First Cook

3 days ago


Halifax, Canada The Prince George Hotel Full time

You’re a perfect fit for the First Cook role, if you welcome the challenge of creating and recreating culinary masterpieces for guests in Gio Restaurant and our banquet spaces. You enjoy preparing food to specific recipe standards, following safe food handling practices and respecting any dietary restrictions. You’re also a master at providing warm, genuine customer service to both guests and your fellow associates in all departments. If this paragraph describes you, we’d love to meet and discuss this opportunity to take your culinary career to the next level.

**Key Responsibilities**:

- Assists in the delivery of foods to various banquet functions/rooms in a timely manner
- Verifies stock of food items and submits new requisitions to order supplies for the assigned station ensuring the right quantities are requested according to planned activities
- Prepares stocks, sauces, soups
- Cleans and prepares protein items like meats, poultry and seafood
- Leads Second and Third Cooks during daily operations
- Prevents over production and waste
- Ability to work any station below classification as needed
- Prepares menu items according to recipe standards
- Reports any concerns with product, equipment or associate performance to kitchen management team
- Adheres to local health, safety and fire procedures and laws
- Works clean and maintains a neat and organized station
- Handles guest concerns, compliments and suggestions in a professional informed manner
- Complies with all hotel and Kitchen policies and procedures
- Undertakes special projects and other duties as assigned

**Requirements**:

- Motivated, career-oriented individual who thrives as part of a creative culinary team.
- Previous experience working in this role.
- Good understanding of classical and modern cuisine, Banquet production and fine dinning
- Flexibility to work shift work, including evenings, weekends, and holidays
- Excellent written/verbal communication skills

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- On-site parking
- RRSP match
- Vision care

Schedule:

- Holidays
- Weekend availability

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (preferred)


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