🏕 FIFO Chef Wanted — Mining Village Catering, Townsville, QLD

🍽 Opportunity Sodexo is hiring experienced chefs for a 2:1 FIFO roster out of Townsville, cooking high-volume, nutritious meals for mining village residents across regional Queensland. It's a 14-days-on, 7-days-off schedule with 11-hour shifts — a physically demanding, high-throughput kitchen role, but backed by the scale and stability of a company employing over 400,000 people worldwide, with casual and permanent pathways for long-term career growth. 👨‍🍳 Role / Responsibilities Prepare high-volume, nutritious meals for mining village residents in a busy bulk-catering kitchen Work a 14:7 FIFO roster, flying out of Townsville Handle physically active 11-hour shifts as part of daily operations Support the safety, comfort, and well-being of village residents through consistent kitchen operations Work as part of a broader Sodexo hospitality team keeping the site functioning and well-maintained 🌎 ChefJobs Abroad Analysis FIFO mining village work is a different rhythm entirely from restaurant or chalet cooking: 14 straight days of high-volume, physically demanding kitchen work in a remote, weather-exposed environment, followed by a full week off to actually live your life elsewhere. It suits chefs who want the financial upside and block time off of FIFO work, backed by the job security of an essential-services global employer rather than a smaller, less stable operation. ✅ Best Fit Chefs with bulk catering or high-volume kitchen experience Chefs who want a genuine work/life split — full weeks off between long, intense on-site stretches Chefs who are physically fit and comfortable with long 11-hour shifts Chefs open to remote, extreme-weather site conditions Chefs looking for long-term career progression within a large, stable hospitality employer Not a fit for: chefs who want fine dining or menu creativity — this is high-volume, functional catering, not a creative kitchen