Pizza Maker - Cook

A busy fast food outlet in Hamilton is looking for Pizza Maker-Cook to join our team.

Working hours will be minimum 40 hours per week depending roster or seasonal requirement. 

Duties and Responsibilities:

• Maintain overall restaurant and kitchen cleanliness.

• Ensure that stock levels are maintained and purchased accordingly as required in the restaurant.

• Operate check out and supervise when floor gets busy.

• Communicate effectively with employees, customers, vendors and agencies

• Handle customer inquiries and complaints

• Liaise with owner to determine if there is any update to the menus and/or special deals

• Monitor compliance with the health and safety regulations.

• Such other duties that may be assigned from time to time

• Preparation and planning of meal designs

• Responsible for assessing food and labour costs

• Ensuring that food costs are kept within budget

• Ensuring that all food prepared meets management expectations of quality

• Demonstrating to other staff procedures and techniques that will be required to assure quality

• Encouraging frank and open communication between staff and management

• Ensuring that the kitchen is kept clean at all times

• Forecasting stock requirements and Ordering stock 

• Monitoring Health & Safety requirements within the restaurant

• Ensuring that all staff comply with Health and Safety regulations

• Performance of any other duties as required by Management

• Ensure that kitchen activities operate in a timely manner.

• Provide support to junior kitchen employees with various tasks including line cooking, food preparation, and dish plating.

• Recruit and train new kitchen employees to meet restaurant and kitchen standards.

• Create schedules for kitchen employees and evaluate their performance.

• Adhere to and implement sanitation regulations and safety regulations.

• Prepare pizzas out of our menu and based on custom orders and as per their dietary requirements

• Wash and chop vegetables (for example, tomatoes, peppers, onions and mushrooms)

• Cut, slice and grill meats like chicken, ham and beef

• Monitor food stock and place orders, as needed

• Recommend new recipes to update our menus

• Maintain a clean cooking station and sterilize equipment

It is a Full-time role working minimum 35 hours per week including evening shifts and weekends, we need people who are committed and turn up to work on time unless they have a reasonable excuse.

Essential Requirements: 

• Able to work long and

• Able to work flexible hours including weekends

We need people who are committed and turn up to work on time unless they have a reasonable excuse.

If this sounds like you, please click Apply Now!!!