Description
Summary:
This role involves preparing, shaping, baking, and presenting pizzas, ensuring quality, food safety, and maintaining a clean kitchen in a fast-paced environment.
Highlights:
1. Opportunity to craft quality pizzas from dough to oven.
2. Be part of a dynamic kitchen team in a fast-paced setting.
3. Focus on food safety, hygiene, and ingredient management.
**Key Responsibilities:**
* Prepare pizza dough, sauces, toppings, and other ingredients according to recipes and standards.
* Stretch, shape, top, and bake pizzas accurately and consistently.
* Operate pizza ovens and other kitchen equipment safely.
* Ensure proper portioning, presentation, and quality of all pizzas.
* Monitor ingredient freshness and follow proper food storage procedures.
* Maintain cleanliness and hygiene of the workstation and kitchen equipment.
* Follow food safety and sanitation procedures.
* Assist with food preparation, stock rotation and inventory when required.
* Work efficiently during busy service periods and coordinate with the kitchen team.
* Minimize food waste and ensure proper use of ingredients.
* Perform other kitchen duties as assigned by the supervisor.
**Requirements:**
* Previous experience as a **Pizza Maker/Pizza Chef** preferred.
* Knowledge of dough preparation, proofing, stretching, topping and baking.
* Familiarity with commercial pizza ovens.
* Good understanding of food safety and kitchen hygiene.
* Able to work in a fast\-paced environment.
* Strong teamwork, reliability and attention to detail.
* Willing to work shifts, weekends and holidays as required.