built every senior role in this company. You're Right for This If Trained chef, 7 years in food/hospitality, at least 2 years in a senior role (sous chef, senior sous chef, 2IC, or similar) You've led teams of 10-20 in high-volume environments: hotels, clubs, contract catering, events, large restaurants Quality is personal. You check the produce when it arrives because it bothers you when it's not right You develop people. You get on the bench with them, and you can name individuals whose skills you've lifted You want genuine leadership scope and visible results, not just another "support the head chef" role This Probably Isn't for You If You want full creative control of menus, prefer traditional brigade hierarchy, or measure status by title instead of results. There's no "yes chef" culture here, just standards, pace, and people who care about getting it right. What You Get Monday to Friday, 1:00 PM - 9:30 PM. No weekends, no split shifts Competitive salary super Clear pathway to Kitchen Manager as you prove performance Full shift ownership and direct collaboration with Product Development Meals on shift, fortnightly grocery box, birthday off A growing company that promotes from within Apply Click Apply. You'll receive a short follow-up questionnaire via email and SMS. Be ready to tell us about: A KPI you personally turned around Someone you developed who measurably improved A quality issue you caught before it left the kitchen Specific examples only. Strong candidates are contacted within 48 hours. ExtraHP
