First Cook
- Full-time
Job Description
Job Title: First Cook (Chinese Cuisine)
Location: Mississauga, ON
Wage Rate: $17.50 per hour, 40 hrs/week
Reporting to: Executive Chef
Schedule: Rotational Monday- Sunday, flexible shift times
Unionized: After 90 working shifts
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and cook dishes following the Chinese menus and recipes as per flight requirements
- Control and maintain temperature of foods while cooking, meat cutting, and portioning
- Ensure high standards in taste, preparation, and consistency to meet company standards
- Ensure all work stations are stocked and prepped for shifts
- Calculate high volume food quantities based on recipe specifications
- Operate in compliance with the Occupational Health and Safety Act
- Must be flexible with work schedule and hours and adapt to schedule changes to accommodate operational requirements
- Maintain a safe and sanitary work station
- Other related duties within the cooking area
Qualifications
- Must have a post-secondary education or 1 year of formal training from a certified culinary institute
- Red Seal certification would be an asset
- Minimum 1-4 years’ experience in a high volume cooking and preparation Chinese A La Carte Restaurant
- Cantonese, Taiwanese, Shanghai Cuisine experience would be an asset
- Must have basic knowledge of food handling procedures, Food Handler Certificate
- HACCP processes and procedures is an asset
- Ability to read and write in English
- Effective problem solving skills
- Ability to Multi-task