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 fast-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
Transparent 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