Head Chef

3 days ago

Halifax, Canada Scanway Catering Full time

Work Term: Permanent
- Work Language: English
- Hours: 37 to 40 hours per week
- Education: Secondary (high) school graduation certificate
- Experience: 3 years to less than 5 years
- **Work site environment**:

- Non-smoking
- ** Work setting**:

- Urban area
- Catering firm
- ** Ranks of chefs**:

- Head chef
- ** Tasks**:

- Estimate amount and costs of supplies and food items
- Estimate labour costs
- Maintain records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory
- Analyze operating costs and other data
- Instruct cooks in preparation, cooking, garnishing and presentation of food
- Prepare and cook complete meals and specialty foods for events such as banquets
- Prepare and cook meals or specialty foods
- Plan menus and ensure food meets quality standards
- Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food
- ** Supervision**:

- 3-4 people
- ** Certificates, licences, memberships, and courses**:

- Food Safety Certificate
- ** Cuisine specialties**:

- Canadian
- International
- ** Transportation/travel information**:

- Public transportation is available
- ** Work conditions and physical capabilities**:

- Fast-paced environment
- Tight deadlines
- Handling heavy loads
- Physically demanding
- Attention to detail
- Bending, crouching, kneeling
- ** Personal suitability**:

- Leadership
- Excellent oral communication
- Organized
- Reliability
- Team player
- ** Other benefits**:

- Other benefits
- ** Support for newcomers and refugees**:

- Participates in a government or community program or initiative that supports newcomers and/or refugees
- Assists with immediate settlement needs of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: housing, transportation, storage, childcare, winter clothing, etc.)
- Supports social and labour market integration of newcomers and/or refugees (for example: facilitating access to community resources, language training, skills training, etc.)
- Recruits newcomers and/or refugees who were displaced by a conflict or a natural disaster (for example: Ukraine, Afghanistan, etc.)
- Supports newcomers and/or refugees with foreign credential recognition
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural trainings to create a welcoming work environment for newcomers and/or refugees
- Does not require Canadian work experience
- ** Support for youths**:

- Offers mentorship, coaching and/or networking opportunities for youth
- Provides awareness training to employees to create a welcoming work environment for youth
- ** Support for Indigenous people**:

- Provides cultural competency training and/or awareness training to all employees to create a welcoming work environment for Indigenous workers
- **Supports for visible minorities**:

- Applies hiring policies that discourage discrimination against members of visible minorities (for example: anonymizing the hiring process, etc.)
- Provides diversity and cross-cultural training to create a welcoming work environment for members of visible minorities

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