Cook

Why Concordia?

Love cooking. Lose the late nights. Love working in a kitchen, but ready for a schedule and workplace that fit better with your life?

At Concordia College, you can keep doing the work you love while enjoying the stability, benefits, community, and sense of purpose that come with working on a college campus. Join a talented Dining Services team where food brings people together and every meal is an opportunity to help students feel welcomed, cared for, and at home. While this is still a professional kitchen, our schedules offer something that's harder to find in the culinary industry: no routine late nights, with most Cook shifts ending by approximately 8:15 p.m.

About the Role

As a Cook with Concordia College Dining Services, you'll prepare high-quality food for students, employees, guests, and special events across campus. You'll work with a variety of ingredients, cooking techniques, and commercial kitchen equipment while collaborating with experienced culinary professionals and student employees. From everyday meals to catered events and campus traditions, your work will help create an outstanding dining experience and bring the Concordia community together.

What You'll Do

• Prepare high-quality food for residential dining, catering, and other events using standardized recipes and a variety of cooking techniques.
• Work with commercial kitchen and production equipment while maintaining high standards for food quality, safety, and sanitation.
• Help maintain appropriate food levels during service while minimizing waste and using ingredients and resources responsibly.
• Train and provide guidance to student employees, helping them work safely and effectively as part of the Dining Services team.
• Maintain clean, organized, and well-functioning kitchen equipment and work areas.
• Complete production and service records and assist with recipe adjustments and testing.
• Provide welcoming service and contribute to a positive dining experience for students, employees, and guests.

You'll Thrive Here If You

• Enjoy preparing great food and take pride in the quality of your work.
• Like working as part of a collaborative team and helping others succeed.
• Take food quality, safety, and sanitation seriously.
• Are dependable, organized, and able to keep priorities moving in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Take initiative and adapt well when operational needs change.
• Enjoy working with students and people from a variety of backgrounds.
• Find meaning in serving others and contributing to a strong campus community.