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Cooks  (NOC 6242)
Toronto Region
Description |  Titles |  Duties |   Related Occupations

Cooks prepare and cook a wide variety of foods. They are employed in restaurants, hotels, hospitals and other health care institutions, central food commissaries, educational institutions and other establishments. Cooks are also employed aboard ships and at construction and logging campsites. Apprentice cooks are included in this unit group.

apprentice cook, cook, dietary cook, first cook, grill cook, hospital cook, institutional cook, journeyman/woman cook, licensed cook, line cook, second cook, short order cook.

Cooks perform some or all of the following duties:
  • Prepare and cook complete meals or individual dishes and foods
  • Prepare and cook special meals for patients as instructed by dietitian or chef
  • Schedule and supervise kitchen helpers
  • Oversee kitchen operations
  • Maintain inventory and records of food, supplies and equipment
  • May set up and oversee buffets
  • May clean kitchen and work area
  • May plan menus, determine size of food portions, estimate food requirements and costs, and monitor and order supplies.
  • May hire and train kitchen staff

Cooks may specialize in preparing and cooking ethnic cuisine or special dishes.

Included Cities in Region | Service Canada Offices

Toronto, Brampton, Mississauga, Oshawa, Vaughan, Ajax, Aurora, Beaverton, Bowmanville, Caledon, Cannington, East Gwillimbury, Halton Hills, King City, Markham, Milton, Newmarket, Oakville, Pickering, Port Perry, Richmond Hill, Whitby, Whitchurch-Stouffville, Acton, Algonquin Island, Bolton, Briars Park, Brooklin, Caledon East, Centre Island, Delrex, Dorset Park, Franklin Beach, Gaud Corners, Georgetown, Glen Williams, Jacksons Point, Marywood Meadows, Mono Road, Mossington Park, Newcastle, Nobleton, Norval, Orono, Port Darlington, Stouffville, Sutton, Toronto Islands, Uxbridge, Ward's Island, Wildwood, Wilmot Creek

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Jobs for Cooks in Toronto Region

Job opportunities from Job Bank and contributing job sites are updated daily.

There are 99 job postings in Toronto Region.

Table of job opportunities for your chosen occupation at the regional level.
Date Posted Job Title Employer Location Source
2013-05-14 Cook (JAPANESE COOK) HINOTE SUSHI RESTAURANT
  • Mississauga
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2013-05-14 Cook Boom Team Inc.
  • Toronto
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2013-05-13 Cook, ethnic foods SN FOOD CORPORATION O/A AKASHIRO
  • Toronto
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2013-05-13 Second cook Holiday Inn Oakville Centre
  • Oakville
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2013-05-13 Cook (Hakka Indian Chinese cuisine) Ming Room
  • Mississauga
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2013-05-13 Short order cook Fifth Wheel Corporation
  • Milton
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2013-05-13 Pizza cook (Pizza Pizza Franchises in Ajax) Pizza Pizza
  • Pickering
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2013-05-13 Cook Novita Bakery
  • Vaughan
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2013-05-13 Cook (Nursing Home Cook) Specialty Care Mississauga Road
  • Mississauga
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2013-05-13 Ethnic food cook Cafe La Gaffe
  • Toronto
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2013-05-12 Breakfast cook Alexandria Shores Inc.
  • Toronto
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2013-05-11 Cook, ethnic foods (Filipino Cuisine) Coco Banana Pinoy Food & Variety Store
  • Vaughan
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2013-05-10 Cook, ethnic foods (West Indian foods) 2344129 Ontario Inc. (operating as) Sunrise Caribbean Restaurant
  • Brampton
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2013-05-10 Cook, ethnic foods (cook, Thai cuisine) Thai Topulent Ltd.
  • Toronto
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2013-05-10 cook, fishing and merchant vessel LEVI STRAUSS & CO. (CANADA) INC..
  • Mississauga
  • Toronto
  • Richmond Hill
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2013-05-09 Cook (Cook for Mansaf, Maftool, Musakhan and Kinafa) Chef's Door
  • Oakville
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2013-05-09 Assistant cook (Assistant Breakfast Cook) Alexandria Shores Inc.
  • Toronto
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2013-05-09 Cook Dana Hospitality Inc
  • Toronto
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2013-05-09 Restaurant cook (Fast Food) A5 Food Services Inc. o/a A&W Restaurant
  • Toronto
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2013-05-09 cook WEXFORD RESTAURANT
  • Toronto
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