Sea Cider is looking for a full-time Chef to join our team! If you’re a professional chef with supervisory experience and love the idea of creating cider-inspired culinary experiences, we’d love to hear from you!

Quick Stats

• Compensation: $50K salary + annual bonus
• Vacation: 3 weeks paid
• Work week schedule: Monday through Friday, 9:30am to 5:30pm (Quiet Season) or 11:30am to 7:30pm (Summer)

The Job

Our Chef plays the lead role on our small but mighty Culinary team! As the only full-time, year round person on our Culinary Team, our Chef does a bit of everything, from developing new menu items to deep cleaning the coolers. Responsibilities include:

• Collaborating with the Hospitality Manager to plan our food menu, testing new ideas, and working on culinary projects
• Managing inventory and creating daily and weekly work plans
• Assisting the Hospitality Manager with HR, from recruiting to scheduling and managing staff costs
• Prepping ingredients, preparing and plating orders
• Presenting food orders to guests, explaining food, and answering questions
• Processing payments for food orders at the Deli
• Bussing and dishwashing
• Preparing “mingle buffets” for Sea Cider catering events such as weddings and mixers
• Ensuring kitchen, deli, and food storage areas are kept clean and organized
• Completing our culinary Opening and Closing Checklists

The work week is Monday to Friday. Much of the year, shifts are 9:30am to 5:30pm, but move to 11:30am to 7:30pm in the High Season. The budgeted salary is $50,000. An annual bonus based on achieving performance targets is additional. Your performance will be assessed based on customer reviews, team culture, and productivity. Food safety and customer care are our top priorities.

Comprehensive training is provided on our policies, protocols, and, of course, cider! Other benefits include:

• Casual dress
• Cider allowance
• Company events (summer BBQ, holiday party, pizza parties)
• Discount for food, beverages, and merchandise
• Free on-site parking
• Health & dental care
• Life insurance
• No early mornings!
• No late nights!
• Professional development allowance (after one year in this position)
• Technology allowances (cell phone, computer)
• Paid time off for sickness, bereavement, or extreme weather events

About Us

Sea Cider is a certified organic orchard near Victoria, BC that crafts award-winning cider from heirloom apples. Our mission is to create exceptional cider experiences as a community-minded, conscientious land steward. We foster a positive, inclusive, and collaborative work culture and are tenacious in our efforts to produce outstanding cider and memorable customer experiences.

About You

You are a professional chef looking for an opportunity to play a big role on a small team, and looking to be part of a larger team that is inclusive and collaborative. In addition you have:

• Education: Food Safe, Serving It Right and first aid certification required. Post secondary culinary degree or diploma required.
• Vocational experience: At least two years working in a supervisory position cooking in a commercial kitchen, restaurant, or deli.
• HR management: Experience recruiting, training, scheduling, supervising and reviewing team member performance. A gift for creating a positive team culture while maintaining food standards and team focus.
• Communication skills: A proven track record in problem solving, resolving customer complaints successfully, and avoiding complaints in the first place!
• Technology: Proficient using common industry software.
• Personal aptitude: a high degree of professionalism, demonstrated success in collaboration, and highly open to feedback. Also, an interest in learning about cider!
• Work week available: Able to work full time hours year round. Willing to work occasional evenings and weekends to meet the needs of the business per Sea Cider’s lieu time policy.
• Physical requirements: Able to lift up to 25 kg several times daily (e.g. dishracks, cases of dry goods, etc) and to work standing up for hours at a time.
• A Health & Safety mindset, and agree to follow our Communicable Disease Plan and all food safety protocols.
• Continuous improvement: A desire to work for a business that is growing and seeking to continually improve

How to Apply 

Qualified applicants are encouraged to apply in confidence to hr@seacider.ca with a resume plus a cover letter that describes how you meet the requirements for the position. We thank all applicants for applying; however, only short-listed candidates will be contacted.