Weekend Kitchen Assistant - Refugee Shelter Meals

Jobless; Toronto; On-site; CAD 17,000 - 22,000; Part time

Benefits offered by this job

Health Care Spending Account

Paid sick days

Vacation entitlement

Supportive and inclusive workplace

Meaningful work supporting refugees

Job summary

Sojourn House is seeking a part-time Kitchen Assistant in Toronto to support the Cook in preparing daily menus and ensuring high standards of food quality and hygiene in a busy shelter kitchen.

The role includes maintaining clean dining areas, operating commercial equipment, sanitizing surfaces, and adhering to WHMIS and local health requirements. Weekend mornings from Friday to Sunday, 9:00 AM–2:00 PM, with a supportive, inclusive workplace.

Qualifications

• Minimum of one-year previous experience in a high-volume commercial food services environment (preferably in a not for profit).
• Previous experience in food preparation required.
• Current City of Toronto Public Health Food Handling Certificate required.
• Knowledge of WHMIS requirements and associated precautions in a commercial kitchen environment preferred.
• CPR/ First Aid Certificates acquired through a recognized course preferred.
• Experience with the use of commercial kitchen equipment including stoves/grills, deep fryer, ovens, mixers, steam cooker and serving equipment, dish washer, etc.

Responsibilities

• Monitor and ensure clean plates, cutlery and mugs are always available in the dining room for shelter clients.
• Collect used plates, utensils and mugs from dining room, rinses lunch dishes, cutlery through dish washer, return dry dishes and cutlery to dining room
• Monitor and ensure coffee machine filter kept refilled
• Refill empty condiment containers
• Maintain ongoing sanitation to remove spills, clean all surfaces, wipe clean inside and outside fridge and freezer
• Dismantle cardboard boxes, remaining garbage for disposal and removal into appropriate recycling bins.
• Organize dry storage and carry out the prescribed routine cleaning duties before end of each shift.

Skills

Food preparation

High-volume kitchen

Education

Public Health Food Handling Certificate (City of Toronto)

Tools

Stoves

Deep fryer

Ovens

Mixers

Steam cooker

Dish washer

Job description

Sojourn House is seeking a part-time Kitchen Assistant in Toronto to support the Cook in preparing daily menus and ensuring high standards of food quality and hygiene in a busy shelter kitchen.

The role includes maintaining clean dining areas, operating commercial equipment, sanitizing surfaces, and adhering to WHMIS and local health requirements. Weekend mornings from Friday to Sunday, 9:00 AM–2:00 PM, with a supportive, inclusive workplace.