About this role
Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate. Work setting: Restaurant. Ranks of chefs: Head chef. Chef de partie.
Tasks
- Estimate amount and costs of supplies and food items.
- Demonstrate new cooking techniques and new equipment to cooking staff.
- Create new recipes.
- Instruct cooks in preparation, cooking, garnishing and presentation of food.
- Arrange for equipment purchases and repairs.
- Consult with clients regarding weddings, banquets and specialty functions.
- Plan menus and ensure food meets quality standards.
- Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances.
- Recruit and hire staff.
- Supervise activities of sous-chefs, specialist chefs, chefs and cooks.
- Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food.
- Supervision: 5-10 people.
- Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses : Safe Food Handling certificate.
- Emergency First Aid and Cardiopulmonary Resuscitation (CPR).
- Food Safety Certificate.
- Cuisine specialties: Vegetarian.
- Work conditions and physical capabilities: Fast-paced environment.
- Work under pressure.
- Combination of sitting, standing, walking.
- Screening questions: Are you available for shift or on-call work?.
- Do you have experience working in this field?.
- Employment terms options: Early morning.
- Evening.
- Shift.
- Experience: 2 years to less than 3 years.
- Employment terms options: Morning.
- Night.
- On call.
- Day.
- Weekend.
- Overtime required.
- Other benefits: Free parking available.
- Parking available.
- Support for persons with disabilities: Provides visual accessibility accommodations (for example: braille, screen readers, etc.).
- Provides auditory accessibility accommodations (for example: transcription software, teletypewriters, etc.).
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities.
- Support for newcomers and refugees: Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees . Support for youths: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth.
- Support for Veterans: Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for Veterans . Support for Indigenous people: Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers . Support for mature workers: Provides staff with awareness training to create a welcoming work environment for mature workers . Supports for visible minorities: Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities.