Cook - Graffiti Market

Company: Stockyards Beverage Co. INC

Establishment: Graffiti Market

Location: 137 Glasgow St, Kitchener

Position: Line Cook

At Graffiti Market, we’d rather blend out than in, because our differences are what make us interesting. And while we might seem a little quirky or rough around the edges, we actually take our craft seriously. In fact, we’ve got food down to a fine art.

Graffiti Market was started with the singular goal of fuelling the creative spirit in our staff, customers, and community through a unique mixture of food, art, and tech. We always keep it real. With real ingredients locally sourced from our friends around the region—always fresh, never frozen. Because we’re firm believers that there’s no taste like home. But it’s not just that. Our real take on life is just as refreshing as our menu. We keep it as honest as our ingredients. The only thing we’ll sugarcoat is dessert.

**Job Brief**

If you aspire to a truly great culinary career within a creative culture, this is the place for you We are looking for a dedicated link cook who aspires to develop incredible culinary skills and grow their career; put yourself in a position to

**Job Duties**
- Pleases guests by providing a pleasant dining experience.
- Serves meals by reviewing recipes; assembling, combining, and cooking ingredients; and maintaining a sanitary kitchen.
- Attends to the detail and presentation of each order.
- Places and expedites orders.
- Prepares ingredients by following recipes; slicing, cutting, chopping, mincing, stirring, whipping, and mixing ingredients; adding seasonings; verifying taste; and plating meals.
- Completes hot meal preparation by grilling, sautéing, roasting, frying, and broiling ingredients and assembling and refrigerating cold ingredients.
- Adheres to proper food handling, sanitation, and safety procedures; maintains temperature and Hazard Analysis Critical Control Point (HACCP) logs as required; and maintains appropriate dating, labeling, and rotation of all food items.
- Stores leftovers according to established standards.
- Contributes to daily, holiday, and theme menus in collaboration with Chef.
- Maintains cleanliness and sanitation of equipment, food storage, and work areas.
- Completes cleaning according to daily and weekly schedules and dishwashing/pot washing as needed.
- Assists with orienting new employees to their work area.
- Listens to customer complaints and suggestions and resolves complaints.
- Instructs personnel in use of new equipment and cleaning methods and provides efficient and effective methods of maintaining work area.
- Participates in and/or contributes to programs, committees, or projects designed to improve quality of service and employee productivity.
- Ability to work days, nights, weekends and holidays (either part or full-time)

**Qualifications**
- You have a minimum of 1 year of restaurant kitchen experience (in comparable environment)
- Demonstrated knowledge of and skill in ability to safely and effectively operate standard foodservice equipment
- You have strong organization and time management skills.
- You are passionate about the food industry and culinary excellence.
- You are driven, you take initiative and; you never turn your head from a standard.
- You know success comes from dedication and; hard work
- You have good oral communication, planning, problem solving, and teamwork skills
- Self-motivated, high energy level, good at multitasking
- You are able to work days, nights, weekends and; holidays (either part or full-time)
- Current food handler’s card and other certification as required by federal/provincial/local law

**Job Types**: Full-time, Part-time, Permanent
Part-time hours: 24-40 per week

**Salary**: $18.00-$22.00 per hour

**Benefits**:

- Discounted or free food
- Flexible schedule
- On-site parking
- Store discount

Schedule:

- 8 hour shift
- Day shift
- Evening shift

Supplemental pay types:

- Overtime pay
- Tips

Ability to commute/relocate:

- Kitchener, ON N2G 4X8: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)

**Experience**:

- Cooking: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

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