Kitchen Services Cook; Casual

Job Description

Posted Tuesday, August 25, 2026 at 4:00 AM

Are You Ready to Make a Difference? Join our team at Belong Ottawa.

Our teams are the heart of our mission, working alongside participants to meet their basic needs, achieve personal goals, and build a stronger community. Whether it’s preparing food, organizing activities, lending a listening ear, or hitting the streets for outreach, you’ll be making an impact every single day.

• A dynamic and collaborative work environment where your voice matters.
• Competitive benefits, an outstanding pension plan, an Employee Assistance Program (EAP), and four weeks of vacation—all based on the term of employment.
• The chance to work with a diverse and passionate team committed to making Ottawa a better place for all.
• Opportunities to bring your skills and experiences to the table while learning and growing in a supportive space.

Our team celebrates diversity, and we’re committed to providing accommodations throughout the recruitment and selection process to ensure everyone has an equitable opportunity to shine. We actively encourage women, Indigenous people, and individuals with disabilities to apply!

Belong Ottawa offers support to homeless and vulnerably housed people to ensure health and well-being, nourishment, and social connection. Our programs promote equity and address barriers such as housing, food and income insecurity. Everyone who comes to our agencies will be given the opportunity to have their individual needs addressed through a variety of services unique to each program and space.

Our mission is to provide safe spaces that connect people and create a community in which we foster dignity, wellness and hope for all.

The Kitchen Services Cook reports to the Kitchen Services Supervisor and is responsible for planning and preparing healthy food for our participants. The Kitchen Services Cook's role is a key factor at our drop-in programs, they produce quality meal services, that are consistent, and in line with our standards, mission and values.

• Daily opening of the kitchen, ensuring the kitchen is clean and prepared for daily service. This includes preparing the coffee station, ensuring supplies are stocked and that the kitchen is clean and ready for daily operation.
• Preparation of meals. This includes the preparation and cooking hot breakfasts as well as hot lunches daily, ensuring nutritional content while still operating within the budgetary restrictions.
• Maintaining the Community Fridge, ensuring all leftovers are containerized at the end of the day and made available to the participants as well as any unused items ordered from Food Bank are placed in the community fridge.
• Maintaining statistics and reporting them to management as well as Food Bank and using these numbers to plan accordingly month over month.
• Planning and preparing weekend and vacation days meals in advance and ensuring that volunteers and staff are fully informed on the plan.
• Working with related agencies to share information and ensure that any and all extra supplies/food is delivered to the appropriate place.
• Handling daily deliveries from several different suppliers and ensuring all items are properly stored and inventoried.
• Ensuring a running inventory of supplies and food and placing orders from suppliers both weekly and on a need basis.
• Setting a weekly menu and ensuring the ingredients and supplies are available as needed 7 days a week.
• Supporting the staff with requests related to food or supplies. Including ensuring everything is ready in case of door service and any individual requests such as emergency food packages.
• Washing and appropriately storing all cooking appliances, instruments, utensils and cooking implements.
• Serving/overseeing service of meals and interacting with participants in a professional manner.
• Ensuring all health and safety protocols are followed and working with the appropriate health authorities to maintain the continuation of the Inspection Certificate.
• Maintaining all required trainings and certifications including Food Handlers, WHMIS & First Aid
• Maintaining…