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Prepares food in accordance with applicable corporate standards, guidelines and regulations with established policies and procedures. Ensures quality food service is provided at all times. Essential Duties and Responsibilities: * Serve meals or prepare for delivery by using correct portioning, meeting outlined standards, ensuring that food is at the correct temperature and is attractive and tasty. Tastes all prepared food items. * Use established ticket collection procedures during service. Responsible for records from area worked during service periods. * Clean kitchen after preparation and serving, maintaining high standards of cleanliness. Store or discard excess food in accordance with safe food-handling procedures. * Keep refrigerators and storerooms clean and neat. Ensure food and supply items are stored per standards. * Operate and maintain kitchen equipment as instructed. * Assist in production planning, record keeping and reporting as required. * Assist in the ordering and receiving of all food and supplies as required. * Report needed maintenance, faulty equipment, or accidents to the supervisor immediately. Qualifications * Proven cooking experience, including experience as a line chef, restaurant cook or prep cook * You must have a valid Food Handler Certificate or provincial equivalent * Certificate from a recognized cooking school * Excellent understanding of various cooking methods, ingredients, equipment and procedures * Accuracy and speed in executing assigned tasks * Familiar with industry’s best practices * Able to work independently and as part of a team * Excellent written and verbal communication skills * Physical ability to carry out the duties of the position

What you’ll do

The Lead Cook is responsible for preparing and serving high-quality meals while ensuring strict adherence to food safety, temperature, and portion standards. They also oversee kitchen cleanliness, equipment maintenance, and assist with inventory ordering and production planning.

Requirements

Candidates must have proven cooking experience as a line or prep cook and possess a valid Food Handler Certificate. A certificate from a recognized cooking school is required, along with the physical ability to perform all kitchen duties.

Listed skills

• Food safety · Preferred
• Inventory management · Preferred
• Teamwork · Preferred
• Communication · Preferred

Other relevant skills

Identified from the job description. Confirm important requirements above.

• Food preparation
• Food safety
• Kitchen equipment maintenance
• Production planning
• Inventory management
• Portion control
• Line cooking
• Sanitation
• Teamwork
• Communication
• Record keeping
• Record Keeping
• Production Planning
• Cleanliness
• Cooking
• Food Services
• Food Safety And Sanitation
• Restaurant Operation
• Verbal Communication Skills

Job areas

• Food & Beverage
• Hospitality
• Trades
• Concessions Cook
• Cook
• Cooks
• Cooks, Restaurant