The Opportunity
You will be an essential member of the TMU Food Services Team. As the successful candidate, you will be part of the university's commitment to local sourcing and sustainability, promoting fresh, wholesome, sustainably sourced food for the campus community. You will ensure the production of high-quality food offerings and provide excellent customer service while maintaining a clean and sanitary work environment. You will maintain the stocking of adequate food supplies on an ongoing basis.
Responsibilities
- Provides a positive customer service experience: receives customer food orders and produces high-quality scratch-made food offerings for retail menus or catering events, adhering to food preparation standards.
- Operates kitchen equipment to perform core cooking functions, including grilling, deep-frying, and general hot-line food preparation.
- Assists in overall food preparation and keeps assigned work areas clean and tidy.
- Supports the university’s mandate on local sourcing and sustainability.
Qualifications
- Successful completion of a secondary school diploma.
- Six (6) months of related experience in food production in a catering and/or retail food production organization, including hands-on experience with grilling, deep-frying, general cooking, and producing baked food items from scratch.
- Food Services Industry Toronto Public Health Food Handlers certification and Smart Serve Ontario certification are assets.
- Previous experience preparing a variety of food items for retail menus or catering events adhering to food preparation standards (e.g., grilled items, fried foods, hot entrées, sandwiches, bagels, beverages, salads, vegetables, garnishes, soups, baked goods, desserts, and special function plates and platters).
- Experience performing kitchen/cafeteria maintenance duties (e.g., stocking food service areas, operating kitchen equipment, cleaning work areas) and familiarity with various kitchen equipment operations.
- Experience working with standardized recipes and basic math skills.
- Good communication skills are required to effectively interact with customers in a professional manner.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced environment independently and as an effective team player is required.
- Excellent interpersonal and client service skills, including tact and diplomacy, to ensure efficient and effective support for members of the university community.
Pay: $20.00 per hour
Ability to commute/relocate:
- Toronto, ON M5B 2L1: reliably commute or plan to relocate before starting work (required)
Experience:
- Cooking: 3 years (required)
Licence/Certification:
- Food Handler Certification (required)
Work Location: In person
