Sous Chef (Casual Dining)

You'll cook fast, clean food on the line at a wood-fired pizzeria in Sandton. This role rewards consistency more than flash.

Home base is a wood-fired pizzeria on the Sandton side of Gauteng. Start date: as soon as possible for the right person.

• Clean down your section, deep-clean the fryer and scrub the extractor filters.
• Run your station during service and call back every ticket from the pass.
• Cook steaks, burgers and grills to the temperature on the docket.
• Train the kitchen assistants on knife safety and prep standards.
• Help cost recipes and track waste on the weekly sheet.
• Bake breads, pastries or desserts for the morning buffet.
• Receive deliveries, check weights and reject short-dated produce.

• 1 to 3 years in a busy commercial kitchen
• Good knife skills and you can prep at speed
• 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

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

• Chef whites and safety shoes provided
• Two staff meals per shift
• Live-in accommodation at lodge postings

• 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.