Sous Chef | Award-Winning Venue & Cellar Door

Imagine building your career in one of the region’s most beautiful hospitality destinations, surrounded by exceptional food, wine and scenery.
Our client is an established, award-winning winery and events venue known for creating memorable dining experiences, weddings and premium functions.
With a popular cellar door, supportive leadership and an exciting vision for the future, this is a business where talented hospitality professionals are encouraged to contribute ideas, take ownership and grow.

As the venue continues to develop its culinary offering, we’re looking for an experienced Sous Chef to work closely with an accomplished Head Chef. This is an opportunity to bring your creativity to the kitchen, influence the food direction and make a genuine impact across premium events and the venue’s growing cellar door offering.

About the Role
This is a hands-on leadership role for a capable Sous Chef who enjoys balancing creativity with strong kitchen operations.
Working across weddings, functions and the cellar door, you’ll help deliver exceptional food while bringing fresh ideas to seasonal menus, creative specials and new dining experiences.
Your responsibilities will include:

• Supporting the Head Chef with the daily operation of the kitchen
• Confidently leading the team in the Head Chef’s absence
• Contributing creative ideas to seasonal menus and specials
• Helping shape and grow the cellar door food offering
• Managing preparation, ordering, stock control and service
• Leading the kitchen across weddings, functions and cellar door service
• Mentoring junior chefs and encouraging initiative within the team
• Maintaining consistently high standards of food quality and presentation
• Contributing to a positive, collaborative and well-organised kitchen culture

About You
We’re looking for a chef who combines creativity with calm, capable leadership.
You’ll bring:

• Previous experience as a Sous Chef within a quality hospitality environment
• Experience across events, functions, premium dining or high-volume service
• A genuine passion for food, seasonal produce and menu creation
• The confidence to contribute ideas and help evolve the cellar door offering
• Strong kitchen organisation and operational ability
• A calm and composed approach during busy services
• The ability to lead, mentor and bring the best out of a team
• A collaborative attitude with the confidence to take ownership

You might come from an events, restaurant, winery or premium hospitality background. What matters most is your creativity, leadership and desire to produce food you’re genuinely proud of.

Why You’ll Love It

• $90,000–$95,000 + super, depending on experience
• Join an award-winning hospitality business with an outstanding reputation
• Work alongside an experienced and highly creative Head Chef
• Have genuine input into seasonal menus, specials and the venue’s food direction
• Help develop and grow an exciting cellar door offering
• Enjoy variety across weddings, premium events and cellar door dining
• Opportunity to take ownership and bring new ideas to life
• Work within a modern, well-equipped kitchen
• Supportive leadership that values creativity and invests in its people
• Stable team environment with strong staff retention
• Genuine work-life balance in a beautiful regional setting

If you’re looking for a Sous Chef position where your creativity will be encouraged, your contribution will be recognised and you can help shape the next stage of an exciting cellar door and events offering, we’d love to hear from you!