⛏️ Head Chef — FIFO/BIBO Mining Villages, Regional Queensland (14:7 Roster)

🍽 Opportunity Sodexo is hiring a Head Chef to run the kitchen across FIFO/BIBO mining villages in regional Queensland, flying or busing out of Brisbane on a 14-days-on, 7-days-off roster. At $100,000–$107,000 plus super, it's one of the more direct routes to six figures in Australian foodservice — and unlike most hospitality rosters, the seven days off actually stay off. 👨‍🍳 Role - Lead the kitchen team across three daily bulk-catering services for a mining community workforce - Manage food safety and HACCP compliance across high-volume production - Oversee kitchen budgets and monitor food cost - Mentor and develop junior kitchen staff - Work FIFO/DIDO rotations departing from Brisbane 🌎 ChefJobs Abroad Analysis Camp catering doesn't come with the glamour of a beachfront resort, but the economics are hard to argue with: a guaranteed six-figure salary, meals and accommodation covered while on-site, and a roster that hands back a genuine week off every fortnight rather than the broken hours of restaurant hospitality. For a Head Chef who's done their time in front-of-house-adjacent kitchens and wants to bank real money without the emotional overhead of a dining room, Queensland's mining villages are a well-trodden, legitimate path — and Sodexo runs enough of these sites that FIFO/DIDO experience is a preference, not a hard requirement. ⭐ ChefJobs Rating: 7.2/10 ✅ Best Fit - Qualified chefs (Cert III/IV Commercial Cookery) with bulk or high-volume catering experience - Head Chefs prioritising take-home pay and predictable time off over restaurant prestige - Chefs who want a genuine fortnightly block of time off rather than split shifts and late nights - Anyone based in or willing to fly/bus out of Brisbane for on-site rotations - Chefs comfortable managing a team and a budget in a high-volume, no-frills production kitchen - Those open to a casual-to-permanent pathway rather than starting permanent from day one