Top Benefits
About the role
For over 25 years, Mercatto is all about great food, genuine hospitality, and bringing people together across five locations.
Cantina Mercatto is hiring aCookto join the Kitchen Team. We’re looking for someone who brings consistency, care, and a genuine interest in Italian-inspired cooking — and who enjoys working in an organized, supportive kitchen environment.
##What You'll Do
- Prepare dishes with consistency and attention to detail, following Mercatto recipes and plating standards
- Support the kitchen leadership team through delegated tasks from the Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Executive Chef, or General Manager
- Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe station at all times
- Stay on top of prep duties and contribute to efficient, smooth service
- Contribute to a positive, high-performance kitchen culture
##What You Bring
- Culinary training or education is an asset
- Strong knife skills and understanding of basic cooking techniques
- Ability to follow direction and maintain composure during service
- A positive attitude, clear communication, and team-first mindset
- A genuine interest in learning and developing within a hospitality kitchen centred on from-scratch cooking.
##Why Work With Us?
- Real career growth, with many of our leaders having been promoted from within
- Tuition reimbursement for hospitality-specific learning and development
- Health Care Spending Account for eligible team members
- Complimentary staff meals provided on shift & dining discounts across all nine Alter Ego Group restaurants
- Experience isn’t everything — you’ll receive ongoing, hands-on training
- Schedules that aim to support a healthy work/life balance
- Participation in Tip Share
CHECK US OUT:@mercatto.to
Cantina Mercatto
20 Wellington St E.
Love people, pizza and pasta? You’ll fit right in, apply today!
This posting is for an existing position vacancy
Not the right fit? Search for Cook jobs in Toronto, ON
About Mercatto Hospitality
We love food, wine, friends and family. Have a seat at our table and we'll cook, eat, drink, share and laugh together.
For Jack and Domenic Scarangella, ‘a tavola' meant a lot of things while being raised in an Italian household. But most of the time it meant only one thing – ‘time to eat.'
Since August of '98 ‘the boys' have been able to pass on to this city what countless hours at the table have passed on to them. Colourful, comforting and traditional meals made with love from fresh seasonal ingredients, accompanied by booming laughter and flowing wine.
From a lunchtime hotspot to a dining destination, Mercatto has grown considerably since renovating its original location on Toronto Street in 2007. Their philosophy of fresh ingredients and friendly staff has not changed, but what has is their approach to food and wine.
What once was a humble wine list has since become an ever changing, award winning wine program. Mercatto's wine list not only focuses on Italy's diverse wine regions, but it also compliments the menu's regional Italian cuisine. With menu changes occurring seasonally, the wine list and menu continue to work off one other's success.
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Top Benefits
About the role
For over 25 years, Mercatto is all about great food, genuine hospitality, and bringing people together across five locations.
Cantina Mercatto is hiring aCookto join the Kitchen Team. We’re looking for someone who brings consistency, care, and a genuine interest in Italian-inspired cooking — and who enjoys working in an organized, supportive kitchen environment.
##What You'll Do
- Prepare dishes with consistency and attention to detail, following Mercatto recipes and plating standards
- Support the kitchen leadership team through delegated tasks from the Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Executive Chef, or General Manager
- Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe station at all times
- Stay on top of prep duties and contribute to efficient, smooth service
- Contribute to a positive, high-performance kitchen culture
##What You Bring
- Culinary training or education is an asset
- Strong knife skills and understanding of basic cooking techniques
- Ability to follow direction and maintain composure during service
- A positive attitude, clear communication, and team-first mindset
- A genuine interest in learning and developing within a hospitality kitchen centred on from-scratch cooking.
##Why Work With Us?
- Real career growth, with many of our leaders having been promoted from within
- Tuition reimbursement for hospitality-specific learning and development
- Health Care Spending Account for eligible team members
- Complimentary staff meals provided on shift & dining discounts across all nine Alter Ego Group restaurants
- Experience isn’t everything — you’ll receive ongoing, hands-on training
- Schedules that aim to support a healthy work/life balance
- Participation in Tip Share
CHECK US OUT:@mercatto.to
Cantina Mercatto
20 Wellington St E.
Love people, pizza and pasta? You’ll fit right in, apply today!
This posting is for an existing position vacancy
Not the right fit? Search for Cook jobs in Toronto, ON
About Mercatto Hospitality
We love food, wine, friends and family. Have a seat at our table and we'll cook, eat, drink, share and laugh together.
For Jack and Domenic Scarangella, ‘a tavola' meant a lot of things while being raised in an Italian household. But most of the time it meant only one thing – ‘time to eat.'
Since August of '98 ‘the boys' have been able to pass on to this city what countless hours at the table have passed on to them. Colourful, comforting and traditional meals made with love from fresh seasonal ingredients, accompanied by booming laughter and flowing wine.
From a lunchtime hotspot to a dining destination, Mercatto has grown considerably since renovating its original location on Toronto Street in 2007. Their philosophy of fresh ingredients and friendly staff has not changed, but what has is their approach to food and wine.
What once was a humble wine list has since become an ever changing, award winning wine program. Mercatto's wine list not only focuses on Italy's diverse wine regions, but it also compliments the menu's regional Italian cuisine. With menu changes occurring seasonally, the wine list and menu continue to work off one other's success.