Posted 30 months ago
Part-Time Cook
@ Extendicare (Canada) Inc.
Port Stanley, Ontario
Overview
Extendicare (Canada) Inc. is hiring a part-time cook to prepare and serve meals, including evening meals, desserts and prescribed diets, for residents of a long-term care facility. The role reports to the Dietary Manager, follows standardized recipes and production sheets, and covers the Dietary Manager when absent. The posting states the role is part time and recommends a cook or culinary qualification under the OLTCH Act, with Red Seal certification preferred.
Responsibilities:
- Prepare and serve resident meals and therapeutic diets
- Follow standardized recipes and production sheets
- Monitor food supplies and kitchen equipment
- Direct dietary aides and cover the Dietary Manager
- Maintain records and clean the production area
Requirements summary:
- Chef or culinary certificate, or cook certificate of qualification
- Post-secondary food and nutrition diploma or degree
- Red Seal certification preferred
- Institutional large-quantity cooking experience preferred
- Ability to lead others in a busy environment
Tools & skills
Source and dates
Employer career site / ATS feed · workday
- Employer posting date
- 2024-05-26
- First seen by our source
- 2026-10-08
- Source record updated
- 2026-10-14
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 | Food & beverage |
| Schedule | evening |
| Travel | air: none · ground: none |
| Work setting | Care home, Restaurant or kitchen |
| Position | Mostly standing |
| Physical demands | physical moderate · computer low |
| Languages | English |
| Licences & certifications | Red Seal |
| Fields of study | food and nutrition management, food and nutrition |
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Extendicare (Canada) Inc.
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| Open jobs on Jobsy | 298 |
Job Description
Reporting to the Dietary Manager, follows established policies, procedures and standards, prepares and serves food for the residents, including the more complex meal preparation for the facility (dinner, sauces, desserts etc.), cleans production area and equipment.
RESPONSIBILITIES
Reviews regular and therapeutic menus and sets up equipment and supplies for food preparation. Prepares food and nourishments including evening meal following standardized recipes and production sheets. Provides for prescribed diets, including variations in texture. Ensures meals are served on time, at appropriate temperatures and in portion-controlled quantities.
In the absence of the Dietary Manger, decides on menu changes as necessary and ensures that changes are recorded following department procedures.
Monitors quality and quantity of food supplies ordered, proper operation of kitchen equipment and alerts Manager of problems. Recommends corrective action.
Directs Dietary Aides in basic food preparation procedures and in serving activities at meal times; assumes responsibility for routine departmental operations in the absence of the Dietary Manager. Maintains all required records such as menu changes, delivery receipts, temperature checks; cooperates with other departments to meet resident needs.
QUALIFICATIONS
Recommended to meet one of the three (3) following qualification scenarios:
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.
ADDITIONAL QUALIFICATIONS INCLUDE
“Red Seal” certification preferred
Experience in institutional large quantity cooking preferred
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.
Time Type:
Part timeWhen you choose to build your career with Extendicare, you’re joining a team dedicated to making a difference. By focusing our energy on enriching the lives of our residents every day, we transform both the quality of their lives and the quality of our own work experiences.
If you have a passion for caring, turn it into a rewarding career with Extendicare!
Extendicare and affiliated organizations including our partner homes in Extendicare Assist, accommodate the needs of job applicants throughout its recruitment and selection processes upon request.
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