Join the culinary team at Canada Life Centre and help create memorable food experiences for our guests. We’re seeking passionate, dependable, and team-oriented Prep Cooks and Cooks.
Working in a fast-paced, high-volume environment, you will help deliver consistent, high-quality food while maintaining exceptional standards for food safety, sanitation, organization, and guest experience.
What to be excited for in this role:
- Prepare, cook, and present menu items according to recipes, production schedules, portion standards, and quality expectations.
- Complete food preparation, portioning, plating, batch cooking, and other production tasks required for events and daily kitchen operations.
- Take responsibility for assigned kitchen stations and ensure efficient food production during service.
- Support chefs and culinary leadership with menu execution and high-volume event operations.
- Monitor food quality, temperatures, freshness, portion control, and presentation to ensure consistency.
- Assist with training and mentoring junior cooks and kitchen assistants on food preparation techniques, recipes, equipment, and kitchen procedures.
- Receive, unpack, and inspect food deliveries for accuracy, quality, freshness, and compliance with food safety standards.
- Report damaged, expired, or incorrect products and assist with resolving discrepancies with vendors.
- Accurately log received products and ensure food is properly stored in refrigerators, freezers, and dry storage areas.
- Rotate stock and maintain organized, clean, and efficient storage areas.
- Retrieve orders from suppliers that do not provide delivery services.
- Assist with inventory control, stock rotation, receiving, and storage.
- Minimize food waste through proper preparation, storage, portion control, and product rotation.
- Ensure all necessary ingredients, tools, and equipment are available for kitchen production.
- Operate kitchen equipment safely and efficiently and report maintenance or safety concerns.
- Maintain high standards of food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and workplace safety.
- Support kitchen opening, setup, service, closing, cleaning, and dishwashing procedures.
- Maintain a clean, organized, and safe kitchen and work environment.
- Work collaboratively with chefs, cooks, kitchen assistants, and other team members in a fast-paced event environment.
- Perform other duties as required and assigned in support of the organization and kitchen operations.
What we need from you:
- Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, restaurant, catering, hospitality, or high-volume food production environment.
- 1–3+ years of kitchen experience, depending on the level of the position and demonstrated culinary skills.
- Food Handler/Food Safe certification.
- Strong food preparation and cooking skills, with advanced culinary skills considered an asset.
- Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, HACCP, and workplace safety standards.
- Ability to accurately follow recipes, production specifications, and portion guidelines.
- Experience working in a high-volume, fast-paced environment.
- Strong time management, organization, multitasking, and problem-solving skills.
- Excellent attention to detail and commitment to food quality and consistency.
- Strong teamwork, communication, and interpersonal skills.
- Knowledge of kitchen equipment and safe operating procedures.
- Experience with inventory control, receiving, stock rotation, and food cost management is an asset.
- Ability to train, mentor, or support junior kitchen staff is an asset.
- Ability to stand and walk for extended periods and perform repetitive physical tasks.
- Ability to bend, reach, and frequently lift up to 50 pounds.
- Availability to work daytime, evening, and weekends, and event-based shifts as required.
Why you should join us!
We are True North! At True North Sports + Entertainment, we have developed a culture where our employees are engaged, challenged, and motivated. We are intentional in ensuring our employees personal values, match our organizational values of Team, Trust & Respect, Integrity, Excellence and Community.
Included as one of Manitoba’s Top Employers since 2008, our work environment is dynamic and fast-paced, offering diverse opportunities that allow you to encounter a variety of situations and develop new skills.
We encourage you to apply even if your previous experience does not align perfectly with every qualification in the job description. You may be just the right person for this role, or other roles!
We are Venues | We are People | We are Community
WE ARE TRUE NORTH
Accommodations are available upon request throughout all aspects of the selection process. Candidates requiring accommodations may contact, in confidence, [email protected]
Closing date: Thursday, August 20th, 2026.
Pay: From $16.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Discounted or free food
- Store discount
Work Location: In person
