Pizza Chef (Wood-Fired Oven) – Permanent

You'll cook fast, clean food on the line at a safari lodge kitchen in Polokwane. It suits someone who likes knowing exactly what a good day's work looks like.

This post is Polokwane-based, with most of your time spent at a safari lodge kitchen.

• Train the kitchen assistants on knife safety and prep standards.
• Prep veg, sauces, marinades and portions from the daily mise en place list.
• Clean down your section, deep-clean the fryer and scrub the extractor filters.
• Bake breads, pastries or desserts for the morning buffet.
• Run your station during service and call back every ticket from the pass.

• Comfortable in heat, on your feet, for long split shifts
• You take instruction from the head chef without drama
• Good knife skills and you can prep at speed
• A culinary certificate or City & Guilds, or solid on-the-job experience

• A food safety certificate from a registered training provider
• Halaal or kosher kitchen experience

• Two staff meals per shift
• Live-in accommodation at lodge postings
• Transport allowance for split and late shifts

• List your stations (grill, pastry, cold, sauce) under each job; head chefs scan for this first.
• Do not leave gaps unexplained; if you did casual banquet work between jobs, say so on your CV.