Sumac Community Chef Full-time Permanent New Position
Sumac Community Chef Full-time Permanent New Position
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18-04-2025
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Sumac Community Chef (Fulltime Permanent) *New Position
Location: Our office is located in Toronto Ontario.
Reports to: Sumac Community Food Center Director
Hiring Range: $ annually including a comprehensive benefits plan pension plan three weeks paid vacation (increasing to 4 weeks paid vacation in your second year of employment) a December break (usually a week) to recharge wellness days access to an Employee Assistance Program and professional development opportunities
Job Posting Closing Date: May 13 2025
About us:
At Community Food Centres Canada (CFCC) we work on behalf of good food for all. Our collective approach at CFCC is founded on dignity and respect equity and empathy. These values are core to our mission and outlined in our Good Food Principles.
CFCC is strongly committed to equity and inclusion within its community. We especially welcome applications from members of racialized groups Indigenous peoples persons with disabilities persons of diverse sexual orientations and gender identities people with lived and living experience similar to the communities they serve and others with the skills and knowledge to productively engage with diverse communities. We are committed to an equitable and inclusive selection process and work environment.
We are committed to creating a supportive and inclusive work environment and welcome candidates to speak about how their experience has demonstrated a commitment to Equity Inclusion Reconciliation and AntiOppression.
This year Community Food Centres Canada is proud to introduce Sumac Community Food Centre (CFC) a vibrant welcoming space in Torontos Downtown East where people come together to grow cook share and advocate. Located at 340 Gerrard St E Sumac CFC will offer a variety of foodfocused programs to support individuals and families living on low incomes. The Centre will help improve access to nourishing culturally appropriate food build food skills and create pathways for personal and community transformation.
Our approach centres CFCCs Good Food Principles and the three pillars of the Community Food Centre model: food access food skills education and engagement. We believe food is a basic need right and a basis of good health. Our approach recognizes that food is part of our identities its offering is a way of showing care it connects us to land its a source of joy and wellbeing and it brings us together.
As a member of the Sumac CFC team youll play a key role in launching this exciting new Centre whether thats community outreach and getting the physical space ready to finalizing program plans and welcoming the first participants in late Summer 2025. Many of our programs will be offered during regular working hours 9 AM to 5 PM Monday to Friday) but some will take place outside of these hours including early mornings evenings or occasional weekends. We are committed to staff wellbeing striving to balance program needs with personal schedules. Please note this is an inperson position.
About the position:
CFCC is seeking a Community Chef who will be responsible for designing preparing and serving nutritious culturally inclusive meals for diverse community members of all ages identities and backgrounds. The role requires a deep understanding of various culinary preferences dietary needs and food traditions to ensure that all individuals feel welcomed respected and supported through food. The Community Chef will work closely with community members to create a warm and inclusive environment that fosters social connection and promotes community wellbeing. This role is responsible for the management of all kitchen operations including equipment maintenance food procurement and ensuring a high standard for kitchen health and safety.
Key Responsibilities:
Oversee community meal programs
- Oversee community meal programs that offer delicious and nourishing menus that both engage and reflect the local community and feature fresh local and seasonal foods
- Manage a kitchen team to deliver regular meal services for up to 150 people and special events for up to 500 people
- Manage train and support a team of volunteers
- Regularly evaluate meal programs and incorporate learnings and feedback into menus
- Engage with community members to learn about their culinary traditions dietary needs and food preferences and incorporate feedback to improve meal offerings and experiences.
- Support communitybuilding efforts by using food as a tool for connection offering opportunities for participants to share stories recipes and experiences around meals.
