Job Description

Kaiseki Chef
Kappo Sato

Job Details:
Location: Toronto, ON
Salary: $37.00 hourly for 30 hours per week
1 Vacancy
Employment groups: Youth, Persons with disabilities, Indigenous people, Newcomers to Canada
Terms of employment: Permanent Full-Time
Start date: As soon as possible
Employment conditions: Day, Evening, Night, Weekend, Overtime

Qualifications:
– Ability to communicate in English orally and in writing is required;
– Completion of secondary (high) school graduation is required;
– 3 years to less than 5 years of commercial cooking experience including preparing multi-course Kaiseki cuisine in an upscale Japanese restaurant is required.

Job Duties:
– Prepare and cook food on a regular basis;
– Plan, organize and direct the preparation and cooking of multi-course Japanese and Kaiseki cuisine;
– Prepare and cook a variety of Japanese specialty dishes, including Wagyu, sushi, sashimi, grilled dishes, tempura and rice cooked in a traditional copper Hagama pot;
– Prepare Japanese stocks, soups and sauces, including dashi made with Hokkaido kombu and Kagoshima dried bonito, and ensure proper seasoning, flavour, texture and presentation;
– Prepare and cook seasonal dishes using high-quality Japanese and Canadian ingredients, applying traditional Japanese cooking techniques;
– Prepare dishes for customers with food allergies or intolerances;
– Develop and refine seasonal recipes and menu items in accordance with Kaiseki and Kappo culinary principles and the restaurant’s standards;
– Train staff in preparation, cooking and handling of food;
– Supervise and coordinate the activities of cooks and other kitchen staff and instruct them on food preparation, cooking, garnishing and presentation techniques;
– Monitor the quality, consistency and presentation of dishes during service and ensure that food is prepared and handled in accordance with food safety and sanitation standards; and
– Estimate food requirements and requisition food, ingredients and kitchen supplies as required.

Other information:
– Cuisine specialties: Japanese cuisine;
– Ranks of chefs: Chef;
– Supervision: 5-10 people;
– Food specialties: Vegetables, fruits, nuts and mushrooms; Stocks, soups and sauces (including Japanese fish and/or seaweed broth “Dashi”); Fish and seafood; Meat, poultry and game;
-Work Setting: Restaurant;
-Transportation/Travel Information: Public transportation is available;
-Business Address: 575 Mount Pleasant Road, Toronto, ON M4S 2M5.

How to Apply:
By e-mail: [email protected]

Required languages: Ability to communicate in English orally and in writing is required;

Education level: Completion of secondary (high) school is required.

Required skills: 3 years to less than 5 years of commercial cooking experience including preparing multi-course Kaiseki cuisine in an upscale Japanese restaurant is required.

Closest intersection: Mount Pleasant Road and Belsize Drive