Weekend Chef - HammondCare - Braeside

Weekend Chef – Making a Difference at Every Meal

Location: Prairewood NSW 

Schedule: Every Saturday & Sunday 9:00 am to 5:00 pm 

Status: Permanent Part-Time 

Stepping into this role, you will lead our kitchen over the weekend, dedicated to ensuring our residents enjoy delicious, nutritious, and high-quality meals within a warm, community-centered environment. For our residents, exceptional food is frequently the highlight of their day, as we truly believe it is one of life's greatest pleasures.

• Leading the Kitchen: Managing the meal service.
• Catering to Everyone: Preparing standard menus alongside specialized textures and dietary requirements with dignity and care .
• Quality Control: Ensuring every plate that leaves the pass meets our high standards for taste, temperature, and presentation.
• Compliance: Maintaining kitchen hygiene and food safety records.
• Teamwork: Working alongside a small, dedicated team to create a calm, efficient service.

• A Skilled Professional: You hold a Certificate III in Commercial Cookery.
• Experience-Driven: You’ve worked in a fast-paced kitchen, and while aged care experience is a plus, a background in hotels, hospitals, or busy cafes is highly valued.
• Empathetic & Patient: You understand that our residents are our priority. You’re happy to tweak a dish to make someone’s day better.
• Reliable: You’re the "weekend warrior" who takes pride in running a smooth ship while the weekday management is away.

• Competitive Pay: Weekend penalty rates apply.
• Purpose-Driven Work: See the immediate impact of your skills on the well-being of our residents.
• Modern Facilities: Work in a clean, well-equipped, and supportive environment.

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.

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.

As a result of revised standards around health & well-being in the aged care industry, all applicants must have a current year flu vaccination and undertake a National Criminal History Check.

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