About the Role
Southbridge Care Homes provides exceptional acquisition, management, and redevelopment services for long-term care homes and retirement communities across Ontario. Our mission is to maintain a best-in-class portfolio that consistently delivers excellence in care and services while ensuring economic sustainability.
Responsibilities
- Prepares and serves food for residents, including complex meal preparation like dinners, sauces, and desserts.
- Reviews menus and sets up equipment and supplies for food preparation.
- Prepares food and nourishments, including evening meals, following standardized recipes and production sheets.
- Provides for prescribed diets, including texture variations.
- Ensures meals are served on time, at appropriate temperatures, and in portion-controlled quantities.
- Makes necessary menu changes in the absence of the Dietary Manager and records them.
- Monitors the quality and quantity of food supplies, ensures proper operation of kitchen equipment, and alerts the Manager of any issues.
- Recommends corrective action for kitchen operations.
- Directs Dietary Aides in basic food preparation and serving activities.
- Assumes responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Dietary Manager.
- Maintains required records, such as menu changes, delivery receipts, and temperature checks.
- Cooperates with other departments to meet resident needs.
Requirements
- Chef training or culinary management certificate or diploma from a program that meets the requirements of the OLTCH Act, OR Certificate of qualification as a Cook issued by an authority meeting the requirements of the OLTCH Act, OR Post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management or a post-secondary degree in food and nutrition.
- Demonstrated and proven experience in institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality cooking.
- Ability to work safely, following established safety practices and procedures.
- Ability to read and write English, and understand moderately complex verbal and written instructions in English.
- Proven ability to provide direction and lead others within a busy environment.
- A negative vulnerable sector check completed within 6 months of start date.
- TB screening documentation as required under the Southbridge Care Homes’ Tuberculosis (TB) Screening Policy.
Skills
- “Red Seal” certification preferred
- Experience in institutional large quantity cooking preferred
Location
- Toronto, ON
Work Type
- Casual
- Mornings and Evenings
Experience Level
- Demonstrated and proven experience in institutional, health care, restaurant, or hospitality cooking
Education Level
- Chef training or culinary management certificate or diploma
- Certificate of qualification as a Cook
- Post-secondary diploma in food and nutrition management
- Post-secondary degree in food and nutrition
Salary/Compensations
- $24.77/ hour per Collective Agreement
About the Company
- Southbridge Care Homes provides exceptional acquisition, management, and redevelopment services for long-term care homes and retirement communities across Ontario.
- Our mission is to maintain a best-in-class portfolio that consistently delivers excellence in care and services while ensuring economic sustainability.
- At Southbridge, we care about your privacy and strive to protect Applicant Data throughout the recruitment process.
- Information that we gather from applicants via job postings, is used solely for the purposes of recruiting and hiring.
Equal Opportunity
- Southbridge welcomes those applicants with disability related needs and those whom a need for accommodation in the recruitment process.
- Please provide notice of your need for accommodation to the hiring manager upon scheduling of an interview.
