🌶️ Sous Chef — Thai & Vietnamese Kitchen at Mekong, Whistler BC (Staff Housing Available)

🍽 Opportunity Mekong, a Thai and Vietnamese restaurant and bar in Whistler, is hiring a permanent sous chef to start right away, and staff accommodation is available. The menu brief is wide. Gluten-free and vegan cooking sit alongside fish and seafood, meat and game, stocks and sauces, and a cold kitchen. You'd run a crew of 5–10 and cook for weddings, banquets and private functions as well as the dining room. The pay is $28 an hour for 40–50 hours a week, with overtime available. 👨‍🍳 Role & Responsibilities - Supervise 5–10 cooks and kitchen staff, and train them in preparation, cooking and food handling - Teach cooks how to prepare, garnish and present dishes, and demonstrate new techniques and equipment - Cook Thai and Vietnamese dishes every day, including gluten-free and vegan plates - Adapt dishes for guests with food allergies or intolerances - Cover cold kitchen, fish and seafood, meat, poultry and game, stocks, soups and sauces, and vegetables, fruits, nuts and mushrooms - Meet clients to plan weddings, banquets and private functions, then cook complete meals for them - Help plan menus and keep food to quality standards - Keep records of food costs, consumption, sales and inventory, and help estimate labour and operating costs - Order food and kitchen supplies, and arrange equipment purchases and repairs 🌎 ChefJobs Abroad Analysis Housing decides most Whistler job moves, and that's where Mekong stands out. Staff accommodation is listed as available, which removes the town's biggest hurdle. The job is permanent too, so you get the full year instead of a single winter, with ski days in winter and the lakes and trails in summer. The role is a big step for the experience asked. With one to two years behind you, you'd supervise 5–10 people, track food costs and inventory, and plan weddings and banquets with clients. That's real sous chef responsibility early in a career. Thai speakers have an edge, and the employer welcomes newcomers without Canadian experience and runs cross-cultural training. The trade-off is physical: 40–50 hour weeks and lifts of 45–60 kg. For a cook who knows Thai or Vietnamese food and wants a first sous chef title with somewhere to live, it's a practical way into Whistler. ✅ Best Fit Ideal for chefs who: - Cook Thai or Vietnamese food with confidence, and ideally speak some Thai - Have 1–2 years' experience and are ready for a first sous chef title with real supervision - Need housing sorted to make a move to Whistler work - Want a permanent, year-round job rather than a single season - Are comfortable adapting dishes for gluten-free, vegan and allergy guests - Want to learn the business side: food costing, inventory and labour estimates - Enjoy event cooking for weddings, banquets and private functions Not a fit for cooks without Cook Trade Certification, or anyone who can't handle long weeks and heavy lifting (the ad lists 45–60 kg).