At Green leaves Early Learning Centres, we take pride in building innovative and sustainable learning environments in our state-of-the-art, purpose-built centres. As a premium service provider, top quality is at the heart of what we do across our 41 centres in Australia. Our beautiful, custom-designed Valley View centre is looking for an experienced chef to cook nutritious meals for our little ones. 

In this role use your passion and enthusiasm for early learning in helping to make work play, creating a sense of belonging for all, embracing different, and creating opportunities for our team to choose their own adventure.

About the role

• Prepare a wide variety of nutritious meals, purees and special diet meals for babies and children as well as freshly baked treats for families daily
• Experienced in planning a rotation menu and confident in stock rotation, budgeting, and shopping for the kitchen
• Enjoy greeting and interacting with our families in a friendly manner and provide barista service (training provided if you are not experienced with this)
• Display excellent verbal, written and time management skills with high levels of initiative
• Maintain a clean and safe kitchen, in accordance with Food and Council Authority requirements
• Team-player who is open to different styles of working in a kitchen and receptive to feedback
• Able to guide, mentor, support and work professionally with a Kitchen hand
• Happy to provide culinary classes alongside our educators to even the littlest in our centres!
• Prior experience working in a childcare or aged care kitchen (preferred, but not essential)

Qualifications

• Completed minimum of Certificate III in Commercial Cookery
• Completed or willing to complete Food Safety Supervisor Certificate (health & community sector)
• Current Working with Children's Check
• Current Anaphylaxis, Asthma, CPR and First Aid Certificates or willing to obtain one
• Current Child Protection Training or willingness to obtain one

Benefits

• Competitive above Award wages
• 20% childcare discount
• Health and Wellbeing Programme
• Uniforms provided
• 24/7 access to a large online library of learning and development
• Supported by your own competent kitchen hand
• State of the art, fully equipped chef's kitchen
• Work set shifts - Monday to Friday

This is a personally rewarding role where you can impact the lives of many. We want you to feel valued for your ongoing efforts, commitment, and dedication to your role.

If you are excited by the opportunity to join Green Leaves Carindale then please apply now!