Head Cook

Join our leadership team as the Head Cook!

As the Head Cook, your role is to ensure your restaurant safely produces all of the incredible food Guzman y Gomez is known for. You will lead and motivate your kitchen crew, ensuring processes, procedures and recipe guides are strictly adhered to, while managing inventory and costs to ensure smooth operations and profitability. In addition, you'll support the General Manager with various tasks, including reporting and maintaining a well-organized and clean restaurant.

What are the perks and benefits of working at Guzman y Gomez?

• Free meal on shift and 50% off when you're not on shift
• Crew referral program - if you successfully refer a friend or family member for a job at GYG, we'll pay you $200! You'll get an awesome limited edition sweater too.
• Comfortable uniforms - feel comfortable at work in your exclusive GYG t-shirts, hoodies and caps
• Pumping music all day and overall good vibes!
• Upper management who genuinely care about you and values we stand by - GYG has your back!
• Ongoing training and huge career growth opportunities
• We're opening a new restaurant around Chicagoland approximately every 4 months! As we open new restaurants, even more opportunities are created for promotions.

What skills & experience do I need to apply?

• Several years of experience as a Cook, Chef or similar, ideally in a leadership capacity
• Certificate in commercial cookery or equivalent experience
• Completed (or willingness to undertake) Food Safety Supervisor course
• Completed (or willingness to undertake) Basset course
• Completed (or willingness to undertake) First Aid course

Why wait? We are interviewing ASAP so apply now to join Guzman y Gomez!

GYG was founded in Sydney in 2006 by New Yorkers and childhood best friends Steven Marks and Robert Hazan. Steven and Robert had a vision to build a restaurant business that had the speed and convenience of fast food but to re-invent the fast-food category by serving high quality food fast, healthy, and fresh Mexican food! From day 1, GYG’s values have not changed; It’s all about the food; Make every guest love us; Got your back; Be Real; Got you back; It’s up to us.
GYG is committed to continually building our strong company culture and employee experience by putting pride and passion into all we do while respecting and developing our crew. From the first drive thru in 2015, to menu innovations like Breakfast, the ‘Minis' range and 100% clean, skin-on fries, to a market leading app for guests to pay & order ahead and earn loyalty points, we are on a mission to reinvent the way the masses eat fast food! Today GYG operates over 230 restaurants across Australia, Singapore, Japan and here in the United States.
We would love you to consider a career with us!