A pilot burner of a gas turbine engine is provided. The pilot burner includes a front body with an axial expansion along a center axis of the pilot burner, the center axis having an axial direction towards a burning zone of the gas turbine engine. The front body includes a pilot burner face which is directed to the burning zone. A material is deposited in the front body progressing in the axial direction to form a high temperature resilient body in the axial direction of the front body and to form a high temperature resilient face of the pilot burner face.