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. Set to open following a multi-million-dollar transformation, on the shores of sparkling Coogee Beach, the hotel will redefine coastal luxury when it debuts in late 2025. Perfectly positioned on Sydney’s iconic beachfront, the reimagined hotel will offer 198 elegantly designed rooms and suites, many with uninterrupted Pacific Ocean views, alongside an ocean-facing infinity pool, luxury cabanas, and a vibrant leisure deck. Guests can look forward to an elevated arrival experience, immersive coastal dining celebrating seasonal local produce, and a redefined wellness sanctuary. With state-of-the-art event spaces including a Grand Ballroom, the hotel blends soulful escapes and meaningful connection with refined coastal elegance — setting a new benchmark for beachfront hospitality in Australia. **About the Role** As Sous Chef (Banquets), you’ll take the lead during service, overseeing banquet operations and crafting exceptional dishes that leave a lasting impression—no matter where or when our guests dine. Working closely with the Executive Chef, you’ll uphold our high standards in food quality, cleanliness, ordering, and team leadership to ensure smooth and efficient kitchen operations. With a primary focus on conferences and events across our banqueting spaces, you’ll also collaborate seamlessly across all areas of the kitchen as needed. **A little taste of your day-to-day** + Deliver exceptional dining experiences by ensuring consistent quality in food preparation, flavour, and presentation across all outlets and service styles + Lead daily operations across banquet facilities with capacity to cater to more than 500 people, including food prep, cooking in service and plating + Work with Executive chef to create and update menus that reflect seasonal ingredients, current trends, and customer preferences + Create special event menus that enhance the dining experience + Communicate across departments and ensure your team work effectively without negatively impacting the guest experience + Ensure optimum ordering of food stock & accurate stock take + Monitor food costs and implement measures to control expenses + Supervise daily kitchen activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers and labour cost is managed effectively  + Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching, feedback and recognition   + Work with the Executive Chef to recommend or initiate any HR related actions where needed in terms of recruitment or performance management  **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** We give our people everything they need to succeed. From a competitive salary that rewards all your hard work to a wide range of benefits designed to help you live your best work life – including laundry for business attire, impressive room discounts, competitive products & services discounts program and some of the best training in the business. Our mission is to welcome everyone and create inclusive teams where we celebrate difference and encourage colleagues to bring their whole selves to work. IHG Hotels & Resorts provides equal employment opportunities to applicants and employees without regard to race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, protected veteran status, or disability. We promote a culture of trust, support, and acceptance. Always welcoming different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. IHG gives every member of the team the room they need to belong, grow and make a difference in a collaborative environment. We know that to work well, we need to feel well – both inside and outside of work – and through our myWellbeing framework, we are committed to supporting wellbeing in your health, lifestyle, and workplace. We are proud to be IHG and we know you will be too. Visit http://careers.ihg.com/ to find out more about us. **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.** 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. At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.