Sous Chef | Full Time | InterContinental Sydney Double Bay

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.

If you’d like to embrace a world of opportunities, we’d like to welcome you to the world’s most international luxury hotel brand.

Join the team at InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, a five-star boutique hotel nestled in Sydney’s exclusive Eastern Suburbs. Located just 5km from the CBD and 200m from Double Bay Wharf, our hotel offers understated luxury and warm, personalised service. With elegant rooms, a rooftop pool and bar, and renowned dining experiences, it’s a distinctive setting to grow your career in a refined yet vibrant environment.

About the Role

As Sous Chef with InterContinental Sydney Double Bay, you will be second in charge in a busy hotel kitchen providing support to the Executive Chef and leadership to the Kitchen team.  This is a hands-on role with full participation in the daily production of food to ensure planning and direction of service is produced to the highest quality and consistency to ensure hotel quality and revenue goals are met and costs are controlled.

A little taste of your day-to-day

People

• Develop, update, and implement standard recipe cards, menus, and departmental procedures.
• Prepare onboarding programs and provide training to kitchen and stewarding staff.
• Conduct performance reviews, probation meetings, and maintain staff records.
• Lead, support, and communicate effectively with chefs, cooks, kitchen attendants, and stewards.
• Ensure compliance with food safety standards (HACCP).

Responsible Business

• Liaise daily with stewarding on equipment, sanitation, and cleanliness.
• Promote and enforce OHS policies, hazard reporting, and corrective actions.
• Appoint and support health & safety representatives, first aid officers, and fire wardens.
• Deliver induction and refresher safety training, including emergency procedures.

Guest Experience

• Champion a positive guest culture through food quality, service, and presentation.
• Design guest-focused menus and organize food & beverage activities.
• Oversee preparation, presentation, and cleanliness to ensure consistent quality.
• Handle guest feedback and escalate issues when required.

Financial

• Monitor costs, budgets, and inventory while ensuring accurate recipe costings.
• Maintain market awareness, product knowledge, and set purchasing standards.

What we need from you

• Full working rights in Australia without restrictions (a kind reminder sponsorship is not available for this role)
• Certificate IV in Commercial Cookery is essential  
• Understanding of food standards
• Mandatory certifications include Food Safety Certificate and First Aid.
• 5 years’ experience working as a chef in either hotel or restaurant environments with at least 2  years supervisory experience in kitchen operations  
• Experience working in a culinary environment servicing multiple outlets will be key and exposure to an open kitchen environment would be an advantage  
• Holds a current food safety certification  
• Ability to inspire passion, enthusiasm and positivity in the team to drive an engaged, winning culture. 
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills and the ability to engage well with both the team and guests  

What you can expect from us

Join us and you’ll become part of the global IHG family – and like all families, all our individual team members share some winning characteristics. As a team, we work better together – we trust and support each other, we do the right thing, and we welcome different perspectives. You need to show us you care - that you notice the little things that make a difference to guests as well as always looking for ways to improve – in return we’ll reward all your hard work with a great salary and benefits – including accommodation, package benefits, great room discount and superb training. 

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.