Prep Cook

**Who We Are**

We are a 100% plant-based meal prep company, founded right here in Calgary. We are a young, fun, and dynamic team who are on a mission to bring vibrant and convenient meals to our clients while helping build up our community around us. We are looking for team members who are driven, innovative + quick thinking, who are eager to be part of a business from the launching point. Most importantly we are looking for individuals who are passionate about the community they serve and excited to help with our mission of making it deliciously simple to eat more plants.

**Why We Rock**

Our team is the core of our business and we do everything possible to make Sprout a fun + vibrant place to work. We are a small but mighty business that values equality, diversity, and inclusion, and we thoroughly believe that you need a happy team to create great food. We pride ourselves on providing industry-leading wages as well as full health, dental, and vision benefits for all of our team members.

**The Prep Cook Role**

We are looking for someone who is innovative in finding ways we can grow our business and is looking to commit to a role that will eventually overflow the responsibilities of simply assisting in the kitchen. As a small start-up, we employ the motto of “it’s your business” to encourage our whole team to treat Sprout Society as if it is their own.

Our food is the backbone of our business - we will always push ourselves to stay miles ahead of the competition. In order to execute this goal, our Prep Cook role is responsible for helping keep the kitchen organized and progressing on cue, executing Sprout recipes with precision and timeliness.

With this role, we are looking for someone who is organized, detail-oriented, quick thinking, and excited for an opportunity to grow with our company.

**The Pay**
We pride ourselves on offering industry-leading wages and benefits.
- **Our base pay starts at $18.00/hour**:

- **Automatic $0.50 raise after every 6 months worked at Sprout**

**Perks + Benefits**
- Our staff can purchase our meals at only $5 each if you want to eat our delicious offerings
- We offer full health and dental benefits to all our team members

**The Hours**
- Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, Saturday
- **Wed/Thu/Fri/Sat: 12:30 PM - 9:00 PM**:

- **Tues: 7AM - 3:30PM**

**Roles + Responsibilities**
- Prepare + cook meals based on our recipes
- Portion meals to specifications
- Maintain kitchen cleanliness and organization throughout kitchen hours
- Ensure recipes are fully documented with ingredients, quantities, instructions, plating amounts all included

**We are looking for someone who is/has**:

- Proven experience as prep cook
- Knowledge of health and safety rules in a kitchen
- Manual dexterity able to operate cutting tools and kitchen utensils
- A team player with good communication skills
- Patient with an ability to stay positive under pressure
- Very good physical condition and endurance, able to lift upwards of 50lbs
- High school diploma or equivalent is desirable; training from a culinary school will be an asset

**We look forward to getting in touch and finding the perfect fit**

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent, Apprenticeship

Pay: $18.00-$19.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 - 36 per week

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- Store discount

Flexible Language Requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift
- Every Weekend

**Experience**:

- Professional Cooking: 4 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Handler Certification (required)

Work Location: In person