Kitchen Hands (Production Kitchen) - Expressions of …, Mile End

**About Us** For over 50 years, Vili’s has been serving South Australians their favourite pies, pastries and café classics. Our Production Kitchen preps the fresh ingredients and ready-to-go items you’ll find in convenience stores, corner delis and supermarkets.

We’re inviting expressions of interest from reliable Kitchen Hands, Sandwich Artists and Catering Assistants to join the Vili's Family.

**Rosters**

Our Kitchen Hands work on two shifts, where each group are dedicated to different key tasks. Our Production Kitchen work 5 shifts a week and 38 hours per week, with access to reasonable overtime to meet business demand.

- **Morning team (5:00am start)**
- preparing ingredients for the afternoon team, and cooking gravies and other "wet foods"
- **Afternoon team (2:00pm start)**
- assembling the wraps, baguettes, salad cups and other "grab and go" style items, ready for sale through both Vili's and customer retail cafes and outlets.

What you’ll do

- **Prep & QA (Morning)**: Portion and slice meats; check incoming/raw ingredients (freshness, quality, labelling); cook and batch wet dishes for bain-maries; label, date and stage for later shifts.

- **Assemble & Pack (Afternoon)**: Build wraps, baguettes and salad cups to spec; weigh/label/date-code; present products neatly and consistently for retail.

- **Food Safety & Hygiene (Both teams)**: Follow SOPs/HACCP, allergen controls, FIFO and temperature checks; clean-as-you-go and end-of-shift cleaning.

- **Teamwork & Pace (Both teams)**: Work to production plans and deadlines; communicate clearly with Team Leaders and FOH/Dispatch; rotate tasks to support the team.

About you

- Experience in rapid-paced kitchens or food production (canteens, cafés, food trucks or manufacturing) is ideal

- Comfortable with repetitive tasks and working in chilled environments

- Attention to detail with recipes, portioning, labelling and presentation

- Safety-first mindset (manual handling, knives, hygiene) and dependable timekeeping

- Positive, team-oriented communicator who takes pride in consistent quality

- Reliability, punctuality and a commitment to quality

Why join Vili’s?

- Be part of an iconic South Australian brand with a supportive, close-knit team

- Reliable shifts across morning or afternoon to suit your lifestyle

- On-the-job training, well-managed processes, and on-site parking

- Real impact—your work helps stock stores across SA every day

**How to apply Apply on Kit Job: kitjobau.com/job/3ra3ld