Prep

Mercatto Hospitality; Toronto; On-site; CAD 34,000 - 44,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Spending Account

Dining discounts across Mercatto group

Job summary

Mercatto Hospitality in downtown Toronto is seeking a full-time Line Cook to join our kitchen team at Trattoria Mercatto in the Toronto Eaton Centre. If you thrive in a fast-paced setting and take pride in your craft, we'd love to hear from you.

You will follow recipes, stay organized during dinner service, maintain a clean workstation, and collaborate with kitchen and front-of-house to deliver memorable guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Follow recipes to ensure consistency and quality.
• Stay organized and detail-oriented during busy dinner services.
• Communicate clearly as a team player under pressure.
• Maintain cleanliness and a well-run workstation.
• Reliable, punctual, and eager to develop culinary skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook menu items to Mercatto standards.
• Execute dinner service with consistency, urgency, and attention to detail.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and fully stocked workstation.
• Support inventory rotation, prep production, and closing duties.
• Collaborate with kitchen and front-of-house teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences.

Skills

Follow recipes

Organized

Team player

Cleanliness

Punctual

Job description

For over 25 years, Mercatto is all about great food, genuine hospitality, and bringing people together across five locations. Trattoria Mercatto is located in the Toronto Eaton Centre, in the heart of downtown Toronto.

We're looking for a full-time Line Cook to join our kitchen team. If you thrive in a fast‑paced environment, take pride in your craft, and enjoy working alongside a supportive team, we'd love to hear from you.

WHO YOU ARE

• Comfortable following recipes and kitchen procedures to ensure consistency and quality
• Organized, detail-oriented, and able to stay focused during busy dinner services
• A team player who communicates clearly and works well under pressure
• Someone who takes pride in cleanliness, preparation, and maintaining a well‑run station
• Reliable, punctual, and eager to continue developing their culinary skills

WHAT YOU'LL DO

• Prepare and cook menu items to Mercatto standards
• Execute dinner service with consistency, urgency, and attention to detail
• Maintain a clean, organized, and fully stocked workstation
• Support inventory rotation, prep production, and closing duties
• Work collaboratively with the kitchen and front‑of‑house teams to deliver exceptional guest experiences

WHY WORK WITH US?

• Real career growth, with many of our leaders having been promoted from within
• Health Care Spending Account for full‑time team members
• Dining discounts across all eight Alter Ego Group restaurants
• Experience isn’t everything. We value friendly, adaptable people and offer a strong training program to set you up for success.
• Schedules that aim to support a healthy work/life balance

CHECK US OUT

220 Yonge St.

@mercatto.to

Love people, pizza and pasta? You’ll fit right in.

This posting is for an existing position vacancy