Cook

Located in the heart of Hamilton Island's Marina Village, Marina Tavern is a popular bar and bistro offering relaxed dining and a lively atmosphere. With a busy kitchen serving classic pub and bistro-style meals, it's a fast-paced environment where consistency, efficiency and teamwork are essential.

We're looking for an experienced Cook to join our Marina Tavern kitchen team. If you're confident preparing hearty, crowd-pleasing meals, enjoy working across a busy grill and fryer section and thrive during high-volume service, this is a great opportunity to put your cooking skills to work in one of Hamilton Island's popular dining venues.

Build your experience in a busy, high-volume pub and bistro kitchen

Work across a varied menu of classic tavern favourites

Join an experienced and supportive Hamilton Island culinary team

Enjoy subsidised furnished staff accommodation and employee discounts

Live and work in the heart of the Whitsundays

You'll be hands-on across food preparation and service, working with a range of pub and bistro-style dishes. From grill and fryer items to supporting other kitchen sections, you'll help keep service moving while maintaining consistent food quality, portioning and presentation.

You'll work closely with the wider kitchen team, managing your preparation, following recipes and keeping your section organised during busy service periods.

Previous experience working as a Cook in a commercial kitchen

Experience preparing pub, bistro or casual dining-style meals

Confidence working across grill, fryer or other hot kitchen sections

Ability to manage multiple orders during busy, high-volume service

Strong food preparation skills and ability to follow recipes consistently

Good organisation, attention to detail and a positive team-focused attitude

Flexibility to work a rotating roster based on operational requirements

Our mission is to share the wonder of Hamilton Island with the world by creating wonder-filled experiences for our guests, employees and community.

Every team member plays a role in shaping those experiences - making Hamilton Island not just a great place to visit, but a great place to work.