Production Kitchen Worker

Pasta Prego; City of Melbourne; On-site; AUD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Flexible hours

Stable role

Supportive team

Direct involvement

Clear recipes

Growth opportunities

Leadership path

Job summary

Pasta Prego in Melbourne operates a central production kitchen that fuels our growing network of premium takeaway pasta stores. This daytime production role focuses on preparing house-made sauces and product lines consistently and efficiently for multiple locations.

You will batch cook, plan the daily schedule, supervise a small team of 1-2 people, and ensure every batch meets taste, quality and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Experience in a production kitchen or high-volume kitchen.
• Proven ability to batch cook accurately from recipes.
• Experience leading a small team.
• Understanding of food safety and stock rotation.
• Proficient with production sheets and stocktakes.
• Reliable, organized and able to work independently.

Responsibilities

• Batch cook sauces and products per recipes.
• Plan and complete daily production schedule.
• Lead a small production team of 1-2 people.
• Ensure batches meet taste, quality and consistency.
• Follow production sheets, recipes and food-safety procedures.
• Monitor stock levels and perform stocktakes.
• Order, receive, rotate and store ingredients correctly.
• Maintain accurate production and stock records.
• Keep kitchen clean, organized and ready for service.
• Identify opportunities to improve efficiency and processes.

Skills

Batch cooking

Team leadership

Food safety

Stock control

Computer basics

Organisation

Attention to detail

Job description

This is a structured, daytime production role focused on preparing house made sauces and other product lines consistently and efficiently for a central production kitchen supporting a growing group of premium takeaway pasta stores across Melbourne. There are no late nights, no weekend shifts and no unpredictable restaurant rosters.

Key responsibilities

Batch cooking sauces and other products according to set recipes

Planning and completing the daily production schedule

Leading and working alongside a small production team of 1-2 people

Ensuring every batch meets standards for taste, quality and consistency

Following production sheets, recipes and food-safety procedures

Monitoring stock levels and completing regular stocktakes

Ordering, receiving, rotating and correctly storing ingredients

Maintaining accurate production and stock records

Keeping the production kitchen clean, organised and ready for service

Identifying opportunities to improve efficiency, organisation and production processes

About you

Experience in a production kitchen, catering operation, food-manufacturing environment or high-volume commercial kitchen

Confident batch cooking and following recipes accurately

Experience leading, supervising or guiding a small team

Understanding of food safety, stock rotation and kitchen organisation

Comfortable using production sheets, completing stocktakes and handling basic computer tasks

Takes pride in producing the same high-quality result every time

Reliable, organised and able to work independently

Enjoys creating structure and finding more efficient ways of working

Communicates clearly and takes ownership of responsibilities

Wants to grow with a business rather than remain in the same position long term

About us

Pasta Prego is a fast-growing Melbourne food business built around one simple idea: producing consistently great pasta, fast. We currently operate multiple locations across Melbourne, supported by a central production kitchen that prepares the sauces and ingredients used across our stores. We are highly system-focused and care deeply about quality, consistency, organisation and creating an environment where people enjoy coming to work.

• A flexible working schedule based around your ideal hours
• A stable role outside the traditional restaurant environment
• A supportive, close-knit and hardworking team
• Direct involvement with the owners and operations team
• Clear recipes, procedures and production systems
• The opportunity to help improve and shape the growing production operation
• Genuine potential to take on more responsibility as Pasta Prego expands
• A pathway toward broader production and operational leadership for the right person