Cook

Efficient Recruitment; Cowes; On-site; AUD 75,000 - 85,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Full-time hours

Kitchen training

Staff meals

Paid annual leave

Job summary

Xpress Gourmet Pizza in Victoria’s Cowes is seeking a hands-on Cook to prepare, cook and finish pizzas and pasta dishes to house recipes. You’ll manage mise en place for service and help the team get orders out on time while maintaining high standards.

The role requires real Italian kitchen experience, comfort with dough and pasta cooking, and availability for evenings and weekends. A cookery trade and Australian work rights are required.

Qualifications

• Real kitchen experience in Italian food.
• Comfortable with dough, ovens and pasta to order.
• Evening and weekend availability is essential.
• A cookery trade is required and kitchen experience is essential.
• Right to work in Australia is required.

Responsibilities

• Prepare dough, sauces, toppings and pasta components to recipe and daily volume.
• Stretch, top and bake pizzas to the required standard and size.
• Cook and plate pasta dishes and sides to ticket.
• Maintain food safety, temperature control and hygiene throughout prep and service.
• Restock the line, rotate stock and flag shortages before they become a problem.
• Clean equipment, benches and the cook area to kitchen standards at the end of service.
• Work with front-of-house and other kitchen staff so orders leave complete and on time.
• Follow opening and closing routines and any reasonable direction from the manager.

Skills

Italian cuisine

Dough handling

Pasta cooking

Ovens

Evening shifts

Cookery trade

Work rights Australia

Job description

This is a hands on Cook role in a kitchen. You will prepare, cook and finish pizzas and pasta dishes to house recipes, manage mise en place for service, keep the cook line and work areas clean and food-safe, and help the team get orders out on time without dropping quality. The role suits someone who already knows pizza and pasta production and can work steadily through a dinner service.

Benefits

• Full-time hours you can plan around
• Training on the house pizzas, pasta and kitchen standards
• Staff meals on shift
• Paid annual leave

Task & responsibilities

• Prepare dough, sauces, toppings and pasta components to recipe and daily volume.
• Stretch, top and bake pizzas to the required standard and size.
• Cook and plate pasta dishes and sides to ticket.
• Maintain food safety, temperature control and hygiene throughout prep and service.
• Restock the line, rotate stock and flag shortages before they become a problem.
• Clean equipment, benches and the cook area to kitchen standards at the end of service.
• Work with front-of-house and other kitchen staff so orders leave complete and on time.
• Follow opening and closing routines and any reasonable direction from the manager.

Qualification & experience

• You will need real kitchen experience in Italian food.
• You should already be comfortable with dough, ovens and cooking pasta to order.
• Evening and weekend availability matters here because that is when we trade.
• A cookery trade is required and experience in kitchen is required
• You must have the right to work in Australia.

About Company

Xpress Gourmet Pizza now operates across Victoria. The Cowes store on Chapel Street serves Phillip Island with gourmet pizzas (classic through to seafood, chicken, meat and vegetarian), pasta, vegan options, salads and sides. Trading is evenings, seven days, the business is built on fresh product, consistent cooking and reasonably fast service, the same standard customers expect from the wider Xpress brand.

This job is posted from Workinitiatives platform.

Work Type: Full time

Salary: $75000-85000

Job Publish: 27-09-2026

Job Expire: 27-10-2026