head chef

Gratia Bakery & Café; Maple Ridge; On-site; CAD 42,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Gratia Bakery & Café in Maple Ridge is seeking an experienced kitchen supervisor to manage daily cooking operations on site. You will oversee cooks and chefs, lead recipe creation, and ensure high standards of quality and presentation.

The role requires a Cook Trade Certification and 3+ years of supervisory kitchen experience, with strong leadership and team collaboration. On-site work with a focus on training staff and maintaining inventory.

Qualifications

• Secondary school graduation certificate required.
• Cook Trade Certification required.
• Minimum 3 years of kitchen supervisory experience.
• Ability to lead and train staff.

Responsibilities

• Estimate amount and costs of supplies and food items.
• Estimate labour costs.
• Maintain records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory.
• Supervise activities of specialist chefs, chefs, cooks and other kitchen workers.
• Create new recipes.
• Instruct cooks in preparation, cooking and garnishing and presentation of food.
• Prepare and cook meals or specialty foods.
• Requisition food and kitchen supplies.
• Plan menus and ensure food meets quality standards.
• Recruit and hire staff.
• Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food.

Skills

Leadership

Organized

Reliability

Team player

Creativity

Education

Secondary school graduation certificate

Cook Trade Certification

Job description

Education

Secondary (high) school graduation certificate

Languages

English

Experience

3 years to less than 5 years

On site

Work must be completed at the physical location. There is no option to work remotely.

Responsibilities

Tasks

• Estimate amount and costs of supplies and food items
• Estimate labour costs
• Maintain records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory
• Supervise activities of specialist chefs, chefs, cooks and other kitchen workers
• Create new recipes
• Instruct cooks in preparation, cooking, garnishing and presentation of food
• Prepare and cook meals or specialty foods
• Requisition food and kitchen supplies
• Plan menus and ensure food meets quality standards
• Recruit and hire staff
• Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food

Supervision

• Staff in various areas of responsibility

Credentials

Cook Trade Certification

Additional information

• Attention to detail

Personal suitability

• Leadership
• Organized
• Reliability
• Team player
• Creativity

Employment groups

This employer promotes equal employment opportunities for all job applicants, including those self-identifying as a member of these groups:

Support for persons with disabilities

Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for persons with disabilities

Support for newcomers and refugees

• Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees

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

• Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
• Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities