WANTED: An energetic and skillful SOUS CHEF in Vancouver, BC!

Tacofino began as a food truck in the back of a surf shop in beautiful Tofino, British Columbia. We balanced surfing with creating world inspired food with the best possible ingredients. We have since grown and have added food trucks and locations across Vancouver Island and Vancouver.

We continue to grow today and welcome you to be a part of our journey.

Company: Tacofino Ocho (Operated by Tacofino Mount Pleasant Inc.)

Position: Sous Chef

Position Available: 1

What we offer:

• Positive workplace culture
• Work/life balance
• Competitive Salary + Tips
• Eligibility for extended health, vision, and dental benefits
• Eligibility for maternity/parental leave top-up program
• Eligibility for discretionary incentive program
• Eligibility for Employee and Family Assistance Program
• Opportunities for continued growth

Employment Condition(s):

• Employment Type: Full-time / Permanent
• Working Location: 8 East 5th Avenue, Vancouver, BC V5T 1G8
• Working hours: 30~40 hours per week
• Wage: Annually $47,000 ~ $53,000 (Depending on experience)

Responsibilities:

• Supporting the Chef in providing leadership to a team to ensure production goals are met and managing day-to-day kitchen operations
• Maintaining strong and positive communication with team members
• Being involved in the training of team members and offering continued growth opportunities for improvement
• Ensuring team members are following appropriate policy and procedure and upholding positive workplace values
• Ensuring high-quality and consistency of food
• Supervise activities of cooks and other kitchen workers 
• Work toward efficiency and managing location costs, including food, beverage, and labour
• Providing support with administrative tasks
• Helping support daily prep, reviewing inventories, and ordering to support product on hand while minimizing food waste
• Ensuring safe food handling procedures are being followed
• Ensuring compliance to Tacofino’s health and safety standards, Health and Safety Plan, and HACCP
• Ensuring proper storage procedures are being followed
• Other duties as required

Requirements:

• Language: English
• Education: Completion of secondary
• 1 year experience of providing supervision and direction within a fast-paced culinary environment
• Passion in creating great guest experiences in both food and hospitality
• Providing support in onboarding, ongoing training, and development, and increasing product knowledge within the team
• Experience in providing feedback, training, and support to team members
• Experience in positive and clear communication and encouraging feedback and questions from your team
• Values diversity, equity and inclusion by learning and adapting to individual learning and communication needs, alignment to goals, and contributing to a positive workplace experience
• A demonstrated passion for soulful food, people, and being a part of the restaurant industry
• Eagerness to gradually take on more responsibility and for continued growth
• Experience with an inventory management system, ie. optimum control or Market Man
• Strong organizational and time management skills with the ability to prioritize
• Attention to detail

How to apply:

• Please send your resume to: people@tacofino.com

At Tacofino, we believe our people are what makes us great. If you are a positive person with a strong work ethic that is looking to join a fun workplace culture, then we invite you to apply for this role by submitting a resume.

We believe in creating an inclusive environment and welcome all qualified applicants to apply.