Breakfast Restaurant jobs in Oshawa, ON

About Renascent:

Renascent is an accredited leader in the addiction treatment field, with a legacy of serving people impacted by substance addiction for over 55 years. As a community non-profit organization, Renascent is committed to its mission of helping save lives through compassionate, transformative, evidence-based addiction and mental health programs, and is guided by values of compassion, integrity, community, diversity and inclusion, and lived experience. Renascent’s accredited treatment programs provide person-centered care within an abstinence-based model, integrating 12-step facilitation with current best practice clinical and medical approaches. A diversity of treatment program options are offered, including community inpatient intensive treatment, virtual intensive treatment, and outpatient continuing care and alumni programs. Due to the impact of addiction on families, specialized programs and support are offered for loved ones and family members, including children.

About the position:

The Relief Cooks work closely with the full-time Cooks and are an integral part of the Sullivan Centre, responsible for preparing nutritious and attractive meals that support the health, wellbeing and recovery of our clients.

Key Responsibilities:

• Work independently to prepare nutritious and appealing meals for approximately 25-30 clients and up to 10 staff members/volunteers, on a daily basis.
• Responsible for breakfast, lunch and dinner meals and the preparation of nutritious snacks as required.
• Maintain a sanitary and orderly kitchen and report shortages, missing utensils and equipment in need of repair to the House Manager on a timely basis.
• Ensure the security of consumables. The pantry is considered off limits to all guests. Therefore, cooks are responsible for the dispensing of items such as milk, ensuring that all other items required for set-up of tables before meals are available to the guests.

Work Schedule:

• Rotating shifts which include Saturdays and Sundays at 10.5 hours per shift.
• It is expected that our cooks will cooperate with special events/functions.

Qualifications:

• Demonstrated experience with cooking in a residential setting.
• Good knowledge of food preparation and storage.
• Good knowledge of cleaning/chemical storage.
• Demonstrated organizational skills with the ability to properly manage the kitchen under the direction of the House Manager.
• Interpersonal skills including the ability to work cooperatively with all staff members.
• A high level of sensitivity and confidentiality with regard to our clients.
• Required skills in food preparation.
• A minimum of one to three years of experience in the food services industry.
• A certificate in Food Preparation from a community college is an asset.

Submitting an Application:

Interested applicants are invited to apply on or before September 29th, 2026. Including a cover letter in your application package is strongly encouraged.

Contact email address: hrresume@renascent.ca

Renascent wishes to thank all individuals who apply for this position, however, only applicants who are selected for an interview will be contacted.

Renascent is committed to creating a diverse environment and is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. If you require accommodation in order to participate in the recruitment process, please email us at hr@renascent.ca.

Job Type: Casual

Pay: From $23.42 per hour

Experience:

• Cooking: 1 year (required)

Licence/Certification:

• Food Handler Certification (required)

Work Location: In person