Child Care Cook

BrightPath Early Learning & Child Care Career Center; Toronto; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 52,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Childcare discount

Health, dental, vision, life insurance

RRSP with company match

Sick days

Job summary

BrightPath Kids is hiring a Cook to prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and snacks for children in our care. When not cooking, you will assist teachers in classrooms and support daily activities.

The role requires handling food, maintaining kitchen sanitation per Public Health, and adapting to a busy childcare setting. We offer competitive pay, a childcare discount, and comprehensive benefits.

Qualifications

• Prepare nutritious meals for children in care.
• Maintain safety and sanitation per health guidelines.
• Assist teachers in classrooms when not cooking.

Responsibilities

• Organize orders for meals and catering.
• Serve meals from catered service daily.
• Uphold kitchen safety and cleanliness.
• Assist with light cleaning and laundry as needed.

Skills

Food preparation

Time management

Adaptability

Education

Standard First Aid & Infant CPR

Food Handling Certification

Job description

Center: Leaside, ON

Job Type: Full-Time

Additional information: Our meals are catered at Leaside, so no cooking is required. The kitchen is located in the basement, and our centre has stairs. Kitchen staff must be comfortable carrying lunch bins up and down the stairs to serve our 8 classrooms. The role also includes light cleaning and weekly laundry duties.

No evenings or weekends!

Build your career in the early childhood education field and become a valued member of our team at BrightPath Kids! As a proud member of the Busy Bees global childcare community, we offer exceptional opportunities for your career to thrive. Join our diverse community of over 5,000 dedicated employees, and experience competitive pay and benefits, including a childcare discount. With our rapid growth, now is the perfect time to apply and shape an extraordinary future with us. Unleash your potential and join BrightPath!

What will you be doing?

As a Cook, you will prepare nutritious meals for breakfast, lunch, and snacks for the children in our care. When you are not preparing food, serving meals, or cleaning, you will work in the classrooms to assist our teachers. Responsibilities include:

• Organizing orders for food as needed.
• Serving meals from a catered service provided daily.
• Ensuring safety and sanitization in the kitchen environment as per Public Health requirements.
• Understanding dietary restrictions in centre for individual children.
• Washing dishes after meals.
• Other duties as assigned.

Top Reasons to join BrightPath Kids:

• We offer a 40% child care discount to ALL Full-time employees & 10% to Part-time so that your family can take advantage of our great learning environment!
• We will support your long-term career goals by offering opportunities for professional development.
• Full-time staff are eligible to participate in a retirement plan (RRSP) which offers a company match – this is free money!
• Full-time and Part-time staff receive 6 days of sick time per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are given 10 paid statutory holidays off.
• Full-time staff are paid for at least 10 vacation days per calendar year.
• Full-time staff are offered health insurance, dental insurance, vision insurance and life insurance.

Requirements:

• Food Handling Certification preferred
• Meet province requirement for childcare employment
• Current Standard First Aid and Infant Child CPR
• Effective time management skills
• Experience cooking for large groups would be an asset