Wildflower Kitchen & Bar Wildflower Kitchen is located inside Mercure Sunshine Coast Kawana Waters. We are a 4.5-star full-service hotel, open 24/7 located next to Sunshine Coast University Hospitals. The restaurant is open 7 days for Breakfast and Dinner. Our kitchen team provides a consistent and high quality standard of food to our guests. To be successful in this role you will need to have; a creative flair, be adventurous and versatile in your approach to cooking and have the ability to draw upon flavours of modern cuisine. This is a great opportunity to showcase your ability and talent within your chosen field and to further enhance your career as a true culinary professional. The key responsibilities will include: · Prepare and present high-quality dishes in accordance with hotel recipes, brand standards and guest expectations. · Take a hands-on approach to food preparation and service, ensuring a consistent, efficient and professional kitchen operation. · Ensure compliance with all food safety (HACCP), hygiene and workplace health and safety requirements. · Work collaboratively with the Food & Beverage and Front Office teams to deliver an exceptional guest experience. · Strong focus on quality and stock control; · Continuation of set procedures to create consistent practices within the kitchen; · Maintaining strong team morale and cooperate with the effective training of apprentices, trainees and dish washing personnel · The ability to adapt to different kitchen requirements and work alongside a diverse team of professionals; · Maintain a clean, tidy and well prepared service area. · Working Breakfast & Dinner shifts with potential for lunch banquets. The ideal candidate will have: · A can-do, responsible, and flexible approach to work; · A strong work ethic and a passion for preparing high quality food; · The ability to maintain high workloads, and meet deadlines within specific time frames; · Excellent communication skills; · A friendly customer service demeanour; · Prior experience desired in staging outstanding food services in a restaurant or hotel setting; · An ability to thrive under pressure and work as a team in a high paced environment; · A great sense of style and immaculate presentation and grooming; · Attainment of the necessary Food Handler’s certificate; and · Initiative, commitment and passion for your job; · The ability to work under pressure and work on your feet for long periods; · A strong appreciation and compliance of workplace safety. This can be a Casual, Part Time or Full Time position, working a spread of shifts over a 7-day roster; including weekdays, weekends, nights and public holidays. Applicants must have Australian working rights, sponsorship is unavailable.
