Job summary:

Traditional Mexican Cuisine.

Job description:

Job details

•  LocationYork, ON
•  Salary$23.50 / hour
•  Vacancies1 Vacancy
•  Employment groups: Students, Youth, Veterans of the Canadian Armed Forces, Visible minorities, Persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada
•  Terms of employmentPermanent, Full time40 hours / week
•  Start dateAs soon as possible
•  Employment conditions: Overtime, Morning, Day, Evening, Shift, Weekend
• Source Job Bank

Job requirements

Languages

English

Education

College, CEGEP or other non-university certificate or diploma from a program of 1 year to 2 years

Experience

1 year to less than 2 years

Ability to Supervise

3-4 people

Work Conditions and Physical Capabilities

Fast-paced environment, Work under pressure, Physically demanding, Attention to detail, Combination of sitting, standing, walking, Bending, crouching, kneeling

Work Location Information

Urban area

Personal Suitability

Team player, Flexibility, Organized, Reliability, Initiative

Additional Skills

Maintain records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory, Analyze operating costs and other data, Requisition food and kitchen supplies, Prepare and cook food on a regular basis, or for special guests or functions, Prepare and cook meals or specialty foods, Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food, Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances

Ranks of Chefs

Chef

Cuisine Specialties

Mexican

Work Setting

Restaurant

Executive Chefs Specific Skills

Plan menus and ensure food meets quality standards, Supervise activities of sous-chefs, specialist chefs, chefs and cooks, Estimate food requirements and food and labour costs

Chefs and Specialist Chefs Specific Skills

Create new recipes, Supervise cooks and other kitchen staff

Requirement Specifications:

We are searching for a chef with experience in traditional Mexican cooking methods. Specifically the chef needs to know the following:

-Must know How to prepare Nixtamal, how to use electric restaurant Lava stone grinding mill to turn nixtamal into masa dough.

-Must know how to use restaurant grade electric tortilla machine

-Muat know the production of traditional Mexican dishes using traditional methods.

-Must be able to bake traditional Mexican sweet breads like marranitos de piloncillo, elotitos, conchas, chorreadas, chilindrinas, ojo de buey, piedras, vientos, rosca de reyes, pan de muerto .

- Must know how to elaborate the different types of mole from scratch.

  Since ingredients found in Canada are not similar to those in Mexico the chef must be able to modify ingredients in any said recipe so that end result of the dishes is the exact taste of the traditional dish and not a texmex flavoring. Chef must be able to accomplish this using natural ingredients.

How to apply

By email:

jennyk@immsol.com