Sous Chef

Widely recognized as top-of-class by meeting and event organizers around the world, the Metro Toronto Convention Centre (MTCC) has hosted over 22,000 events in our four-decade history. We are proud to support the local tourism industry as one of North America’s leading convention centres, having added more than eight billion dollars in direct spending economic impact to our community. MTCC is a Crown Corporation of the Province of Ontario and is proudly governed and led by an executive management team and an independent board of directors comprised of senior private sector business leaders.

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The Kitchen department is currently looking for a Sous Chef. Reporting to the Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef, this is a hands on position with the purpose of this role being to delegate staff and ensure success in accomplishing high quality of preparation standards set by Executive Chef. The successful candidate is a customer service oriented individual with experience in high volume cooking in a fast paced environment.

• Food Preparation:
• Plans, Coordinates, Controls food production, ensuring superior quality and consistency
• Adds finishing touches to all food before served to customer and provides special attention to food presentation in all kitchen areas
• Ensures food preparations are done promptly while maintaining quality and proper portion size
• Practice and maintains proper hygiene procedures and ensures proper storage of food
• Ensures all Kitchen equipment is in working order to meet Health & Safety standards
• Participates in the development of new recipes, recipe costing and menu engineering
• Implements/adheres to the company’s sustainability practices and policies.

2. Employee Relations:

• Ensures staff members follow set standards
• Communicates with Banquet and Food & Beverage Department prior to event to make any necessary changes and to ensure event is successful
• This is a hands on position

Job Skills and Requirements

• Completion of a High School Diploma and professional and trade certification
• More than 8 years of work experience
• Knowledge of high volume cooking and contemporary cuisines, cold food preparations
• Personal and job hygiene, WHIMIS, health and safety
• Customer Service oriented
• Basic computer application
• Demonstrated ability delegating, decision making as well as an understanding of job requirements and staff

Interested applicants are asked to apply to submit their online application by:

Please note: The Metro Toronto Convention Centre is proud to provide employment accommodation during the recruitment process. During any stage of the recruitment process, applicants have the right to request accommodation