Private Chef

**Job Overview**:
**Responsibilities**:
Meal Preparation and Cooking
- Consult with clients to understand their meal preferences, specifications, food allergies, and dietary restrictions.
- Develop personalized meal plans tailored to clients’ tastes and dietary needs.
- Shop for ingredients, kitchen tools, and equipment required for meal preparation.
- Inspect ingredients before purchasing to ensure top quality.
- Prepare meals in clients' kitchens while adhering to food safety and health standards.
- Clean and sanitize work areas before and after cooking.
- Package and label meals for later consumption.
- Provide clients with instructions on how to reheat meals.

Kitchen Management
- Set up workstations with necessary ingredients and cooking tools.
- Ensure proper storage of food and other items.
- Maintain an inventory of food and supplies in the client's kitchen, ensuring a steady stock for meal preparation.
- Clean and maintain the workstation before and after each meal preparation.

Client Interaction
- Discuss food preferences and dietary restrictions with clients.
- Record any food allergies or specific meal preparation requests.
- Give instructions on how to consume certain food items.
- Offer cooking classes or demonstrations upon request.

**Requirements**:
Experience and Skills
- Proven experience as a Personal Chef, Chef, or Cook.
- Solid knowledge of various cuisines and food safety regulations.
- Strong understanding of nutrition and dietary requirements.
- Excellent organizational and time management skills.
- Effective communication and exceptional customer service abilities.
- Detail-oriented with a creative flair for meal presentation.

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

Pay: $25.00-$45.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30 - 44 per week

Additional pay:

- Overtime pay

Schedule:

- 10 hour shift
- 12 hour shift
- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Monday to Friday
- Morning shift
- Weekends as needed

Application question(s):

- Can you commute using your own car?
- Do you have any prior experience working in hotel as a Chef? If so, how many years of experience do you have in this field?

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Driving Licence (required)

**Location**:

- Burlington, ON (required)

Work Location: In person

Application deadline: 2024-11-15
Expected start date: 2024-11-15