Job Overview

Chef (Full-Time): French Café Cuisine

Café Cristal is looking for a skilled, dependable Chef to lead our kitchen and craft exceptional French café dishes. If you take pride in beautiful, consistent plates and enjoy working with a great team, we'd love to hear from you.

Job Type: Full-time

Location: Café Cristal

As a key member of our team, you will oversee food preparation, maintain high standards of quality and food safety, and manage daily kitchen activities. You will prepare our French-inspired menu, including crêpes, and handle our meat and steak dishes, while keeping service smooth and efficient in a fast-paced, customer-focused setting.

Responsibilities

- Lead and supervise the kitchen team, including cooks and support staff, fostering a collaborative and motivated work environment
- Prepare sweet and savory crêpes and other French café dishes to recipe, presentation, and consistency standards
- Butcher, trim, portion, and cut steak and other meats with proper knife skills, and cook them to the correct doneness
- Follow health regulations, safe food handling procedures, and sanitation standards
- Coordinate with front-of-house staff to ensure timely delivery of orders and seamless service
- Train team members on cooking techniques, food safety, and hospitality standards
- Monitor inventory, order supplies,



and control waste to keep the kitchen effective and cost-effective

Requirements
- Proven experience in a restaurant, café, or hospitality environment, with supervising or kitchen leadership experience
- Hands-on experience making crêpes, preferably in French cuisine
- Strong knowledge of meat, including cuts, cooking methods, and proper storage
- Excellent knife skills, especially cutting and portioning steak
- Knowledge of food safety regulations and sanitation practices
- Ability to lead a team effectively while maintaining high standards of quality and service
- Reliable, punctual, and flexible with scheduling (including weekends)
- Food handler certification is an asset
- Familiarity with bartending or serving roles is a plus

Pay based on experience.

Benefits

- Tips
- Full-time, steady hours
- Friendly, supportive team environment

How to Apply You can also Send your resume to [email protected]. Please include your experience with French cuisine and meat preparation.

Join us to bring your culinary talents to life in an energetic environment where your leadership makes a real difference!

Pay: $17.60-$20.00 per hour

Expected hours: 30.0 – 35.0 per week

Benefits

- On-site parking

Work Location: In person

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