Qualified Chef

Mobile Culinary Chef / Catering Operations Lead (Chef)

About Us

Big Country Cafe is an established regional catering and mobile food service business specialising in large-scale festival, community, corporate and private events. We deliver high-volume catering services across regional Australia and are seeking a qualified and experienced Chef to lead our mobile culinary operations.

This role is ideal for a trade-qualified chef who enjoys working in dynamic environments, managing large-volume food production, and overseeing mobile kitchen operations from preparation through to service.

Duties and Responsibilities

The successful applicant will be responsible for:

• Preparing, cooking and presenting high-quality food for large-scale events, festivals and community functions.
• Planning and coordinating food production for high-volume catering operations.
• Developing menus, calculating food costs and managing portion control.
• Ordering, receiving and managing stock, supplies and ingredients.
• Monitoring food quality, consistency and presentation standards.
• Supervising, training and coordinating kitchen assistants and catering staff.
• Managing rostering and workflow during event preparation and service periods.
• Overseeing compliance, strict HACCP inventory checks, cold-chain transport management, and end-to-end culinary logistics within a self-contained mobile commercial vehicle.
• Planning and coordinating the transport, storage and safe handling of food, equipment and supplies to mobile event locations.
• Ensuring compliance with all food safety, hygiene, workplace health and safety, and local regulatory requirements.
• Maintaining food temperature records, stock rotation procedures and inventory controls.
• Managing kitchen cleanliness, equipment maintenance and operational efficiency.
• Minimising food wastage and assisting with budget and cost control measures.

Qualifications and Experience

Applicants must possess:

• Certificate III or Cert IV in Commercial Cookery (or equivalent trade qualification) as a minimum.
• At least 2 years of relevant full-time post-qualification experience as a Chef in a commercial kitchen, catering operation or high-volume food production environment.

Pay: $76,000.00 – $86,000.00 per year

Work Location: Hybrid remote in South Hedland WA 6722