Culinary Creator, Lunch Cook (Part-Time)

YOUR DAILY MISSION: Nourish and fuel our kick-ass crew with delectable lunch offerings.

WHO ARE WE?

We roast Canada’s #1 whole bean coffee. Our Arabica beans are 100% certified Organic and Fairtrade. We’ve been doing this for over 25 years, smack dab in the middle of the Rocky Mountains.

And our coffee beans aren’t the only ones winning awards around here. Our human beans kick ass too! Kicking Horse Coffee has been a certified Great Place to Work® since 2015. In 2018, we were named the #1 Best Workplace in Canada. Whoa! We believe creating a workplace that offers great careers and access to an exceptional lifestyle. It’s why we’ve made a commitment to become a living wage employer.

This fall, we threw open the doors to our reimagined, flagship Café. It’s brand spankin’ new! It’s as close to fresh roasted coffee as it can get. Where human beans and coffee beans are connected. This position operates in our shiny new (and gloriously spacious!) Café kitchen, serving our entire onsite staff team.

WHO ARE YOU?

You are a passionate Culinary Creator with a skill for creating connection through exceptional meals and experiences. You co-create with your leadership team to develop and deliver innovative recipes and delicious food that feeds the soul. Specifically, your skills and passion will help fuel our entire onsite staff at Kicking Horse Coffee. You connect with people, through fun, friendliness, and of course flavour. Our staff will love your food because they know it was made with LOVE.

WHAT WILL YOU DO?

As a cook and food extraordinaire, you will work with our kick-ass culinary leadership team to make some of the finest and freshest food around! You will be responsible for developing and delivering our staff lunch program in collaboration with our Manager of Taste and First Cook, making sure our staff are fed, nourished, and ready to kick ass! To get specific, this role will be responsible for the following:

RESPONSIBILITIES

• Prepare lunch offerings according to standard recipes.
• Develop, create, and enhance our lunch time staff menu, using your creative soul and passion for freshness and flavor.
• Lead and deliver the prep and cooking for our staff lunch offerings, ensuring our lunches are ready to go for all staff and guests.
• Plan, track, order and stock baby! Make sure our inventory will meet our daily and weekly requirements to feed the bunches.
• Keep our work area, ingredients, utensils, and equipment cleaned and well maintained. Treat our brand-new shiny kitchen with love and care.
• Bring the energy, ideas, and participation to our Café Team meetings, share your food knowledge, ideas, and overall positive vibes..

We like to keep things fun, fresh, and safe around here for all folks that visit or work at our Café (including you!) This means:

• Ensure our products are consistently exceptional and high quality, both during and after cooking.
• Complete daily checks to ensure freshness and quality standards are met.
• Following operational policies and procedures, especially those for food handling.

QUALIFICATIONS

MUST HAVES:

• Prior experience working in a kitchen is a must!
• Ability to deliver a kick ass customer service and culinary experience.
• You thrive in an environment where there are multiple things going on, and at times can be high pressure. Food to be chopped, dishes to be cleaned… you know the drill!.
• You are an excellent communicator, with exceptional verbal, interpersonal and listening skills.
• Must be able to lift a minimum of 25-40 pounds.

ASS-ETS:

• Experience working a leadership position within a kitchen.
• Food Safe Level 1 or a willingness to take or refresh.
• Experience accommodating dietary needs including vegan, gluten-free, and other allergies.

CULTURE CHARACTERISTICS

To make our kick ass culinary crew, we will need 5 main ingredients: awake, sophisticated, love, courageous, and intentional. These are our spirit values, which make core of our culture. You may recognize these ingredients as below:

• 2 cups of genuineness, fun, and happiness.
• ½ cup of optimism with “a glass half full” approach to life
• ½ cup of get er’ done attitude balanced with ½ cup of with a light and calming energy (Ramsay’s need does not apply to this kitchen)
• A pinch of cheekiness and humour *adjust to taste*

LOVE: Passion for food and a creative and unconventional culinary approach. An appetite and aptitude for creating healthy menu items.

AWAKE: Think fast! You are on top of it, a solutions-oriented problem solver and quick thinker.

INTENTIONAL: Thrives under pressure. In the middle of a busy kitchen, with many dishes, and plenty of orders, and staff lunches needing to be made, you got 'er covered. This ain’t your first rodeo.

Annihilate mediocrity with strong attention to detail; high standards for quality; excellent time management.

SOPHISTICATED: You have the 3 R’s:

• Responsible
• Reliable
• Ready to rock our staff’s tastebuds with a nutritious and delicious lunch

COURAGEOUS You are independent and comfortable working as part of a team and on your own.

PERKS TO PIQUE YOUR INTEREST

When individuals thrive, communities thrive. And we are here to help that happen. The following perks and programs have been designed with intention, to ensure our people prosper.

• The Dough: This role has a starting range of $19.96 - $23.11 per hour with consideration based on experience.
• Mug Fillers: Damn good discounts on coffee beans and have all the caffeine you will need to keep you fuelled onsite. These benefits include discounted beverages, food, and merchandise in the Café.
• Wellness Allowance: Designed to support employee wellness and mental health, our benefits program is as full as our mugs!
• Annual wellness and recreation allowance; up to $700, prorated for part-time hours
• Celebrate your birthday with a gift certificate to your local business of choice
• Access to emergency or crisis support through our EFAP
• Environmental and Community Giving: Our Green Commuting program pays employees up to $3.00 per day for choosing a green commute to work. Our Dream Fund provides Kicking Horse Coffee dreamers with financial funding to put towards community projects.
• Continued Education: All employees have access to world class, online learning through our partnership with Harvard ManageMentor.
• Exceptional Human Beans: Working with a kick ass team? We think that is the best perk of all. Our crew of coffee lovers love what they do and are great at it too!

OTHER INFORMATION

• This is an onsite position located in Invermere, BC.
• The schedule is 16 hours per week (two 8 hours shifts on weekdays).
• Permanent position

HOW TO APPLY

Sound like your cuppa joe? We encourage you to apply! Send us your resume via email to ca.jobs@kickinghorsecoffee.com.

SPIRIT OF LOVE

Love means welcoming everyone to ensure an inclusive place for all. We seek team members from all walks of life, backgrounds, and cultures.

Job Types: Part-time, Permanent

Salary: $19.96-$23.11 per hour

Expected hours: 16 per week

Benefits:

• Casual dress
• Commuter benefits
• Company events
• Discounted or free food
• Employee assistance program
• On-site parking
• Paid time off
• Store discount
• Wellness program

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Day shift
• Evening shift
• Monday to Friday
• Morning shift
• No weekends

Application question(s):

• Tell us your favourite thing to make and why?

Work Location: In person