Head Chef Supply Chain Cafeteria

As the culinary lead for our Hornby Warehouse Cafeteria youll lead a busy kitchen operation delivering fresh high-quality food while creating a great experience for our team.

Reporting to the Catering & Cafeteria Manager youll be at the heart of a fast-paced kitchen leading your team through the morning rush and making sure great food is ready when our warehouse team members walk through the door.

With ownership of everything from menus and ordering through to stock control and kitchen performance youll have real influence over how the cafeteria operates and plenty of scope to put your own stamp on the food offering keeping things fresh varied and running smoothly.

Key accountabilities:

• Lead daily food production and service ensuring every meal is fresh high-quality and delivered on time.
• Coach and develop your team of two creating a positive culture where people feel supported motivated and set up for success.
• Own rostering ordering stock control and supplier relationships to keep the kitchen running smoothly.
• Drive commercial outcomes through effective cost management waste reduction and smart decision-making.
• Champion food safety quality and wellbeing standards ensuring a safe and enjoyable environment for both customers and team members.

You might be an experienced head chef looking for a change or a sous chef looking for a step up. Either way youre an experienced kitchen professional who takes pride in creating exceptional food experiences at scale. Ideally youll also bring:

• Strong background in budgeting inventory management and resource planning.
• Sound understanding of allergens nutrition legislative requirements and audit standards.
• Ability to interpret financial measures including food costs labour spend and waste reporting.
• Excellent communication skills with a collaborative approach.
• Genuine enthusiasm for great food and service.
• Commercially minded and highly organised youre confident making decisions building capability and driving results.

Dont Meet Every Requirement

We encourage you to apply anyway. We are looking for individuals with diverse experiences and are keen to hear from those who believe they have the drive and potential to succeed in this role.

• Were committed to equitable outcomes and we offer additional paid parental leave free period products and financial health checks to name a few.
• We support your wellbeing with Southern Cross health insurance for you and your family after a qualifying period discounts at local gyms access to online wellbeing tools and a prayer and privacy room onsite.
• We offer continuous learning and professional growth as well as access to our extensive online training library and endless opportunities.
• Were proud of our supportive team environment and our positive and friendly culture thats made fun by regular social events!
• Were a Pride Pledge organisation and we are committed to an inclusive workplace where everyone thrives every day and we celebrate our diversity as strength.
• Our Hornby site has free carparking and in-house café.

Ready to take on the challenge Click apply to apply for the role!Applications will close11:59pm Wednesday 2 September 2026 and will only be accepted via our careers site.

If you have any questions about the role or experience any issuessubmittingyour application please email

Werea team of 14000 who make sure South Islanders have access to the groceries and essentials they need. Proudly 100% Kiwi-owned andoperated our co-operative has more than 200PAKnSAVE New World Four Squareand On theSpotstores feeding the South Island.

We value being at the heart of our communities likewevealways been to make the South Island a better place for today and for many generations to come. From sunny Golden Bay all the way to Stewart Islandtheresa Foodstuffs store serving you and your whānau.

Our success is down to our people who bring their skills experience passion andexpertiseto make Foodies an amazing and rewarding place to work. Our co-op has a wide variety of roles to offer and endless opportunities for development.

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