Job Title: Pizzaiolo / Pizza Chef – Italian Gas Oven (New Specialty Café, Founding Team)
Location: Jalandhar Heights-II, 66 Feet Road, Jalandhar, Punjab
Job Type: Full-time
Salary: ₹25,000 – ₹35,000/month (higher for exceptional candidates with genuine Neapolitan-style experience)
About Us
Cavallo is a new specialty coffee café and European kitchen opening in Jalandhar. Pizza is one of our core programs — made on a professional Italian gas pizza oven, with house-made dough and quality ingredients including fresh burrata. Our Burrata Margherita is a house signature. This is a founding-team role in a brand-new kitchen.
The Role
You'll own the pizza station under the Head Chef — dough handling, oven management, and service execution. We're not making commercial pan pizza; we're making proper Italian-style pizza with fermented dough, and consistency is everything.
Responsibilities
- Manage the pizza station through service: stretching, topping, launching, and turning pizzas in a gas deck/dome oven
- Execute the dough program with the Head Chef: mixing, bulk fermentation, balling, and cold-proof schedules
- Maintain oven temperature discipline and bake consistency across the day
- Prep pizza toppings and sauces to spec (San Marzano-style sauce, fresh mozzarella/burrata handling)
- Keep the pizza station organized, stocked, and spotless
- Track dough and topping par levels; flag shortages ahead of service
- Support the Italian line (pastas, garlic breads) during non-peak hours as needed
Requirements
- 2+ years hands-on pizza experience in a quality Italian restaurant, café, or pizzeria — wood-fired or gas dome/deck oven experience strongly preferred over conveyor/commercial oven backgrounds
- Genuine dough-handling skill: you can stretch a fermented dough ball thin without tearing it, and you understand proofing
- Speed under pressure: you can run the station solo during a full-house dinner service
- Willing to work evenings and weekends (pizza peaks at dinner)
- Hindi/Punjabi required; candidates from Chandigarh/Delhi Italian kitchens welcome — accommodation support possible for the right candidate
What We Offer
- Founding pizzaiolo role on brand-new professional Italian equipment
- Training and menu development alongside an experienced Head Chef
- Clear growth path to CDP – Italian section
- Staff meals, supportive kitchen culture, direct access to ownership
To Apply: Submit your resume via Indeed. Shortlisted candidates will do a paid trial: stretch, top, and bake pizzas from prepared dough in front of our team.
Schedule: 6 days/week, primarily afternoon-to-close shifts
Pay: ₹25,000.00 - ₹35,000.00 per month
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
