Kitchen Hand

Crowne Plaza Queenstown is located on the shores of Lake Wakatipu in the heart of New Zealand's South Island. At Crowne Plaza Hotels and Resorts, we embrace the new world of business travelers who want a hotel (and a hotel team) that understands and supports them, helping at every turn.

Our 4.5-star hotel is looking for a Kitchen Hand to join our friendly and professional team.

Your day-to-day

As a Kitchen Hand, you will be required to complete shifts as part of our kitchen team. Your key duties include:

• Help clean equipment, preparation areas, and general utensils used in our busy kitchen
• Adhere to kitchen hygiene, food, and health and safety standards
• Assist with ensuring our chefs can provide a smooth food service that reduces waste and delivers delicious meals
• Assist with preparation and serving food as required - for conferences, breakfasts, dinners or staff meals!
• ⁠Packaging food items for room service / breakfast boxes or other items
• ⁠Clean dirty cutlery and crockery to ensure it is ready for service
• Deliver staff meals to the canteen
• ⁠Help create a safe space by following our safety procedures and wearing necessary protective equipment
• Ensure deliveries are put away in their correct space

Skills and Experience

We'd love to hear from candidates with previous experience in a kitchen environment or similar.

• Full ability to work an array of days and shift times including public holidays and weekends.
• Work a minimum of 30 guaranteed hours per week
• Be physically fit and able - as part of the role, you will often be lifting, push and pull big objects, which could weigh up to 23 kg
• Be a strong team player and fit into a tight-knit team

Benefits we offer

• A range of work-life benefits including paid birthday leave, proactive wellness leave, and more!
• Competitive daily rate
• Free duty meals (no more packed lunches)!
• Generous employee benefits including IHG Room Discounts at over 6,000 hotels worldwide!
• Uniform provided

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal-opportunity employer. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.