May 24th, 2025

We have an opening for a very key role on our team. Please feel free to share this with any chefs, sous chefs etc who you know who may be looking to move into a daytime role, who are still looking for a fast pace but want for more freedom in their schedule while working with a relaxed team.

Job Posting: Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager with Remote Hours – Whole Food Focused Personal Chef Services

 | Min $25/hr | M–Th Schedule

Company: Kristin McCaig Nutrition
Location: Kanata, Ontario
Position: Sous Chef (with Managerial Experience)
Compensation: Minimum $25/hour
Schedule: Monday to Thursday (Cooking M–W, Admin (remote) on Thurs), Avg 28 hours/week, 8-4pm 

Opportunities like this in the culinary world don’t come around often — where you can feel fulfilled at work and still have time for yourself, your family, friends, and life outside the kitchen. Your creativity is valued here, and best of all, there are no night or weekend shifts.

About Us:
Kristin McCaig Nutrition offers customized personal chef services with a strong commitment to whole food nutrition. We believe that having delicious, healthy meals available in your home is key to excellent health and this gives our clients the gift of time do more of what they love. As we continue to grow, our small and established culinary team is seeking a passionate and reliable Sous Chef/Assistant Kitchen Manager to join us and be part of our mission to create healthy food for our clients. We have been in business for 11 years.

Position Summary:
The ideal candidate is not just a skilled culinary professional but also a team player with excellent or developing managerial skills, capable of working across our diverse service offerings (soups, stews, proteins, salad bowls, baked goods, you name it!). The Sous Chef will report directly to the Executive Chef and play a significant role in planning the execution of menus, kitchen management, inventory control and maintaining our high standards of quality and service. If you’re organized, creative, and excited about food, you’ll fit right in. 

Key Responsibilities:

• Assist in cooking customized menus for clients using nutrient-dense, whole food ingredients while adhering to all restrictions, preferences and allergies of each client. We have some very busy days that require keeping a lot of details straight and although this will be clearly laid out, it also requires some strong memory skills.

• Support kitchen operations Monday through Wednesday (on-site cooking days in our shared commercial kitchen in Kanata)

• Take lead on kitchen prep and organization, working under the guidance of the Executive Chef.

• Perform administrative tasks on Thursdays and/or Fridays including ordering, planning, and inventory management, which can all be done remotely.

• Implement cost control measures for inventory management and food ordering. You will be in charge of our inputting our weekly grocery orders.

• Ensure proper food safety and sanitation standards are upheld at all times

• Help train, support and mentor staff as needed and delegate responsibilities when necessary

• Bring creativity, passion, patience and a team-player attitude to the work each day…and maybe your favourite playlist (because we love to listen to good music)! However yes, you can also drown us all out with your own personal ear buds if needed!

Qualifications:

• 5+ years professional culinary experience (Sous Chef or equivalent preferred)

• Experience with whole food, healthy cooking (as long as you can cook, I can teach you the “healthy” part)

• Solid leadership or team management skills

• Patient, kind, sense of humour, strong focus, clear thinking and extremely detailed oriented. (If you are impatient or unkind and generally don’t like people, this is not the job for you).

• Experience with inventory ordering and management.

• Self-starter who takes initiative and thrives in a collaborative environment

• Excellent organizational and time-management skills are a MUST

• Ability to stand on your feet for 8 hours and lift up to 25 lbs

• ServSafe Certification or equivalent

• A laptop and cellphone and have some working knowledge of Microsoft Word, Microsoft Excel and be comfortable with learning to our tech tools/apps. The flow of your position is based on the use of technology both in and out of the kitchen.

• Must have reliable transportation and fluent English (spoken and written)

What We Offer:

• Pay is minimum $25/hour.

• Consistent Monday–Thursday schedule, daytimes only (8am-4pm Mon-Wed with some variance on the finishing time, as you may be done a bit earlier depending on the amount of clients). Thursday work can be done remotely anytime Thursday or Friday, based on what is convenient for you. Average 28 hours per week.

• A supportive team that values creativity, patience, a sense of humour and singing along to good music while we work (sorry in advance)!

• We close down over Christmas holidays to reset and enjoy some family time and often close down for 1 week in the summer. You can also take vacation of course.

• We work in a shared commercial kitchen in Kanata.

To Apply:
Please send your resume and a brief introduction about why this role excites you to kristin@kristinmccaignutrition.com. I’d love to hear about your experience and what this position means to you.

I am very excited to meet the person who I will be working closely with within this role!