Clean Eats Australia | [Tullamarine, Victoria]
Casual | Monday to Friday | 5:00 am starts

Clean Eats Australia is looking for an experienced cook who can lead by example and help keep our daily meal production running smoothly.

About Clean Eats

Clean Eats Australia produces fresh, ready-made meals designed to make eating well easier. Our range includes individual meals and family favourites, with a focus on flavour, quality and consistency.

We’re looking for someone who shares that focus and can combine practical cooking skills with clear direction, good organisation, able to follow food safety procedures and processes as well as someone with a strong sense of responsibility.

About the role

This is a hands-on cooking position with day-to-day team leadership responsibilities in the kitchen area of our food production facility.

You’ll prepare and cook meals to established recipes, complete monitoring checks, organise daily kitchen tasks and support the team in meeting production requirements. You’ll stay actively involved in the cooking while helping others work safely, efficiently and consistently.

You’ll also have the opportunity to suggest improvements to recipes and kitchen processes, with changes reviewed and approved before being introduced into production.

The role is casual with the chance to progress to permanent full time.

What you’ll be doing

- Preparing and cooking meal components in line with approved recipes, production quantities and food safety procedures.

- Organising preparation and cooking tasks to meet the daily production schedule.

- Allocating work and giving team members transparent instructions and priorities.





- Leading by example through practical support, transparent communication and consistent standards.

- Monitoring flavour, texture, appearance and yield throughout cooking using company sensory and physical evaluations.

- Coordinating with the pre-prep room.

- Working with the QA team to meet the production schedule.

- Following and reinforcing food safety, hygiene, allergen and safe equipment procedures according to the HACCP food safety program.

- Completing required production and food safety records, including temperature checks.

- Maintaining correct ingredient storage, labelling and stock rotation.

- Overseeing kitchen cleaning and contributing directly to cleaning and sanitising tasks.

- Identifying shortages, delays, equipment faults or quality issues and raising them promptly.

- Suggesting practical ways to improve recipes, workflow and consistency while reducing waste.

- Receiving onsite and ongoing training.

- Complete and maintain monitoring records.

What we’re looking for

- Demonstrated cooking experience in a commercial kitchen, catering operation or food production environment.

- Strong practical food knowledge and the ability to follow recipes accurately.

- Experience preparing food in larger quantities,



or the ability to adapt confidently to batch production.

- Previous experience leading a team, supervising a section or coordinating kitchen staff.

- The ability to delegate clearly, organise workloads and keep the team focused.

- A calm, practical approach when production is busy or priorities change.

- A sound understanding of food safety, hygiene, temperature control and allergen management.

- The ability to read recipes and procedures in English, complete production records and communicate instructions clearly.

- A reliable, punctual approach and willingness to take ownership of your work.

- Availability Monday to Friday, with 5:00 am starts.

- Full Australian working rights.

- A current driver’s licence and reliable transport to and from work.

- Ability to perform well under pressure.

- Ability to meet KPIs and quality standards.

Commercial cookery qualifications, a food handling certificate and experience in ready-made meal production would be well regarded.

Why join Clean Eats?

- A weekday production schedule with early starts.

- A role combining hands-on cooking with practical team leadership.

- The opportunity to contribute ideas and help improve the way we work.

- The satisfaction of producing quality meals enjoyed by customers every week.

Apply now

If you’re an experienced cook who enjoys taking responsibility, supporting a team and producing consistently good food, we’d love to hear from you.

Apply with your resume and a short introduction outlining your cooking experience, leadership experience and availability for 5:00 am starts.

📌 Production Cook / Kitchen Team Leader (Tullamarine)
🏢 Clean Eats Australia
📍 Tullamarine