Junior Sous Chef

Company Description Why work for Fairmont Vancouver Airport?

Steps away from the airline gates, Fairmont Vancouver Airport offers 397 beautifully appointed accommodations and is the only hotel located within Vancouver International Airport. Our guest rooms and suites are spacious with soundproofed, floor-to-ceiling windows and unobstructed views of the airport runways and North Shore Mountains. An inclusive, empowering and positive workplace, where we place people at the heart of everything we do.

The opportunity to join one of Canada’s Great Place to Work®, alongside passionate hoteliers, where over 50% of our Leadership team is female and over 50% of promotions happen from within.

• Generous Perks – complimentary dry cleaning, duty meal in our colleague dining room, transit reimbursement, complimentary hotel stay through Be Our Guest program
• Hotel & Dining Discounts – Employee benefit card offering discounted room and food & beverage rates at Fairmont & Accor properties worldwide
• Comprehensive Benefits – extended medical, dental, vision, company-matched Pension Plan and more
• Paid time off including vacation, sick, holiday, and special leave
• Competitive salary starting at $70,000, commensurate with experience. Eligibility for Leadership Incentive bonuses

Do you have an appetite for career progression and ready to take your culinary skills to a world-class platform? Take your career to a whole new level with us and join our kitchen leadership team.

• Contributing to menu planning for all outlets
• Staying current on industry/competitive trends and creating strategies for improvement and to maximize Food & Beverage revenue.
• Daily line checks on quality of food prep, tasting food and ensuring proper preventive measure in place
• Working with line cooks, assisting where required during operations
• Managing colleagues daily task, delegating task as needed on managing everybody is at peak performance
• Following up on daily proper food safety standard and ensuring all areas are delegated to be cleaned and all records are maintained up-to-date
• Fostering a culture where employees focus on their role of doing whatever it takes to exceed guest expectations while performing multiple functions
• Actively seeking feedback from employees and guests, following-up and taking action to improve Guest Satisfaction & EES results
• Developing close and effective working relationships with all supporting departments in particular within Food & Beverage and Stewarding
• Participating in committee activities like and not restricted to – Health and Safety, Sustainability, Recognition, etc.
• Ensuring that all Health & Safety standards are met in accordance with government regulations, that procedures are followed, and that all employees have the correct knowledge and tools to work SAFE.
• Other duties as assigned

Your experience and skills include:

• Creative and passionate about food and customer service
• Highly motivated and guest driven with the proven ability to solve problems and to make timely guest service decisions.
• Creative and willing to take risks
• Proactive with a demonstrated eye for detail and the ability to manage multiple functions/projects while meeting deadlines.
• Computer literacy required:
  Windows and MS Office (Word/Excel)
• Must be highly health and safety conscious and actively involved in enhancing workplace wellness.
• Able to work in a high-pressure environment
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills; a team player
• Red Seal Certificate an asset

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

We are far more than a worldwide leader. We welcome you as you are and you can find a job and brand that matches your personality. We support you to grow and learn every day, making sure that work brings purpose to your life, so that during your journey with us, you can continue to explore Accor’s limitless possibilities. By joining Accor, every chapter of your story is yours to write and together we can imagine tomorrow's hospitality.

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