Part Time Restaurant jobs in Cape Town, Western Cape

Experienced Kitchen All-Rounder – Breakfast, Dough & Pizza

Location: Observatory, Cape Town
Business: Datterino (Pty) Ltd

Datterino is looking for an experienced Kitchen All-Rounder to join our pizzeria and cafeteria in Observatory.

This is a hands-on role in a busy, high-performing kitchen where speed, consistency, food quality and presentation are extremely important.

We are looking for someone with genuine kitchen experience who can work confidently across breakfast, preparation, dough and pizza while maintaining a high standard during demanding service periods.

Essential experience

Applicants must have:

• Minimum 2 years' experience working in a busy, quality-focused kitchen
• Strong experience preparing breakfast and eggs – essential
• The ability to prepare different styles of eggs accurately and consistently during busy service
• Practical pizza-making experience – essential
• Good experience working with and handling pizza dough
• Strong multitasking and organisational skills
• A good understanding of food quality, consistency and plate presentation
• The ability to maintain standards while working quickly and under pressure
• Good kitchen hygiene and food-safety practices
• A reliable, punctual and team-focused attitude

Fast-food or basic takeaway experience on its own will not be sufficient for this position. We need someone who has worked in a kitchen where food is prepared to order and quality and presentation matter.

Pizza & dough

Previous pizza-making experience is very important.

You should already understand the fundamentals of working with dough and making pizza. However, you must also be willing to learn Datterino's own pizza-making method.

Our pizza is not prepared in the same way as a traditional Neapolitan pizza, so even experienced pizza makers will need to learn and follow our specific method.

We are looking for someone who is a quick learner and can adapt their existing skills to our product and procedures.

The person we're looking for

You need to be comfortable moving between different jobs during a shift. This is not a kitchen where you will necessarily remain at one station all day.

You should be able to prioritise, multitask and stay composed when several orders and preparation tasks need attention at the same time.

Above all, we care about quality, consistency, presentation, speed and teamwork.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Pay: From R33,00 per hour

Application Question(s):

• Describe the busiest kitchen you have worked in and what your responsibilities were during service.
• Which styles of eggs can you confidently prepare during a busy breakfast service?
• How would you prepare a correctly poached egg, and how do you check that it is ready?
• How much hands-on pizza-making experience do you have? Please describe the type of pizzas you made and your responsibilities.
• What experience do you have working with pizza dough? Did you mix, portion, ball, proof and/or shape the dough yourself?

Experience:

• Restaurant kitchen : 2 years (Required)

Work Location: In person