Executive Chef InterContinental Sydney

As the world’s largest family of luxury hotels, we all take great pride in being genuine ambassadors of the InterContinental® brand.
Shaped by decades of international know-how and local insights, our passion for luxury travel spans cultures and customs. Inspiring us to create warm and sophisticated experiences for those seeking a richer perspective on the world. Each of our hotels cultivates a distinctive style and ambience where we embrace every opportunity to give our guests a personal and enriching experience.
InterContinental Sydney, welcome the height of luxury, where heritage wonder and contemporary flair collide. Centrally positioned in the heart of Circular Quay, InterContinental Sydney extends breathtaking panoramic views of the Sydney Opera House and Sydney Harbour Bridge. 
Set within the beautifully restored Treasury Building of 1851, InterContinental Sydney is renowned as one of the city’s prized icons. With 509 guest rooms including 28 luxury suites, an award-winning and world class Club InterContinental lounge and vibrant dining venues, a complete five-star experience awaits.
If you’d like to embrace a wider world of experiences and opportunities, due to an internal promotion, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand as Executive Chef InterContinental Sydney.
 

The Role
Are you an experienced Executive Chef or Head Chef looking to showcase your creative culinary and inspiring leadership skills within a large scale, high end luxury hotel environment?

We are a Luxury hotel delivering elevated dining experiences across our high volume restaurants, award winning bars, hotel in-room dining, busy events, meetings and conferencing departments.

Reporting to the Hotel Manager, you will be accountable for the operations of the entire culinary division, managing all aspects of daily operations to ensure the highest standards of culinary experiences, brand standards, culinary performance and profitability are achieved.
 

This is both a strategic but very much a hands on role, leading and supporting your team of talented chefs, dedicated to delivering exceptional contemporary culinary experiences across all dining venues. 

An exceptional communicator, developing an environment of collaboration and shared purpose you will foster our culture of “Inspire Incredible” through teamwork, accountability and exceptional culinary performance within a Luxury environment.

Driving your divisions metrics is a key focus of this role, ensuring a balanced approach to sustainable success; developing and implementing strategies to optimise operational efficiencies; achieving productivity goals and exceeding guest experiences.
 

Due to an internal promotion, this is a rare opportunity for an experienced, inspirational, commercially minded hands on culinary leader to join one of Australia’s most iconic Luxury hotels, InterContinental Sydney. 

About You
•    Trade qualified with a minimum of  2+ year's experience at Executive Chef or Head Chef level
•    Must have previous experience in premium venues, managing multiple outlets and cross functional teams
•    You will have proven experience achieving brand standards at a high luxury or similar level
•    Experience in a professional commercial kitchen with a passion for culinary arts
•    Experience in a commercial kitchen with proven success in driving Sustainability/ HACCP / Food Safety / WHS and QA
•    A flair and passion for modern cuisine and developing diverse, innovative concepts which differentiates our brand in market
•    A self starter and natural leader, you will excel at developing an inspired, engaged culinary team
•    Full Australian working rights are required. No sponsorship available for this role

Why Join Us?
We offer a dynamic work environment where your culinary expertise and contribution makes an impact. You'll have the opportunity to work closely with an experienced, high performing team, make your mark within one of Australia's best five star luxury hotels and grow your career within a respected hospitality brand, IHG Hotels and Resorts.

We offer a competitive salary range and great team benefits.

Join us for the opportunity to Inspire Incredible! Apply today we would love to hear from you! 

To assist us in reviewing your application please include a cover letter with the following information

• Confirm your current working rights. A kind reminder - no WHV or temporary work rights or sponsorship for this role