Kitchen Management
- Source order and manage inventory of all food programs and basic kitchen supplies
- Lead menu planning and food procurement for the CFC
- Manage the kitchens food supplies and equipment budget
- Establish policies and processes to maintain commercial food safety standards
- Ensure high standard of health and safety in the workspace with appropriate systems and documentation ensuring compliance recording of incidents
- Oversee regular maintenance of kitchen equipment and spaces
- Coordinate and liaise with other users of our kitchen space to ensure standards and best practices are shared and implemented
Cooking and nutrition education programs
- Create and facilitate community food programs (ie cooking classes) as time allows
- Create a welcoming and inclusive environment in programs where participants feel comfortable learning and sharing
- Integrate feedback and evaluation into programs
Organizational Support & Collaboration
- Attend staff meetings trainings and organizational functions as appropriate
- Role model professional behavior and positive communication with participants volunteers and partners
- Promote culture of health and safety within our space
- Represent the organization at various community and fundraising events
- Recruit train and supervise kitchen staff and volunteers as necessary
- Participate in agencywide special events and retreats
Qualifications & Skills:
Required
- 5 years of experience with large scale food preparation and kitchen management in a supervisory role
- Knowledge of food insecurity and its root causes and an understanding of its implications for wellbeing
- An understanding of the role that food plays in good health and an appreciation for food as medicine
- A deep knowledge of food and the diversity of foodways that exist locally and across the world
- A strong understanding of communitybased food programs and the power of food in building social connection and community wellbeing
- Ability to create a welcoming nonjudgmental environment for individuals from all walks of life ensuring that everyone feels seen and respected
- Demonstrated ability to plan and lead preparation of high quality meals for at least 150 people
- Excellent cooking skills and the ability to create menus featuring foods that are from scratch culturally relevant and seasonal
- Experience adapting menus to accommodate dietary restrictions and preferences
- Experience teaching basic kitchen skills
- Experience in running community based meal programs
- Experience managing a team of volunteers with a diversity of skill levels
- Experience budgeting sourcing and purchasing food from diverse sources and managing relationships with suppliers
- Experience with program design planning and evaluation is an asset
- Align with CFCC values and contribute to the evolution of our culture and a work environment that is grounded in Relationshipfocused Integrity Courage and Equity.
- Experience creating an environment that implements a strengths based inclusive and equitable lens with a commitment to antioppressive/antiracist practices and the ability to work sensitively with people of diverse backgrounds and lived experience of poverty and discrimination
- Demonstrated commitment to equity inclusion reconciliation and antioppressive practice through continuous development modeling inclusive behaviors and proactively managing bias
- Ability to be patient positive and supportive in high pressure moments
- Excellent group facilitation interpersonal communication skills utilizing an anti/racist/antioppressive approach
- Experience and knowledge of utilizing deescalation conflict resolution and crisis intervention skills
- Comfortable with using a variety of digital tools and willingness to learn new digital tools as necessary
- Availability & willingness to work some early mornings or evenings the occasional weekend on a regular or as needed basis
Preferred
- Experience in opening a new kitchen including creating kitchen systems and policies and outfitting kitchens with equipment is an asset
- Diverse food industry experience is an asset (eg restaurants institutional kitchens catering)
Successful candidate will be required to complete a Vulnerable Sector Check
You dont think you meet all the criteria Still apply. Research shows that women and people from equity deserving groups often do not apply until all the boxes are ticked.
Why work for us
We offer:
Comprehensive benefits package including extended health dental life insurance short and longterm disability insurance membership in a defined benefit pension plan 15 paid vacation days in your first year(increasing to 20 paid vacation days in your second year of employment) a December break (usually a week) to recharge wellness days access to an Employee Assistance Program and professional development opportunities
a culture of mutual support where staff are committed to creating an equitable and inclusive Canada
an opportunity to be part of a movement building health belonging and social justice in marginalized neighbourhoods across Canada through the power of food
How to apply:
To apply please scroll up and click Apply Now. Please attach your resume and cover letter. In your cover letter please share what you think makes you an ideal candidate for this role. Only those applicants being considered will be contacted. If you require any accommodations or technical support please email (please do not email your application to this email). Thank you for your interest in CFCC.
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