Second Cook

The Second Cook at Panorama Mountain Village holds the key to the financial success of a food service operation. The successful candidate must be able to work unattended in both a production atmosphere, and on some stations in the resort kitchens. This position requires basic butchery, sauce production, and salad preparation. Reporting directly to the Sous Chef, you must work well in a team environment and understand the need to maintaining a clean, organized work station.

Essential Functions:

• Monitor all food in preparation and storage daily, to avoid spoilage
• Follow recipe manual guide strictly to achieve consistency in portion and taste
• Prepare sufficient food quantities to meet business demands
• Ensure that each item leaving the kitchen has been accurately billed or requisitioned
• Explain the preparation of dishes/ specials to the service staff in a clear manner
• Achieve high standards of taste and presentation in each dish
• To treat each dish as if you were serving it to your family (take pride)
• To work with a sense of fun and animation in order to contribute to the guest experience
• Ability to work some hot stations of the kitchens of the resort
• Assist with dishwashing and prep areas as required
• To constantly push personal skills forward
• Proficiently set the day’s station for service
• Ensure adherence to provincial health and safety standards

• Ski Resort experience in the kitchen
• 1-2+ years progressive experience in the Kitchen
• Experience in working different stations of a multiple outlet operation with different types of cuisine
• Independent learning
• Basic Knife Set * Please inquire during interview if you do not have your own
• Basic knowledge of the operation of Catering/Conventions
• Great people skills, fun, energetic, out going
• Able to stand for long periods of time
• Able to lift and carry up to 50 lbs.
• Strong communication skills

Panorama Mountain Village is set in the rugged Purcell Mountains, on the edge of British Columbia’s Rocky Mountains. Panorama is about 10 hours East of Vancouver, 2.5 hours West of Calgary, AB, and 1.5 hours from Banff, AB. Our nearest town is Invermere, about 18 KMs away. For more information, please visit our website at www.panoramaresort.com, or check out www.invermere.com.