Assistant Cook (Full-time)
We are looking for an Assistant Cook to join our team. The ideal candidate will have a passion for local food, a background in cooking and enjoy working with a small dedicated team and be capable of working proficiently and independently.
Approximately 35hrs/week, must be available to work 8:30am to 4:30pm, most weekends required
Hourly Rate: $16.50 + tips
Basic Job Requirements
- Maintaining a clean and organized kitchen, washing dishes, and maintaining equipment
- Daily breakfast and lunch preparation
- Peeling, chopping, bagging, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables to reduce waste from market
- Baking, cooking food from scratch, creating soups and salads with ingredients that are available and in season
- Communicating with customers about buying local, and seasonality of products
- Available to perform many different tasks during each shift
- Prepare food to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
- Kitchen inventory and re-ordering
- Cleaning including washing dishes, sweeping, mopping and cleaning tables
- Delivering food to tables
- Sorting garbage, recycling and compost
- Knowledge of and experience with local ingredients considered an asset
- Preparing take-home meals for freezer and keeping fridge stocked with to-go items such as casseroles, salads and buddha bowls
Qualifications
- Ability to learn quickly
- Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Previous kitchen experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate
Barista/Market Assistant (Full Time)
We are looking for someone who is passionate about local food and excited about building a more vibrant and sustainable Eastern Shore.
Must be available to work between the hours of 8am and 6pm
Weekends required, 30 – 40 hrs/week
Hourly Wage: Starting at $16/hour depending on experience
8 hour shift
Basic Job Requirements
- Engage with and understand our customers needs
- Educating customers on buying local, seasonality and availability of products
- Perform many different tasks during each shift
- Meet store operating policies and standards, including providing quality beverages and food products, cash handling and store safety and security
- Prepare food and beverages to standard recipes
- Stocking shelves and recording inventory
- Washing dishes, cleaning tables, sweeping, mopping, cleaning bathrooms etc.
- Making sure produce displays are well stocked and visually attractive
- Sorting garbage, recycling and compost
Required Knowledge, Skills and Abilities
- Ability to learn quickly
- Ability to understand and carry out oral and written instructions and request clarification when needed
- Knowledge of, or interest in learning about local agriculture and seasonality of local food
- Ability to work as part of a team
- Previous retail, barista and/or kitchen experience and up to date Food Safety Certificate considered an asset
- Must be able to lift 50lb (boxes of potatoes, bags of corn etc.)
Please apply by email on in person by submitting a resume and a letter introducing yourself to [email protected]
Successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.
Kitchen Manager (Full Time)
The duties of Kitchen Manager are to lead the cooking team to success, produce consistent, quality product using the freshest local ingredients possible and to have all kitchen employees follow all guidelines and proper procedures at all times.
We are looking for someone who is passionate about local food and excited about building a more vibrant and sustainable Eastern Shore.
Approximately 40hrs/week, must be available to work 8:30am to 4:30pm, most weekends required
Hourly Rate: $20 to $23 depending on experience
Other benefits:
Discount on market/grocery purchases
Discount on cafe purchases
Shared tips
Start date – May 1, 2025
This is a full-time permanent position.
Basic Job Requirements
Including but not limited to:
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- Kitchen inventory and re-ordering
- Plan weekly salad and soup specials in order to use up market produce most efficiently
- Develop a line of value added items for sale in the market including ready to eat meals, take-home/freezer meals, stir fry kits, croutons, preserves, sauces, salad dressings, ready to cook side dishes etc.
- Create a schedule to ensure value added items are well stocked and keeping fridge stocked with to-go items such as sandwiches, salads and buddha bowls.
- Schedule tasks and delegating among kitchen staff.
- Motivate employees to work as a team to ensure that food and service meet appropriate standards.
- Supervise portion control and quantities of preparation to minimize spillage. Monitor pricing and compare to theoretical costs.
- Enforce sanitary practices for food handling, general cleanliness, and maintenance of kitchen and dining areas.
- Oversee daily breakfast and lunch preparation
- Peeling, chopping, bagging, freezing and preserving fruits and vegetables to reduce waste from market
- Baking, cooking food from scratch, creating soups and salads with ingredients that are available and in season
- Communicating with customers about buying local, and seasonality of products
- Prepare food to standard recipes or customized for customers, including recipe changes such as quantity of ingredients or substituted ingredients
Qualifications
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- 5 years cooking/baking experience
- Previous management experience an asset
- Knowledge of and experience with local ingredients considered an asset
Please apply by email to [email protected], successful applicants will be contacted for an interview.