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 rapid-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

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📌 Production Kitchen Worker (Melbourne)
🏢 Pasta Prego
📍 Melbourne