Chef de Partie

The Role

Hind Management is hiring a Chef de Partie for the busy kitchen at Sudima Christchurch Airport Hotel in Christchurch, Canterbury. This position supports the Head Chef in a fast-paced restaurant environment that serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner, along with conferencing functions. Strong cooking standards, solid technique, and a willingness to contribute fresh ideas are important for success in this role.

This is a permanent full-time position with a guaranteed minimum of 32 hours each week. The pay rate is $30.50 per hour.

Key Duties

• Prepare and produce food for service.
• Make sure dishes are cooked, presented, and finished according to kitchen recipes, standards, and techniques.
• Help reduce food waste by using efficient preparation practices.
• Store and handle food in line with current health, hygiene, and sanitation requirements.
• Keep the workstation, equipment, and assigned section clean and orderly throughout the shift.
• Work according to guidance from senior chefs.
• Contribute to delivering a dining experience that meets or exceeds guest expectations and supports the hotel’s reputation for consistent, good-value cuisine.

Candidate Profile

The ideal applicant should have prior experience working as a Chef de Partie or Demi Chef in a busy à la carte kitchen. You must be comfortable working rostered shifts, including weekends, late nights, and public holidays. The role also calls for clear communication, teamwork, a guest-friendly manner, quick problem-solving, good planning and delegation, awareness of current cooking trends, and familiarity with sanitation standards. A culinary qualification is preferred, though not mandatory. Applicants must already have the legal right to work in New Zealand.

Benefits

As part of the team, you can access discounts across the hotel, restaurant, and spa network, as well as staff, family, and friends rates at the hotels. The package also includes meals on duty, staff parking, and a uniform. You may also receive reward and recognition events, service and anniversary gifts, wellbeing support with health insurance discounts, paid training, personal development plans, NZQA training options, and access to an online digital learning platform. Free life insurance, a digital will, and Best Doctors teleservice are available after 3 months of employment.

About the Employer

Hind Management operates award-winning hotels, restaurants, bars, and spas across New Zealand through the Sudima Hotels brand. The organisation is built around caring for people, doing the right thing, and working together. It values diversity and inclusion, and welcomes applicants from a wide range of backgrounds, including disabled and neurodivergent candidates. If online application support is needed due to an access requirement, assistance is available through the company office or Talent Acquisition team, with responses targeted within 48 hours Monday to Friday, 9am to 5pm.

Values

• We care.
• We work together.
• We do the right thing.
• We are all valued.