Chef
- Create nutritious and delicious meals for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years.
- Manage the kitchen autonomously, ensuring food safety and effective stock rotation.
- Mentor a kitchen hand and provide culinary classes to young learners.
Enjoy a role where you can share in the delight of creating nutritious and delicious meals for our young learners!
At Green Leaves Early Learning, we take pride in placing our teams and children at the heart of everything we do. From greeting our families each morning with a friendly smile and a barista-made coffee and treat, to conjuring up interesting and exciting food for our children, it’s all in a day’s work as Chef of our centre. Day to day, in this role, you can enjoy:
- Use your mastery knowledge of cooking to plan an interesting and exciting menu for children aged 6 weeks to 6 years old
- Preparing a wide variety of nutritious meals and purees, as well as working to dietary requirements for babies and children
- Confidently managing the kitchen autonomously, ensuring effective stock rotation, budgeting, and shopping for your kitchen
- Ensuring the highest level of food safety and supervision in accordance with the Food and Council Authority requirements and Green Leaves Early Learning Standards
- Mentoring and guiding a kitchen hand in a professional environment, to deliver the highest quality of food and service
- Providing thoughtful culinary classes alongside our Educators to our littlest learners
In return, we offer a culture that recognises and rewards your contribution through our Green Leaves Work Perks:
- Above Award weekly wages + Worker Retention Grant wage boost + weekly pays
- Childcare Discount- 75% off the gap fee
- A comprehensive Chef’s onboarding and a strong support network, including guidance from our National Nutritional Program Partner
- The opportunity to grow your career with ongoing development and support from a range of internal programs
- Exclusive access to our supplier discount program
- From our Annual Wellness Week to complimentary flu shots, we support your wellbeing year-round
- Start your day right with Breakfast and Barista-made Coffee on us!
- Access to our online Green Leaves library
- Our Acknowledge platform, celebrating team achievements through shared eCards of support
About You:
- A Certificate III in Commercial Cookery, or above
- Current Food Safety Supervisor Certificate
- Current VIC Working with Children's Check
- Current VIC Child Protection and National Child Safety Training Certificates
- Current First Aid and CPR (HLTAID012)
- National Police Clearance obtained in the last 6 months
- The availability to work from 6:30 am to 2:30 pm, Monday to Friday
Make Your Move!
If you are excited by the opportunity to run your own kitchen and bring a smile to our youngest Green Leaves learners each day, make your move and apply now!
At Green Leaves Early Learning, we prioritise the safety, well-being, and inclusion of all children, including those with disabilities. We encourage applicants to share their experiences working with children with disabilities and those from culturally and linguistically diverse backgrounds. We are committed to Reconciliation and fostering an environment where all First Nations Australians feel a strong sense of connection and belonging. We welcome your experiences with Aboriginal children and communities.
Green Leaves Early Learning is committed to all aspects of child safety; including child protection, mandatory reporting and adopting the Victorian Child Safe Standards.
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