About EVT: The Harbour Rocks Hotel is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers - because each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.
The Independent Collection is a curated selection of hotels, each of which lives up to an exacting standard to offer travellers the best of luxury, elevated, urban, comfort and social experiences. While every hotel celebrates its own unique brand & experience, together the Independent Collection shares a passion for one-of-a-kind experiences, service and quality.
EVT has an endless range of roles and careers paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there’s no limits on where your career could take you.
About Harbour Rocks Hotel:
Harbour Rocks Hotel is entering a bold new chapter! Our heritage-listed boutique hotel in the heart of The Rocks has been thoughtfully reimagined through a full refurbishment blending historic character with elevated comfort, warm design, and a more refined guest experience throughout.
We’re looking for passionate hospitality people to join our reopening team. The kind who notice the little things, remember the details, and genuinely enjoy creating moments guests talk about long after checkout. If you take pride in thoughtful service, love boutique hotels with personality, and know that true hospitality is never one-size-fits-all, you’ll feel right at home here.
Key Accountabilities
As Head Chef, you will be the culinary leader behind Tayim, Harbour Rocks Hotel's signature restaurant, where modern Levantine cuisine takes centre stage.
This is a highly operational, hands-on role, with the majority of your time dedicated to leading the day-to-day culinary execution of Tayim while also overseeing food offerings across Eric's Bar, in-room dining and hotel events.
Working closely with the General Manager and Food & Beverage Operations Manager, you will help shape the next chapter of Tayim, delivering a dining experience that celebrates the flavours, traditions and hospitality of the Levant through a contemporary lens.
Key responsibilities include:
- Leading the day-to-day kitchen operation of Tayim, ensuring exceptional food quality, consistency and presentation.
- Developing and evolving seasonal menus that remain true to Tayim's Levantine identity while reflecting local produce and guest preferences.
- Maintaining a strong presence in service, coaching and supporting the kitchen team during busy periods.
- Driving food quality, kitchen efficiency, cleanliness and compliance standards across all outlets.
- Recruiting, developing and mentoring a high-performing culinary team and creating a positive kitchen culture.
- Managing labour costs, food costs, ordering and stock control to achieve financial targets.
- Working collaboratively with the wider hotel team to deliver memorable restaurant, bar, in-room dining and event experiences.
- Identifying opportunities to enhance the guest experience and grow food and beverage revenue across the hotel.
What You'll Bring
- Previous experience as a Head Chef or Senior Sous Chef in a premium restaurant, boutique hotel or quality hospitality environment.
- Strong experience working with flavour-led cuisines, particularly Middle Eastern, Levantine, Mediterranean or similar culinary traditions.
- A genuine passion for ingredient-driven cooking, shared dining experiences and bold, vibrant flavours.
- A hands-on leadership style with a willingness to be present in service and lead from the front.
- Proven ability to develop menus, train teams and deliver consistently high food standards.
- Strong commercial acumen, including food cost control, labour management and kitchen profitability.
- Excellent organisational and communication skills, with the ability to collaborate across departments.
- A commitment to creating memorable guest experiences through exceptional food and hospitality.
How You Work
- Daymaker ethos — no one’s too big for the small things.
- Inclusive leader — values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.
- Hands-on and non-hierarchical — leads from the front.
- Growth mindset — learns, shares, and levels up others.
Perks from Day One
As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels - no ivory towers.
- 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels – QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
- $2 movie tickets + discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
- Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
- Rapid career growth across our hotel & entertainment network.
- Paid parental leave; community & volunteering opportunities.
Apply Now
Join Harbour Rocks Hotel and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.
Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.
Send your CV and a short cover letter. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in - don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.
When you click apply, you’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce). This is our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.
