Sous Chef – Community Support Connections

Title of the Job: Sous Chef

Location: Breslau, ON

Job Description: SOUS CHEFFull Time -40 hours a week, Permanent (Monday – Friday)$23.98/hourAt Community Support Connections, we wake up each morning energized about the difference we make in the lives of our clients; people who could be your parents, grandparents, friends, or neighbours. Working with hundreds of amazing volunteers, donors, and community partners, we provide a wide range of community supports for older adults and people with different abilities to help them live at home with independence and dignity – something we all deserve. We are truly caring and client-centered, and are constantly innovating; looking for new and better ways to provide the best care and supports possible.Passion and commitment permeate everything we do. Driven by our values, we treat our clients, volunteers, donors, and each other, with dignity and respect. We recognize that diversity is the foundation for understanding the needs of our stakeholders. We believe the best way to serve our clients and volunteers is to create an environment and culture that empowers our staff to be as productive and happy as possible.That includes:

• Monday to Friday day shift ( early mornings)
• Statutory holidays off
• Generous benefit days and group RRSPs
• Competitive health and dental benefits
• Access to our Employee Assistance Plan
• On-site hot lunch
• Free parking

If what we do resonates with your core values then we want to hear from you!The Role:You:

• Are a highly skilled professional cook who is proficient in all aspects of food preparation
• Are organized, detail oriented, observant and passionate about serving fresh, high quality meals
• Enjoy cooking and creating new dishes
• Exercise sound judgment and demonstrate solid teamwork skills

Key Responsibilities:

• Contributes to the smooth operation of the daily meal production line – facilitates the production of between 250-350 hot meals daily
• Ensures clients receive nutritious, well balanced and appetizing meals
• Helps in ordering, menu planning and recipe scaling
• Prepares meals that meet nutritional standards, are appetizing, and are prepared and portioned consistently
• Assists with inventory management
• Ensures food safety
• Ensures that proper safety precautions are followed
• Supervises kitchen volunteers
• Supervise kitchen staff in the absence of the kitchen manager
• Maintains quality and cleanliness in professional kitchen environment

Education/Qualifications:

• Culinary diploma and 3+ years related professional experience, or an equivalent combination of education and experience
• Current safe food handling certificate
• Current Standard First Aid and CPR

Skills, Knowledge, Abilities:

• Demonstrated ability to exercise judgment/seek advice in decision making, anticipate what will be needed, and identify issues and solutions
• Thorough understanding of how to cook many types of food and what flavours go together
• Familiar with bulk/banquet style cooking
• Experience with menu planning, inventory control are decided assets
• Demonstrated ability to operate all general kitchen equipment, including combi ovens, steamers, kettles, tilt skillet, etc.
• Ability to thrive in a high-pressure environment
• Superior communication, time management and organization are as vital as culinary skills to this position
• Ability to handle multiple tasks and interruptions, and to work effectively as a team member
• Ability to give and take verbal and written direction and follow through to completion of task
• Knowledge of proper food handling, cooking to specific nutritional guidelines, temperature control, good hygiene and quality control
• Capable of lifting moderate weight ( >50 lbs) and carrying it short distances
• Valid driver’s license with daily access to a vehicle- no bus route
• Experience working with volunteers and/or ability to communicate in languages other than English are decided assets

Application information:Persons from equity-seeking groups are encouraged to apply. We will accommodate the needs of qualified applicants under the Ontario Human Rights Code and Accessibility for Ontarians with Disabilities Act (AODA) in all parts of the hiring process.Please submit resume and cover letter clearly identifying the unique attributes you bring to the position, in a single word document entitled Sous Chef your name by 12 noon, Thursday October 24, 2024. No phone calls. Only those applicants selected for an interview will be contacted.Job Types: Full-time, PermanentPowered by JazzHR

Company Name: Community Support Connections

Salary: $23.98 per hour

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