- Type
- Seasonal
- Salary
- $39.13 /hr
- Posted
- Accommodation
- Provided on-site
The role
The Sir George at Jugiong needs a casual chef for the summer season: from October 2026 through to Anzac Day, 25 April 2027. It is a high-volume pub kitchen. More than 400 seats when the weather is good, functions and dining from November, Easter the last big rush, and a Sunday can mean 120 pies. You’d work the line under the executive chef and head chef, cooking pub classics to a high standard at volume.
The kitchen is new: four Rational combi ovens, sous vide and cryovac, a charcoal oven, a bread mixer on the way. The cooking is built on local produce.
What’s on offer
- Casual, paid by Hospitality Award grade with penalties on top. From $39.13 an hour casual at Level 5 (demi chef) and $40.16 at Level 6 (chef de partie), as at 1 July 2026, plus weekend and public holiday rates and 12% superannuation. The award is the floor; the rate is agreed with the pub on offer.
- A private room in staff housing, $150 a week.
- The season runs to 25 April 2027. Start in October.
- Working holiday makers are welcome for the season. Jugiong does not count toward the 88 days of specified work for a second-year visa.
Who this is for
A chef with high-volume experience and no ego about it: someone who puts out pub classics at a high standard on a 400-cover day, keeps a clean section, and turns up the same way on a Tuesday as on a Saturday.
You’ll need:
- Trade qualification or the equivalent experience, at demi chef or chef de partie level.
- The right to work in Australia for the length of the season.
- A car helps. The nearest towns are about 40 km away, and staff without one carpool on days off.
The pub
The Sir George is a restored 1850s pub on the Murrumbidgee at Jugiong, just off the Hume Highway, with luxury rooms in the old stone stables and barns, a bar, a beer garden and function spaces. Gundagai, Cootamundra and Harden are about 40 km away; Canberra and Wagga Wagga about 120 km.
How to apply
Apply through Wild Ops at wildops.com.au/find-work: register and we’ll be in touch.
About Wild Ops
Wild Ops is a recruitment agency for remote and regional hospitality in Australia. Cindy is a chef by trade and Jordan is a carpenter who moved into managing properties. Between us we’ve run remote and regional properties here for the better part of fifteen years. The Sir George has appointed us to run this search.