Head Chef - Multiple Teams

Job Description

As a Head Chef with Sodexo, you will play a critical role in providing leadership, direction, and operational excellence across your site. You will:

• Manage and mentor kitchen teams while maintaining a customer‑focused, safe, and welcoming environment
• Balance hands‑on Chef duties with planning, administration, and stakeholder engagement
• Drive team performance and uphold Sodexo’s high food safety and quality standards
• Foster a strong safety culture, ensuring adherence to all policies and procedures

This is a role for someone who enjoys accountability, variety, and the chance to influence both people and food outcomes.

Qualifications

You are a confident leader who thrives in high‑volume, fast‑paced environments. You handle pressure with ease and bring a passion for excellence. You will also bring:

• Trade Certificate – Cert III or Cert IV in Commercial Cookery
• Australian Citizenship, Permanent Residency or Full Working Rights
• Experience in a similar leadership role (highly desirable)
• Strong focus on safety, quality, and customer service
• Solid background in large‑scale kitchen operations, ideally within the resources sector
• Flexibility and resilience to work an 8:6 FIFO roster
• A positive, can‑do attitude and commitment to team culture

Additional Information

Sodexo is the world’s leading provider of integrated food services, and our chefs are at the heart of what we do. We offer:

• A workplace where your passion for food is celebrated
• Training, upskilling, and strong career development pathways
• A supportive, diverse and inclusive culture
• Competitive salary and outstanding benefits and recognition programs
• The opportunity to make a meaningful impact every day

Joining Sodexo means being part of something bigger—your everyday actions contribute to improving quality of life for individuals, communities, and the planet.

Compensation: 120000 to 125000 (AUD) (YEARLY)