Pizza Maker - Part Time

Part time - 10 to 15 hours a week (mainly weekends)

We're looking for an experienced Pizza Maker to join multi-award-winning Village Pizza Kitchen at our exciting new location at Shelter Hall on Brighton seafront.

This is a hands-on pizza-making role within a small, fast-paced kitchen team. You'll be responsible for balling and stretching dough, topping and cooking pizzas quickly and consistently to VPK's standards, alongside straightforward ingredient preparation and general kitchen duties.

We're looking for someone with previous professional pizza-making experience who are confident handling and stretching dough and working in a busy kitchen environment.

Our dough is prepared centrally by VPK, so you won't be required to make dough from scratch. Full training will be provided in our specific products, methods and standards.

About Village Pizza Kitchen (VPK)

Village Pizza Kitchen is a multi-award-winning independent pizza business founded in Sussex in 2020.

At the heart of VPK is our approach to British Craft Pizza – combining artisan pizza-making methods with exceptional ingredients and a strong commitment to using British, local and seasonal produce wherever possible. We are proud to have built a reputation for exceptional pizza and consistently high standards.

Alongside our restaurant, we operate at major events and venues and supply our pizza products to hospitality businesses and stadiums across the UK. We're now preparing to open an exciting new location in central Brighton and are looking for great people to become part of our new team.

The Role

As a Pizza Maker, your main responsibility will be producing consistently excellent pizzas quickly and efficiently.

You'll work as part of a small kitchen team, preparing the kitchen for service, making pizzas to VPK's specifications, keeping your station clean and well stocked and helping ensure service runs smoothly.

You'll need to be comfortable working at pace during busy periods while maintaining excellent standards of quality, portion control and presentation.

Key Responsibilities

• Balling prepared pizza dough
• Stretching and shaping pizza dough by hand
• Topping pizzas accurately and consistently to VPK specifications
• Cooking and finishing pizzas to our quality and presentation standards
• Carrying out straightforward ingredient preparation, including preparing vegetables, toppings and fresh herbs
• Setting up and stocking the kitchen ready for service
• Keeping ingredients and workstations replenished and organised throughout service
• Working quickly and efficiently during busy periods
• Following VPK recipes, portion controls and preparation procedures
• Maintaining consistently high standards of food quality and presentation
• Following food hygiene, allergen and health & safety procedures
• Receiving and putting away deliveries when required
• Ensuring ingredients are stored and rotated correctly
• Helping minimise food waste
• Maintaining excellent standards of cleanliness and organisation
• Completing opening, cleaning and closing duties as required
• Working collaboratively with the Team Leader, Assistant Team Leader and wider VPK team

About You

We're ideally looking for someone with:

• Previous professional pizza-making experience
• Experience stretching and shaping pizza dough by hand
• Experience working in a busy, fast-paced kitchen environment
• The ability to work quickly while maintaining quality and consistency
• Good attention to detail
• A strong work ethic and pride in the food you produce
• High standards of cleanliness and organisation
• The ability to follow recipes and processes accurately
• The ability to work independently as well as part of a small team
• A positive attitude and willingness to learn VPK's methods
• Excellent reliability and timekeeping
• Flexibility to work daytime, evenings and weekends
• You must have the right to work in the UK
• You should live within reasonable travelling distance of central Brighton and be able to reliably travel to and from work for your scheduled shifts
• Some flexibility will be required during particularly busy periods, including bank holidays, school holidays and major events taking place in Brighton

What We Offer

• Part time - 10 to 15 hours a week with opportunity for more hours in the spring / summer
• Training in VPK's products and pizza-making methods
• The opportunity to join a brand-new VPK team in central Brighton
• The opportunity to develop your skills and progress into more senior roles
• The opportunity to join an established, multi-award-winning independent pizza business at an exciting stage of its growth
• A friendly, hands-on working environment where quality and teamwork really matter

Location: Central Brighton

Schedule: Daytime, evening and weekend shifts available.

Pay: £13.50 per hour

Benefits:

• Discounted or free food

Experience:

• pizza making: 1 year (required)

Work Location: In person