sous-chef
About the company
GlassHouse is a community-rooted restaurant in Kitsilano, focused on seasonal ingredients, creative cooking, and bringing people together through great food.
We believe great restaurants are built on good food, genuine hospitality, hard work, and community. Our approach combines seasonal, locally sourced ingredients with creative cooking in an environment that is welcoming, social, and authentic.
We want to create food that excites people without losing sight of what makes a neighbourhood restaurant special.
Your tasks
- Supporting the Head Chef in leading daily kitchen operations and maintaining high food standards.
- Helping manage prep, service, organization, cleanliness, and food quality.
- Contributing to menu planning, recipe development, costing, and seasonal ingredient selection.
- Creating and executing daily features, tasting menus, holiday menus, and special event menus.
- Exploring new flavours, ingredients, and techniques while balancing creativity with consistency and practicality.
- Mentoring and supporting junior kitchen team members.
- Taking ownership of your station, maintaining strong systems, minimizing waste, and helping the kitchen run efficiently.
- Bringing ideas, initiative, and a positive attitude to the team every day.
Requirements
We?re looking for a passionate, creative, and driven Sous Chef to join our kitchen team. We want someone who loves experimenting with food, learning new techniques, developing their craft, and being part of a team that wants to push boundaries and grow together.
This is more than just a sous chef position. We’re looking for someone who wants to grow with the company, take on more responsibility, and help shape the future of GlassHouse.
Who We're Looking For
- A passionate cook who genuinely loves food, creativity, and learning.
- Someone with professional kitchen experience who is ready to take the next step in their career.
- A team player who can lead by example and maintain high standards during busy services.
- Someone organized, reliable, accountable, and willing to take ownership.
- A creative thinker who enjoys experimenting, developing dishes, and exploring new techniques.
- Someone who wants to contribute ideas rather than simply follow recipes.
- A person who is looking for a long-term opportunity and wants to grow alongside a company.
Previous sous chef experience is an asset, but we?re equally interested in a strong chef who has the right attitude, work ethic, creativity, and ambition to grow into the role.
If you want to cook creatively, develop your skills, contribute to a growing restaurant, and build something you can be proud of, we?d love to meet you.
What we offer
What Makes This Opportunity Different?
- Creative freedom: Contribute ideas, experiment with ingredients, explore new techniques, and help develop exciting dishes.
- Menu development: Be involved in creating seasonal menus, tasting menus, daily features, holiday menus, and special dining experiences.
- Room to grow: We want someone who sees a future with GlassHouse and is excited by the opportunity to grow into a leadership role as the company develops.
- Learn and experiment: Work with seasonal ingredients, creative presentations, preservation techniques, fermentation, and other approaches to modern, thoughtful cooking.
- A team that builds together: Have a genuine voice in the kitchen and contribute to the direction, standards, and identity of our food.
- Starting salary + tips: Earn a competitive starting salary plus tips, with opportunities to develop professionally as the business grows.
Pay: $55,000.00-$60,000.00 per year
- Discounted or free food
- On-site parking
How to apply
Apply today and tell us a little about yourself, your experience, and what excites you about cooking.
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Work Location: In person