Posted 2 months ago
Cook
@ Levante Living
Brantford, Ontario
Overview
Levante Living is hiring a part-time Cook for its retirement residences, working about 19.5 hours biweekly. The cook prepares meals from standardized recipes and prescribed diets, keeps food areas sanitary, and completes food temperature records. Candidates need at least one year of volume food preparation experience in hospitality or retirement homes.
Pay:
$21.55 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Prepare food from menus and standardized recipes
- Maintain food safety and sanitary handling standards
- Complete food and refrigeration temperature documentation
- Cover departmental operations in the manager's absence
- Maintain a clean, infection-controlled environment
Requirements summary:
- One year of volume food preparation or catering experience
- Sensitivity to seniors' dietary needs
- Ability to lift heavy, hot items and stand most of a shift
- Grade 12 minimum
- Valid Safe Food Handling Certificate
- Smart Serve Certificate an asset
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · jazzhr
- Employer posting date
- 2026-09-09
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-09
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-16
These dates describe the source record, not a live verification that the employer is still hiring. Check the original posting.
Job details
| Seniority | Entry level |
| Department | Hospitality & tourism |
| Experience | 1+ years |
| Hours per week | 19.5 |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Restaurant or kitchen, Care home |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Safe Food Handling Certificate, Smart Serve |
| Education | High school (required) |
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Levante Living
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Enhancing the lives of those we serve with dignity, compassion, integrity and excellence.
Full company description
Levante Residences is a trusted partner that cares about the wellbeing of our seniors. We believe that serving seniors is a great privilege and a great responsibility. Our priority is to focus on the needs of each individual with the kind of respect, comfort and socialization that truly make a Levante Residence feel like home.
- LinkedIn followers
- 3,180
- People associated on LinkedIn
- 171
- Reported office locations
- Toronto, ca
- Business categories
- Property Development
- Property Management
- Real Estate
- Other recorded names
- Levante Living
- Profile identifies a recruitment agency
- No
- Reported total investment
- 0
Currency and observation date were not supplied; this is not a current valuation or a funding round.
Levante Residences is a trusted partner that cares about the wellbeing of our seniors. We believe that serving seniors is a great privilege and a great responsibility. Our priority is to focus on the needs of each individual with the kind of respect, comfort and socialization that truly make a Levante Residence feel like home.
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Industry | Hospitality |
| Company size | 1,001-5,000 employees |
| Headquarters | Toronto |
| Organization type | Privately Held |
| Year founded | 2016 |
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 26 |
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Our mission at Levante Living is to provide a supportive and caring experience for our residents,
families, and team members. For us, this is more than a job; it’s a passion. Together, we create a
space at each residence where ongoing enrichment helps both residents and team members
thrive. Levante Living is a rapidly growing retirement living portfolio (23 properties under
management), primarily in secondary markets with a mix of independent and assisted living
suites. We believe in living our values to build a culture rooted in respect and teamwork, and we
remain focused on excellence in team member experience, resident satisfaction, and financial
performance.
KEY RESPONSIBILITIES:
Based on menus, sets up equipment and supplies for food preparation. Prepares food following standardized recipes. Provides for prescribed diets, at appropriate temperatures and in portion controlled quantities;
Inspect food preparation and serving areas to ensure observance of safe, sanitary food handling practices;
Completes all necessary documentation (food and refrigeration temperatures, dishwashing machine temperatures if applicable, menu changes) as assigned;
Complies with all provincial regulations, established food and beverage department policies and procedures and ORCA standards to ensure the department is tour ready;
In the absence of the Manager of Culinary Services assumes responsibility for departmental operations including menu changes as necessary, requisitions and purchases food and other supplies from authorized suppliers;
Maintains a clean, safe environment for residents utilizing infection control principles;
Perform other duties as required.
KEY QUALIFICATIONS:
Minimum one year experience in volume food preparation, catering and special event preparation in the hospitality or Retirement home industry;
Must be sensitive to the dietary needs of seniors;
Must be physically able to lift and transfer heavy, hot items and stand for majority of shift;
Effective verbal and written English communication skills required.
Minimum Grade 12.
Must have a valid Safe Food Handling Certificate, Smart Serve Certificate an asset.
This is part time position with 19.5 hours bi weekly.
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