Tired of working evenings and without a set schedule? Love the industry, take pride in your cooking skills, and want to settle into meaningful work where you can make a difference?
Epicuria is a retail and catering business that has operated in Ottawa for over thirty years. We pride ourselves in quality value driven retail prepared meals and quality catering. We strive to hire and develop a team that cares about the details and are genuinely passionate about food and people.
We are seeking a full-time permanent day cook to join our culinary team. We provide Full time hours year-round and a collaborative work environment. Our menu consists of classic customer favourites/large scale frozen production and a seasonal selection of entrees, soups, salads, and more.
If this opportunity sounds like a good fit we want to hear from you! We offer a competitive compensation package based on experience and skills.
SKILLS
- Excellent Knife, time management and cooking method skills
- Valid Food Handlers Certificate required.
- Experience with Rational ovens
- Ability to follow instructions and learn quickly
- Ability to organize, work cleanly, efficiently, and independently
- Comfortable with volume and variable production/service demands of catering and batch cooking
- Excellent organization skills, reliable and client/team focused
- Capacity to multitask to meet multiple demands and instructions
- Ability to self-motivate and problem solve in a fast-paced setting filled with hard deadlines.
JOB DUTIES
- Ensure and provide consistent and timely food preparation following Epicuria Inc. food service and hospitality standards.
- Strong, effective, and polite communication with all departments
- Conduct yourself in a professional and positive manner.
- Completes food preparation with minimal wastage by using ingredients based on proper rotation and according to recipe specifications
- Maintains an organized and clean kitchen during their shift
- Adheres and promotes all food safety practices
- Communicates openly with management about concerns regarding workflow and equipment
- Punctual and reliable
We attract—and strive to keep—committed members of a team. Our talented and dedicated people share a sincere desire to work together to create and serve exceptional food that, in turn, unites others.
We’re always interested in meeting people who:
- are genuinely passionate about food and people
- have high standards for their own work and their workplace
- love working in a fast-paced environment
- care about the small details
- have terrific people skills
- want to grow with our company
Job Types: Full-time, Permanent
Pay: $19.00-$22.00 per hour
Benefits:
- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Discounted or free food
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- Store discount
Application question(s):
- Tell us about the largest batch of food you have prepared from scratch. What was the dish, approximately how many portions did you make, and what was your role?
- Why are you interested in moving to a high-volume catering production kitchen instead of a traditional restaurant kitchen?
- How long is your commute to Epicuria and can you reliably commit to the commute every day?
Experience:
- cooking: 4 years (preferred)
Language:
- English Fluently (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Food Handler Certification (required)
Location:
Work Location: In person
