Assistant Chef Full Time

Assistant Chef

Location: Monte Creek, BC
Reports to: Culinary Team Leader
Direct Reports: Culinary Team Members
Language: English
Job Type: Full Time, Permanent

About Us
Just a short drive outside Kamloops city limits, our winery and vineyards straddle the Thompson River making for a breathtaking view. Through quality, innovation, and sustainability, Monte Creek Winery is turning unique growing conditions into award-winning, premium wines. Our team is passionate about our values and we strive to create a purposeful work experience.

The Role
The Assistant Chef works alongside the Culinary Team Leader to manage the Terrace Kitchen, develop menu items, and support Terrace Front of House. In the off-season, when the Terrace is not open, this individual will fulfill the role of Tasting Room Team Leader as well as doing planning and development for the next season.

Duties & Responsibilities
Culinary
• Setting up the kitchen for success, as well as closing properly and efficiently
• Working with the Culinary Team Lead to develop and prepare menu items
• Working with the Culinary Team Lead to develop and prepare specials and event menus
• Delegating tasks to team members and ensuring that they are done to satisfaction
• Overseeing all staff in the kitchen, making sure everything is running smoothly
• Rotating stock using the FIFO principles and making sure everything is stored correctly
• Ordering and receiving stock as needed
• Preparing, producing, and presenting food items and ensuring the highest quality
• Maintaining a clean, sanitary, and safe workspace at all times to avoid contamination
• Ensuring proper equipment operation and maintenance procedures are observed
• Ensuring work assignments and daily tasks are completed
• Being aware of and following all kitchen health and safety regulations and guidelines
• Ensuring proper recycling procedures are adhered to

Terrace Restaurant
• Support all food and beverage service standards, food quality, and wine service
• Work closely with Terrace staff to ensure service runs smoothly from beginning to end
• Ensure food service operations on the Terrace are seamless and up to company standards
• Checking to make sure Terrace closing duties are done to standards
• Using the reservation platform to maintain reservations and predict business levels

Tasting Room (Off-Season)
• Assist the Tasting Room Manager in continuous training and development of new and existing staff to ensure best-in-class customer service and excellent employee satisfaction
• Open the tasting room and set it up for the day by doing leader opening duties
• Provide assistance on the floor to staff throughout the shift as a go-to person for troubleshooting issues that may arise
• Keep set standards for merchandise displays and the tasting room
• Assist with set up and take down of displays
• When overseeing the tasting room, you will work on the floor with the staff doing tastings or working the till while providing leadership and overseeing staff
• Maintain excellent relationships with existing tour companies and operators
• Record all wine samples used on a daily basis
• Closing the tasting room by doing daily close on the POS system and ensuring all closing duties are completed before leaving

Other Duties
• Maintain and build excellent relationships with catering partners and event partners
• Ensure all staff are following the uniform code and dressed appropriately for work
• Help manage labour based on business levels and trends
• Help plan and execute team-building events, contests, and more
• Event support as required
• Assist other departments as needed

Top Candidate Qualifications
• 2+ years of supervisory culinary experience
• BC Food Safe Level 1
• Ability to work well under pressure in a fast-paced environment while being detail and task-oriented
• You don’t need to be a bodybuilder, but you will need to be able to lift up to 24 kg
• Positive attitude. Because life is so much better with one
• Team player. Because work is so much easier if you are one
• Hard worker. Because the everyday is so much more meaningful when we do
• Willingness to work weekends and the occasional evening

Compensation and Other Details
• Hours: Full-time, permanent position
• Location: In-person at Monte Creek Winery
• Pay: $20 – $24/hr (wage dependent on candidate experience)
• Benefits: Extended health and dental benefits, RRSP matching program, tasting room discount and seasonal terrace restaurant food discount

Contact Information
Suhaana Sidhu
Tel: 604-826-3537 x109
Fax: 604-820-1361
[email protected]
2420 Miner’s Bluff Road, Monte Creek, BC V0E 2M0
Monte Creek Winery is an equal-opportunity employer and is committed to diversity and inclusion. All hiring decisions are based solely on business needs, job requirements, and candidate qualifications.

Please apply by sending your resume to [email protected]