About us

At Crowne Plaza Hotels & Resorts, we're all business...mostly!

You could be joining a global company and just one day be working at one of our 5,000 hotels in nearly 100 countries around the world!

Our Kitchen department is the heart and centre of the hotel and you could be joining this great team as an Executive Chef with us!

Your day to day

• Direct daily kitchen activities, plan and assign work ensuring you always have the right staffing numbers

• Develop your team and improve their performance through coaching and feedback, and create performance and development goals for colleagues

• Complete forecasts, plans, and departmental production reports for management

• Help prepare the hotel’s annual budget and the setting of departmental goals

• Maintain costing and documentation of all dishes prepared and sold from the kitchen

What we need from you

• Have proven experience as an Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef in a large scale hotel or upscale Food & Beverage environment.

• Excellent leadership and communication abilities with a demonstrated ability to lead and motivate a team.

• Extensive knowledge of culinary techniques, food safety standards, and menu development.

• Excellent organizational and time-management abilities to handle multiple priorities in a fast-paced environment.

• Creativity and innovation in menu planning and presentation.

• Culinary degree or relevant certification preferred.

• Familiarity with New Zealand food safety regulations and local sourcing practices.

• Remains calm, cool & courteous in a busy environment, able to take on challenges and adapt to change.

• A positive can-do attitude with customer service at the heart of what you do.

• A strong understanding of health & safety, well-being and promotes sustainability.

What we offer

Join our extraordinary world and experience a place where you can be yourself, share your ideas, support your personal growth and wellbeing, and be a valued member of an inspirational team.

You’ll be rewarded for your hard work with a suite of benefits that supports you and your family’s wellbeing, including;

• Paid birthday leave;

• Enhanced parental leave;

• Proactive health days;

• Free meals whilst on duty;

• Discounted car parking in the heart of the city.

Your career journey will be supported through our lifelong development program, IHG career milestone celebrations, and transfer of entitlements as you move and grow with IHG. In addition to the always-popular hotel perks like accommodation and food & beverage discounts, our discount retail platform makes your pay go even further. Other benefits that you will receive during each shift include free duty meals and uniform provided and laundered.

Please note that we will only consider candidates who can prove their valid rights to live and work in New Zealand.

At IHG, we’ve made a promise. As one of the world’s leading hotel groups, we’re here to deliver True Hospitality for Good. Making our guests and colleagues feel welcome, cared for, recognised and respected – wherever they are in the world. Want to be part of the journey?

Join Crowne Plaza one of the largest and best loved premium hotel brands in the world. With more than 420 hotels in diverse locations globally Crowne Plaza is the perfect base to connect on business, pleasure or a blend of both. We've thoughtfully designed our spaces to encourage, support and celebrate great connections. We're also big on meetings and events, a trusted and valued partner for connecting both domestic and global groups alike.

Our branded service style 'Dare to Connect' is crafted for connection. Designed for humans not nameless guests or colleagues. Still professional but touches guests on an emotional level. Where colleagues take their initiative and use their personality because they make a crucial difference in the guest's experience. The role of every colleague at Crowne Plaza is to create memorable emotional connections and the job of every leader is to create an environment where that can happen.

Don't quite meet every single requirement, but still believe you'd be a great fit for the job? We'll never know unless you hit the 'Apply' button. Start your journey with us today.

At IHG Hotels & Resorts, we are proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We firmly believe that all our colleagues deserve to be treated equally and have the same opportunities to develop and grow their skills within our business and provide equal employment opportunities to all applicants and colleagues without regard to an individual's, race, color, ethnicity, national origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, age, disability, marital or familial status, veteran status or any other characteristic protected by law.