Posted 5 months ago
Kids Centre Cook - Winter 26/27
@ BWSR
Kelowna, British Columbia
Overview
BWSR is hiring a Kids Centre Cook for a full-time, seasonal role from mid-November 2026 to April 2027 at $23/hr. The cook prepares nutritionally balanced snacks and a hot lunch for children at the Kids Centre and Tot Town Daycare, working independently with strict food safety and kitchen cleanliness standards.
Pay:
$23 an hour
Responsibilities:
- Prepare nutritionally balanced snacks and hot lunch for children
- Order, store, prepare, cook and plate food independently
- Maintain kitchen cleanliness and food safety to licensing standards
- Keep inventory and submit purchase orders
- Prepare meals for guests with dietary requirements
Requirements summary:
- Experience cooking high volumes of food
- Food Safe Level 1 certificate or ability to complete it
- Culinary training certifications, if any
- Legally eligible to work in Canada
- Two contactable references
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · ultipro
- Employer posting date
- 2026-06-17
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- 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 | Mid level |
| Department | Food & beverage |
| Hours per week | 40 (estimated) |
| Schedule | day |
| Seasonal | Yes |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Restaurant or kitchen, School |
| Position | Sitting and standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · lift 40 lb · computer low |
| Licences & certifications | Food Safe Level 1 |
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BWSR
| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Open jobs on Jobsy | 47 |
Seeking an experienced cook with a cheerful disposition and an ability to independently prepare high volumes of food in a kids-centric environment. The primary responsibility of the KC Cook is to creatively design and prepare a good variety of nutritionally balanced and attractively presented snacks and a hot lunch for children enrolled in lessons at the KC and the Tot Town Daycare.
To be considered, all applicants must submit a resume with at least two contactable references.
Applicants must be able to complete or hold the Level 1 Food Safe BC certificate, and provide a copy of any relevant current certifications in culinary training.
Responsibilities
- Prepare a good variety of nutritionally balanced, creatively designed, and attractively presented snacks and hot lunch meals for children enrolled in lessons at the Kids Centre and the Tot Town Daycare. (Cold AM snack, Hot lunch, Cold PM snack).
- Work independently to meet food service deadline and perform all steps of ordering, storing, prep, cooking, plating, cleaning and record keeping related to the kitchen.
- Practice safe and sanitary preparation of food at all times.
- Prepare food for guests with dietary requirements in a responsible and disciplined manner.
- Maintain the overall cleanliness of the kitchen area in accordance with licensing standards.
- Maintain an up-to-date inventory of food and drinks available at the KC.
- Submit food and drink purchase orders in a timely fashion.
- Exercise appropriate portion control for the numbers of children in the KC on any given day to minimize waste when possible.
- Be available to start early 1 day per week to prepare staff breakfast for morning meeting if scheduled.
- Work co-operatively and maintain ongoing communication with other program staff.
- Take appropriate action to deal with incidents, problems, and emergencies.
- Belief in the Big White mission statement 'To go the extra mile to ensure our visitors enjoy a memorable alpine experience in a positive, safe and friendly environment.
Details:
- Wage: $23/hr
- Full-time, seasonal role
- Mid-November 2026-April 2027
Physical demands
Include standing, walking, crouching, kneeling, lifting or carrying up to 40lbs, reaching.
Visa Requirements
- Must be legally eligible to work in Canada.
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