Job Description

About EVT: Yamagen is part of EVT, one of Australasia’s market-leading experience creators offering careers that can take you wherever you want to go across entertainment, ventures, and travel. In a world of cookie cutter experiences, here at EVT we believe in changing the game. It’s why we all call ourselves Daymakers: each day is a chance to add the wow factor for our customers and continually grow in our own careers.

QT Hotels & Resorts is EVT’s premium lifestyle hotel brand, with locations in Australia, New Zealand and Singapore. Pioneers behind the philosophy of ‘unexpected and unrequested’, with every guest engagement presenting an opportunity to delight, and every QT property inspired by local influence with signature quirk. And our people? With personalities as diverse as each property, individuality is more than encouraged.

EVT has an endless range of roles and career paths to explore across over 140 entertainment experiences like Event Cinemas and Moonlight Cinemas, 150 award winning restaurants and bars, and 80+ hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo, Independent Collection and Australia’s most loved year round alpine resort, Thredbo. Our ventures include a ~$2.3B property portfolio and hotel management, just to name a few. Once you’re in, there are no limits on where your career could take you.

Key Responsibilities:

• Help manage a section of the kitchen at Yamagen, our Japanese restaurant, keeping quality, consistency and presentation at the highest standard
• Run your station, overseeing preparation, cooking and presentation so every dish leaves the kitchen fresh, tasty and beautifully plated
• Uphold strict hygiene and food safety standards, with regular checks across the kitchen
• Train, mentor and develop junior kitchen team members to build a culture of excellence
• Collaborate with the team across our multifaceted kitchens to keep service smooth during peak times and special events
• Communicate clearly with the kitchen team to keep teamwork efficient and the environment positive

What You’ll Bring:

• Strong all-round experience in Japanese cooking techniques
• Good knife skills and food hygiene knowledge
• Clear communication and a keen eye for detail
• Calm under pressure, with the ability to adapt to a fast-paced, high-volume restaurant
• Proven experience working in a dynamic kitchen environment
• Advantageous: tempura, robata, sashimi and sushi skills, plus ordering and general administration

How You Work:

• Hands-on and non-hierarchical: leads from the front.
• Resilient and solutions-focused: stays calm, moves fast.
• Growth mindset: learns, shares, and levels up others.
• Inclusive leader: values diverse perspectives; builds belonging.

Perks from Day One:

As part of EVT, you unlock Elevate Perks from your first day. Parity for all levels, no ivory towers.

• 50% off dining and stays across EVT hotels, including QT, Rydges, Atura, LyLo and more.
• $2 movie tickets plus discounts on Gold Class, Moonlight Cinema and Candy Bar.
• Seasonal perks at Thredbo.
• Rapid career growth across our hotel and entertainment network.
• Paid parental leave; community and volunteering opportunities.

Apply Now

Join QT Gold Coast and become an EVT experience creator, opportunity taker, the ultimate Daymaker.

Join and make a positive impact on our people, communities, and environment every day.

Apply online now and submit your CV. You’ll be taken to our secure EVT careers portal (powered by Dayforce), our official system for managing applications across the EVT Group. You’ll simply enter your details and answer a few quick screening questions so we can get to know you better.

We welcome applicants from all backgrounds and review applications as they come in, so don’t wait! We can’t wait to see the places your career will go with EVT.