Description:
About The Role
Gather by Cater Care is seeking a passionate, reliable, and experienced Chef to join our kitchen team in St Lucia, Queensland.
This is an exciting opportunity to work within a prestigious boarding school environment, preparing fresh, nutritious, and high-quality meals for students and staff. The role also includes supporting events, functions, and formal dinners, with a strong emphasis on presentation, consistency, and flavour.
We are looking for someone who thrives in a fast-paced kitchen, takes pride in their work, and demonstrates excellent organisation, teamwork, and reliability.
Roster
- Wednesday to Sunday: 6:00am - 2:00pm
What We Offer
- Convenient onsite parking and access to public transport
- Stable full-time hours with early finishes
- Opportunity to work with a leading national contract catering organisation
- Supportive, inclusive, and team-focused culture
- Employee retail discounts across 450+ stores
- Company uniform provided
- Access to the Acacia Connection Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
Key Responsibilities
- Prepare and present fresh, high-quality meals for students and staff
- Assist with high-volume and bulk meal production
- Support catering for functions, events, and formal dinners
- Maintain a clean, organised, and efficient kitchen environment
- Deliver professional and friendly customer service
- Ensure compliance with food safety and workplace health and safety standards
- Contribute positively to a collaborative kitchen team
Skills and Experiences:
Your Background
- A trade qualification in Commercial Cookery or equivalent
- Previous experience in a similar chef position
- Experience in bulk cooking or contract catering environments (highly regarded)
- Strong communication, time management, and organisational skills
- A positive attitude and ability to work effectively both independently and within a team
- Excellent attention to detail and presentation standards
- Experience within the education sector (desirable)
Who We Are
Cater Care is a leading, 100% Australian owned contract catering service provider, operating across multiple sectors (Aged care, Education, Retirement, Retail and Remote services).
Through our values of Care, Pride and Community, we pride ourselves on diversity, work/life balance, providing excellent career opportunities to our employees. We encourage First Nations people to consider a career with us.
The Next Step
Please click “Apply for this job”. If your work history aligns with the key selection criteria for the role, one of our recruitment coordinators will be in touch. Please, no agencies.
Please Note
All successful candidates will be required to satisfy a Working With Children Check.
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