Business Trading Name: Orchard Espresso (ABN 71 270 171 437)
Job role: Chef (Full-Time)
About us:
Nestled in the heart of the scenic Roleystone orchards, Orchard Café offers a unique farm-to-table dining experience. We take pride in crafting fresh, seasonal dishes that highlight the best local produce, many ingredients sourced directly from our orchard. Our menu changes with the seasons, ensuring that every visit to our café brings something new, flavourful, and deeply connected to the land.
Whether you’re stopping by for a wholesome breakfast, a leisurely lunch, or simply to enjoy a freshly brewed coffee with a view, Orchard Café is a place where nature and nourishment meet. Our rustic, yet cozy atmosphere makes it the perfect spot for families, couples, and friends to relax and enjoy delicious meals in the beauty of Roleystone’s natural landscape. At Orchard Café, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to minimise waste by making the most of our seasonal produce, using eco-friendly practices to contribute positively to our local community and environment.ur local community and environment.
About The Role including Job duties and Responsibilities:
Orchard Café is looking for a full time chef. We are looking forward to welcoming hospitality professionals on board that are motivated to bring knowledge, passion and experience to this venue and that are excited to learn and grow in this business.
We are looking for a CHEF that can tick the following boxes.
1. Plan and create menus that reflect the café's orchard-to-table concept, utilising fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced produce, particularly highlighting fruits and ingredients from the orchard.
2. Oversee all aspects of kitchen operations, including food preparation, cooking, and plating, ensuring dishes align with the café’s fresh, seasonal identity.
3. Ensure that all meals meet high standards in taste, appearance, and consistency, with special attention to presenting dishes that reflect the café’s rustic, orchard-focused theme.
4. Coordinate with local suppliers and the orchard itself for fresh produce. Manage inventory and order ingredients based on seasonality and café demand, minimising waste by using perishable ingredients creatively.
5. Lead, train, and supervise kitchen staff in techniques appropriate to the café's menu, emphasizing sustainability and efficient kitchen
operations.
6. Ensure compliance with health, safety, and hygiene regulations, with particular attention to handling and preserving fresh produce.
7. Maintain cleanliness in a farm-to-table kitchen environment.
Why Join Us?
At Orchard Cafe our mantra is, we care for our people the same way we do our customers. That’s why our team are the heart and soul of our business… they’re our family! We believe that fabulous careers should be the norm, not the exception. Our exciting, fun, and supportive restaurant is the perfect place for talent to thrive. We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for hospitality, and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
With multiple venues under our belt, career progression is something we are supportive of. And with 95% of our current leadership team being internally promoted, this is the business for you if you are wanting to learn, grow and move forward in your career within a supportive business.
If you want to know more and believe that this sounds like something, you want to be a part of, APPLY NOW!
We can’t wait to hear from you soon!
Qualifications and Experience:
Minimum Cert IV in commercial cookery and overall Diploma level qualification preferably in hospitality industry
At least ‘One Year’ Experience in a similar role and similar environment
Strong communications skills,
Ability to work unsupervised,
Strong knowledge of cooking procedures and ingredients.
Salary:
Salary will be $74,000 per year plus superannuation.
Job role: Chef (Full-Time)
About us:
Nestled in the heart of the scenic Roleystone orchards, Orchard Café offers a unique farm-to-table dining experience. We take pride in crafting fresh, seasonal dishes that highlight the best local produce, many ingredients sourced directly from our orchard. Our menu changes with the seasons, ensuring that every visit to our café brings something new, flavourful, and deeply connected to the land.
Whether you’re stopping by for a wholesome breakfast, a leisurely lunch, or simply to enjoy a freshly brewed coffee with a view, Orchard Café is a place where nature and nourishment meet. Our rustic, yet cozy atmosphere makes it the perfect spot for families, couples, and friends to relax and enjoy delicious meals in the beauty of Roleystone’s natural landscape. At Orchard Café, sustainability is at the heart of everything we do. We aim to minimise waste by making the most of our seasonal produce, using eco-friendly practices to contribute positively to our local community and environment.ur local community and environment.
About The Role including Job duties and Responsibilities:
Orchard Café is looking for a full time chef. We are looking forward to welcoming hospitality professionals on board that are motivated to bring knowledge, passion and experience to this venue and that are excited to learn and grow in this business.
We are looking for a CHEF that can tick the following boxes.
1. Plan and create menus that reflect the café's orchard-to-table concept, utilising fresh, seasonal, and locally sourced produce, particularly highlighting fruits and ingredients from the orchard.
2. Oversee all aspects of kitchen operations, including food preparation, cooking, and plating, ensuring dishes align with the café’s fresh, seasonal identity.
3. Ensure that all meals meet high standards in taste, appearance, and consistency, with special attention to presenting dishes that reflect the café’s rustic, orchard-focused theme.
4. Coordinate with local suppliers and the orchard itself for fresh produce. Manage inventory and order ingredients based on seasonality and café demand, minimising waste by using perishable ingredients creatively.
5. Lead, train, and supervise kitchen staff in techniques appropriate to the café's menu, emphasizing sustainability and efficient kitchen
operations.
6. Ensure compliance with health, safety, and hygiene regulations, with particular attention to handling and preserving fresh produce.
7. Maintain cleanliness in a farm-to-table kitchen environment.
Why Join Us?
At Orchard Cafe our mantra is, we care for our people the same way we do our customers. That’s why our team are the heart and soul of our business… they’re our family! We believe that fabulous careers should be the norm, not the exception. Our exciting, fun, and supportive restaurant is the perfect place for talent to thrive. We are always on the lookout for enthusiastic individuals with a passion for hospitality, and a ‘can-do’ attitude.
With multiple venues under our belt, career progression is something we are supportive of. And with 95% of our current leadership team being internally promoted, this is the business for you if you are wanting to learn, grow and move forward in your career within a supportive business.
If you want to know more and believe that this sounds like something, you want to be a part of, APPLY NOW!
We can’t wait to hear from you soon!
Qualifications and Experience:
Minimum Cert IV in commercial cookery and overall Diploma level qualification preferably in hospitality industry
At least ‘One Year’ Experience in a similar role and similar environment
Strong communications skills,
Ability to work unsupervised,
Strong knowledge of cooking procedures and ingredients.
Salary:
Salary will be $74,000 per year plus superannuation.
