Food Service- Cook

Southbridge Care Homes; Pickering; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 58,000; Full time

Job summary

Southbridge Care Homes is seeking a skilled cook to review menus and prepare meals according to standardized recipes and production sheets. In the absence of the Food Services Manager, you will assist with their duties and supervise staff as needed.

You will monitor food quality and supplies, provide direction to dietary aides, and ensure records are maintained while collaborating with other departments to meet resident needs.

Qualifications

• Must meet one of the three qualification scenarios listed.
• Red Seal Cook trade certification is preferred.
• Experience in institutional large-quantity cooking is preferred.

Responsibilities

• Review menus and prepare food following standardized recipes and production sheets.
• Assist with Food Services Manager responsibilities in their absence.
• Monitor quality and quantity of food supplies and suggest corrective actions as needed.

Skills

Communication

Leadership

Staff coaching

Education

Chef training / culinary management certificate or diploma

Cook certification by an authority

Post-secondary diploma/degree in food & nutrition

Job description

Duties and Responsibilities

• Reviewing menus, preparing food following standardized recipes and production sheets.
• In the absence of the Food Services Manager assists with their responsibilities.
• Monitor quality and quantity of food supplies and recommend corrective action when need be regarding quality.
• Coaches Dietary Aides in basic food preparation procedures and in serving activities; assumes responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Food Services Manager, including staff replacements and service calls for malfunctioning equipment.
• Maintains all required records and cooperates with other departments to meet resident needs.

Qualifications

Must meet one of the three (3) following qualification scenarios:

• Chef training or culinary management certificate/diploma from a program that meets the requirements of the Ontario Long Term Care Act; or
• Certificate of qualification as a Cook issued by an authority meeting the requirements of the Ontario Long Term Care Act, or
• Post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management or a post-secondary degree in food and nutrition

Additional qualifications include:

• Red Seal Cook Trade Certification preferred.
• Experience in institutional large quantity cooking preferred.
• Excellent communication skills, written and verbal.
• Proven ability to provide direction and lead others within a busy environment.
• Must provide a current Safe Food Handling Certificate issued by the TBDHU.
• Must possess/able to obtain a current Vulnerable Sector Criminal Record Check.