Cook

**Hours: Wednesday - Sunday**

**The Blossom Group (Cherry Blossom Farm, Apple Blossom Village and Blooming Acres**) is seeking a highly skilled Cook, to be an integral part of a busy, dynamic, and growing Cherry Blossom Farm program. We provide a home for people with complex special needs. Through our therapeutic live-in programs, we support children, youth, and adults through a range of cognitive, social and emotional issues, including Autism Spectrum Disorders, neurobiological and developmental disabilities, and those with coexisting mental health and behavioural issues.
- **Our vision is a world that embraces people with complex special needs.**:

- **Our mission is to create supportive nurturing communities that enable residents to develop to their maximum potential and enjoy an exceptional quality of life.**:

- **To achieve our vision and mission we strive for excellence in every aspect of care and create individualized programs that are developmentally focused, family involved, relationship based, competence centered, trauma informed, and ecologically oriented.**

**Responsibilities include, but are not limited to**:

- In collaboration with our Head Chef help plan, prepare and produce all meals and catered services as per the posted menus, following Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) principles for our multiple locations.
- Coordinates menu planning and recipe development by providing input on resident acceptability and needs. Also provides menus and recipes for our other locations as needed
- Ensures that menu changes are approved by the Head Chef and House Manager.
- Ensuring that the appropriate temperature of the food is documented and maintained.
- Monitors risks such as correct food temperatures, fridge and freezer temperatures, dish and pot washing temperatures,
- Ensures that food service attendants and support staff demonstrate sanitation, safety and infection control procedures.
- Attends staff meetings.
- Prepares, receives and stores food purchases and supply orders.
- Responsible for cleaning, maintenance and safety of all job-related equipment including dining area.
- Monitors food quality, quantity, appearance and portion size.
- Performs all other duties as assigned or delegated by members of the residences’ management team
- Maintains effective communication, both written and verbal with co-workers. Uses appropriate lines of communication with management staff.
- Clean Dining area
- Complies with all corporate policies and procedures.
- Completes all required mandatory training/education.
- Complies with the Occupational Health and Safety Act, Workplace Safety and Insurance Act, Workplace Hazardous Material Information System, Food Premises regulations and RHRA dietary standards. This includes recognizing health and safety hazards, reporting incidents, fulfilling responsibilities under the applicable legislation, as well as participating in in-services and fire drills
- Must be available to work all shifts including days, evening, weekends, and holidays
- Other duties as assigned

**Qualifications and Education Requirements**:

- Culinary diploma or certificate granted by a college established under the Ontario Colleges of Applied Arts and Technology Act, 2002 or the equivalent.
- Minimum 3 years’ experience in Quantity Cooking and Food Preparation at a Cook I or Cook II level.
- Safe Food Handler’s certificate.
- Must be able to communicate effectively, both written and verbally, in the English language.
- Must be familiar with computerized on-line ordering systems and dietary software.

**Driver’s License
- level G**

**First Aid Level C**

**Criminal Record Check with Broad Record Check (Letter provided by Blooming Acres)**

**Health Assessment (form provided by Blooming Acres)**

**Job Type**: Permanent

Pay: $20.25-$24.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Casual dress
- Extended health care
- On-site parking
- Paid time off

Flexible language requirement:

- French not required

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Every Weekend

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 3 years (required)

Licence/Certification:

- Food Safe, SafeCheck, Food Handler or equivalent (required)

Work Location: In person