Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Aramark Canada is currently seeking a number of Cooks to join the team at Dalhousie University! Reporting to the Residence Dining Manager or their designate, the Cook 1 is responsible for preparing, cooking and serving a variety of foods in accordance with the menu.
Job Responsibilities
- Assures quality, courteous customer service is provided to all customers
- Prep and cooks required items in accordance with menu, using grill, ovens, and fryers
- Prep and cook made to order items
- Determine production requirements and identify and incorporate substitute ingredients
- Receive products
- Select, prepare, and modifies food to meet dietary requirements
- Prepare soups including selecting and processing ingredients, cooking and finishing soups
- Prepares thickening and binding agents
- Prepares sauces
- Prepares meats and variety meats including selecting, processing, cooking, and finishing meats and variety meats
- Select, process, cook, and finish finned fishes
- Prepares savory and sweet pastries and pies
- Maintains continual cleaning and sanitizing of surrounding work area
- Assists with culinary auditing, temperature checking of food items within kitchen, stations, fridges and freezers
- Adherence to Aramark’s policies and procedures, including Occupational Health and Safety and Food Safety
- Provide support and guidance to Food Service Workers with regards to culinary technique and best practice
- May perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to execute all duties under Food Service Worker and Cook 2 classification
- 3+ years prep cook, grill cook, line cook experience
- Leadership experience considered an asset
- Working toward Red Seal considered an asset
- Valid WHMIS, Food Safe Advanced Certification, First Aid Certification considered an asset
- Must be able to work effectively and efficiently, supervised and unsupervised
- Must be able to lift, push, pull min. 35 lbs
- Must be flexible, evening and weekend work may be required
This is a unionized position with SEIU Local 2. Aramark offers a medical and dental benefits, RRSP, paid sick time, employee meal plan, up to 50% reimbursement on education programs and courses (ex: Red Seal Certification), complimentary safety shoes and uniforms, company events, and more!
Aramark Canada is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations for those with disabilities are available upon request.
About Aramark
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the world’s leading educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, world champion sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic destinations and cultural attractions, and numerous municipalities in 15 countries around the world with food and facilities management. Because of our hospitality culture, our employees strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and the planet. Aramark has been recognized on FORTUNE’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies,” The Civic 50 by Points of Light 2024, Fair360’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and “Top Companies for Black Executives,” Newsweek’s list of “America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024,” the HRC’s “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality,” and earned a score of 100 on the Disability Equality Index.
Top Benefits
About the role
Job Description
Aramark Canada is currently seeking a number of Cooks to join the team at Dalhousie University! Reporting to the Residence Dining Manager or their designate, the Cook 1 is responsible for preparing, cooking and serving a variety of foods in accordance with the menu.
Job Responsibilities
- Assures quality, courteous customer service is provided to all customers
- Prep and cooks required items in accordance with menu, using grill, ovens, and fryers
- Prep and cook made to order items
- Determine production requirements and identify and incorporate substitute ingredients
- Receive products
- Select, prepare, and modifies food to meet dietary requirements
- Prepare soups including selecting and processing ingredients, cooking and finishing soups
- Prepares thickening and binding agents
- Prepares sauces
- Prepares meats and variety meats including selecting, processing, cooking, and finishing meats and variety meats
- Select, process, cook, and finish finned fishes
- Prepares savory and sweet pastries and pies
- Maintains continual cleaning and sanitizing of surrounding work area
- Assists with culinary auditing, temperature checking of food items within kitchen, stations, fridges and freezers
- Adherence to Aramark’s policies and procedures, including Occupational Health and Safety and Food Safety
- Provide support and guidance to Food Service Workers with regards to culinary technique and best practice
- May perform other duties as assigned
Qualifications
- Ability to execute all duties under Food Service Worker and Cook 2 classification
- 3+ years prep cook, grill cook, line cook experience
- Leadership experience considered an asset
- Working toward Red Seal considered an asset
- Valid WHMIS, Food Safe Advanced Certification, First Aid Certification considered an asset
- Must be able to work effectively and efficiently, supervised and unsupervised
- Must be able to lift, push, pull min. 35 lbs
- Must be flexible, evening and weekend work may be required
This is a unionized position with SEIU Local 2. Aramark offers a medical and dental benefits, RRSP, paid sick time, employee meal plan, up to 50% reimbursement on education programs and courses (ex: Red Seal Certification), complimentary safety shoes and uniforms, company events, and more!
Aramark Canada is an equal opportunity employer. Accommodations for those with disabilities are available upon request.
About Aramark
Aramark (NYSE: ARMK) proudly serves the world’s leading educational institutions, Fortune 500 companies, world champion sports teams, prominent healthcare providers, iconic destinations and cultural attractions, and numerous municipalities in 15 countries around the world with food and facilities management. Because of our hospitality culture, our employees strive to do great things for each other, our partners, our communities, and the planet. Aramark has been recognized on FORTUNE’s list of “World’s Most Admired Companies,” The Civic 50 by Points of Light 2024, Fair360’s “Top 50 Companies for Diversity” and “Top Companies for Black Executives,” Newsweek’s list of “America’s Most Responsible Companies 2024,” the HRC’s “Best Places to Work for LGBTQ Equality,” and earned a score of 100 on the Disability Equality Index.