Location
Vancouver, BC | Canada
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Fairmont Hotel Vancouver, known as the 'Castle in the City', with its chateau-style green-clad copper roof and gargoyles is an architectural landmark in the heart of Downton Vancouver that captures the hearts and imaginations of all who visit. A registered heritage property operating since 1939, the hotel symbolizes grandeur and timeless elegance. In spring 2019, Fairmont Hotel Vancouver completed a $75M, five-year multiphase revitalization project. With its prestigious address on Georgia Street, this castle is surrounded by a diverse arts community of galleries and theatres, a thriving shopping district, exhilarating nightlife and world class cuisine. Join our team and welcome our guests to extraordinary experiences at their home away from home.
Job Description
Cook 2 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 team at the Castle in the City , Fairmont Hotel Vancouver!
What is in it for you: - An inclusive, empowering, and positive workplace, where we place people at the heart of everything we do
- The opportunity to have fun at work alongside passionate hospitality professionals who strive to make the world a more welcoming place
- The opportunity to live, work and play across the world through our employee travel and internal transfer programs
- A competitive rate starting at $23.83 (80% of rate) per hour increasing to $29.79 after 3 months with a $1.25 midnight shift premium
- Complimentary uniform laundering
- Up to $150 per year for safety footwear allowance
- Up to $400 per year for tool replacement allowance
- Employee benefit card offering discounted room and food & beverage rates at Fairmont & Accor properties worldwide
- The opportunity to work in a luxury hotel environment and a Vancouver heritage building with a historic legacy dating back to 1939
- Ability to make a difference through our Corporate Social Responsibility activities
- Annual paid vacation, sick leave, up to statutory holidays and birthday leave
- A comprehensive benefits package including extended medical, dental, vision, life insurance, and disability benefits
- A company-matched pension plan and ability to enroll in the Group Registered Retirement Savings Plan (GRSP)
- A monthly travel reimbursement for TransLink monthly passes
What you will be doing: - Working on the overnight shift starting at 23:00
- Consistently offer professional, friendly and proactive guest service while supporting fellow Colleagues
- Assist in the food preparation and cooking, plating, presentation
- Kitchen maintenance and cleaning, following food safety requirements
- Maintaining and ordering stocks and supplies
- Have full knowledge of all menu items, daily features and promotions
- Follow kitchen policies, procedures and service standards
- Follow all safety and sanitation policies when handling food and beverage
- Other duties as assigned
Qualifications
Your experience and skills include: - Creative and passionate about food and customer service
- Able to work in a high-pressure environment
- Excellent interpersonal skills; a team player
- Minimum 1 year experience in a banquet or restaurant culinary field required
- Diploma/Certification in a Culinary discipline an asset
- Valid Food Safe certification required
- Outstanding communication skills, both written and verbal
- Enthusiastic and positive personality with the ability to build trusting relationship with others
- Proven organizational skills, work well on own and others. Abe to set and meet deadlines with quality results
- Strong interpersonal and problem solving abilities
- Highly responsible & reliable
- Ability to work well under pressure in a fast paced environment
- Ability to work cohesively as part of a team
- Ability to focus attention on guest needs, remaining calm and courteous at all times
- Ability to work a flexible and rotating schedule (including evenings, weekends, holidays, early mornings, and late nights)
Additional Information
Visa Requirements: Must be legally eligible to work in Canada. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining Canadian work authorization.
Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.
Why work for Accor? 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. Discover the life that awaits you at Accor, visit
Do what you love, care for the world, dare to challenge the status quo!
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