Key selling points

- Finished by 9pm, Sundays and Mondays off

- Permanent full time, 38 hours

- Run the kitchen, lead the gluten-free side

Job description

Run the kitchen at a busy local wood-fired pizza shop. Finished by 9pm. Sundays and Mondays off.

The Wood Fired Oven is a family-run wood-fired pizza business in Arana Hills. We started in 2018 with one food truck in a local park. Now there's the restaurant, a food truck and a catering arm that keeps growing.

Everything is made from scratch. Our own dough, fermented around 48 hours with Caputo flour, cooked over spotted gum and ironbark.

Gluten free is a big deal here. Apart from our regular pizza bases and burger buns, almost everything we buy in is gluten free. We make our own gluten-free dough in house, and we're applying for Coeliac Australia accreditation. Part of this job is setting up a dedicated gluten-free section in our kitchen and leading the team through it.

If you know coeliac and gluten-free cooking inside out, from your own life or from working in a GF kitchen, you'll fit right in.

The job

- Dough and gluten-free dough, Tuesday to Friday

- Prep, sauces and the grill (we do smash burgers as well as pizza)

- Setting up and running a dedicated gluten-free section

- Deliveries in and checked

- A clean, organised kitchen at the end of every night

- Leading and training a young BOH crew

Most of our casuals are school and uni age. Turning them into capable people is a big part of this job, and the part we care about most.





You report to our Store Manager and you're part of a small leadership team with the Store Manager and the owners. No big hierarchy. If you see a better way to do something, you say so and we listen.

Who we're after

- 2+ years in a busy commercial kitchen. Pizza is ideal, but any high-volume, hands-on kitchen counts

- You've run a section, led a shift or trained staff

- You lead from the front. On a Friday night you're on a station, not watching from the pass

- You stay calm when it's flat out

- You're patient and clear with young staff, and you actually want to teach

- Gluten-free and allergen know-how is a big plus

- Current food handling certificate, or happy to do it online before you start

Dough experience is a big plus. If you haven't made it from scratch, we'll teach you, but you need to want to learn it properly.

The details

- Permanent full time, 38 hours, Tuesday to Saturday

- Finished by 9pm every night. Sundays and Mondays off

- Six month probation period

- Based at the Arana Hills restaurant

How we work

We're a small, family-run business with valuable systems in place, and we're always working to make them better. You'll be part of that.

We value effort, and we value your ideas. If you want a job where your input is heard and helps shape how the kitchen runs, this is it.

How to apply

Hit apply and answer a few quick questions. Shortlisted applicants get one short video question before we meet.

📌 BOH/Kitchen Manager (Arana Hills)
🏢 The Wood Fired Oven
📍 Arana Hills