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First Cook

@ Hilton

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Mississauga, Ontario

On-siteFull-time
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Overview

Hilton is hiring a full-time First Cook for its Hotels team to prepare menu items to recipe and quality standards and deliver memorable guest dining experiences. The role includes handling complex recipes, overseeing stations, directing cooks during shifts, and inspecting plates before service. Full-time schedule.

Responsibilities:

  • Prepare menu items to designated recipes and quality standards
  • Manage guest orders and oversee stations, execution, and inventory
  • Inspect all dishes before serving for quality and presentation
  • Direct cooks during shifts and coordinate timing and plating
  • Maintain sanitary workspace and comply with food safety regulations

Requirements summary:

  • Passion for hospitality and guest experience
  • Ability to handle complex recipes
  • Experience directing or supervising cooks during shifts
  • Knowledge of health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations

Tools & skills

Quality controlFood service operationsFood handlingRegulatory complianceSanitationLeadershipTeamwork
Source and dates

Employer career site / ATS feed · oraclecloud

Employer posting date
2026-10-30
First seen by our source
2026-10-30
Source record updated
2026-10-30

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Job details

DepartmentFood & beverage
Hours per week40 (estimated)
Travelair: none · ground: none
Work settingRestaurant or kitchen
PositionMostly standing
Physical demandsphysical moderate · computer low

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Job description

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You

Picture yourself brightening someone’s day. When you join our Hotels team, that’s exactly what you’ll do every time you come to work! As a First Cook, you’re not just preparing great tasting food items – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest.

Here's what you'll do during a typical day:

  • Prepare high-quality dishes: Prepare menu items according to designated recipes and quality standards
  • Delight our guests: Manage guest orders efficiently while ensuring a positive dining experience
  • Execute complex recipes: Maintain a strong knowledge of menu offerings, handle complex recipes, and oversee stations, execution, quality control and inventory checks
  • Inspect and finalize plates: Inspect all preparations and dishes ahead of serving to ensure they meet quality and presentation standards
  • Maintain a clean and organized workspace: Keep food service stations stocked and sanitary while following proper food handling, storage, and safety protocols
  • Manage product and operational needs: Coordinate timing and plating, manage/direct cooks during shifts, assist with inventory checks, ordering, shift briefings and some special features
  • Comply with regulatory standards: Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations, ensuring the highest standards of guest and team member well-being

What It Takes to Make the Stay

At Hilton, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member:

A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality. Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership. A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.

Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture

At Hilton, we don’t just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests—we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we’ve welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.

Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands, and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we’re setting new standards for the future of travel.

Whether you’re starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career—and help us make every stay a little more magical.

Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog to see why we’re more than a great place to stay—we’re a great place to work.

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