Kitchen Assistant (Prep & Scullery)

You'll cook fast, clean food on the line at a safari lodge kitchen in Secunda. Expect to be trusted with real work from your first week.

Home base is a safari lodge kitchen on the Secunda side of Mpumalanga. Shifts rotate, so you'll need to be flexible about days and nights.

• Cook steaks, burgers and grills to the temperature on the docket.
• Bake breads, pastries or desserts for the morning buffet.
• Receive deliveries, check weights and reject short-dated produce.
• Cook for banquets and conference lunches of 100 to 400 guests.
• Prep veg, sauces, marinades and portions from the daily mise en place list.
• Plate to the spec photo so every dish looks the same.

• 1 to 3 years in a busy commercial kitchen
• You know food safety basics under R638 and HACCP
• You take instruction from the head chef without drama
• Weekend, holiday and evening work is part of the deal

• Halaal or kosher kitchen experience
• Pastry or bakery training
• Stock and ordering experience on a system such as Micros or Pilot

• Two staff meals per shift
• Transport allowance for split and late shifts
• On-the-job training with a path to chef de partie
• Live-in accommodation at lodge postings

• Expect a trade test: bring your own knives, arrive early and clean as you go the whole time.
• List your stations (grill, pastry, cold, sauce) under each job; head chefs scan for this first.