Head Butcher
Go Auto
Date: 5 days ago
City: Sherwood Park, AB
Contract type: Full time

Job Description
Calling all meat mavens and chop champions! We're on the hunt for a Head Butcher who can bring the sizzle to our meat department. If you can turn a cow into a culinary masterpiece with a single swipe of your trusty cleaver, then we want you on our team.
Responsibilities
L’OCA Quality Market is an emerging specialty grocer and gourmet food retailer in Canada whose purpose is to “Spread the Love” by delivering a world-class food experience. Our core values are Quality, Scratch, Theatre, Service, and Love. Each location is comprised of a full artisanal market experience, including full-service restaurant(s), where traditional artisanal craftsmanship and service on the front end meets new world technology and innovation on the back end. A revolutionary purchasing and org structure, supported by custom technology, allows us to leverage efficiency across the business unit to drive scratch perishable production, massive prepared foods selection, full carcass meat programs, and world class service in a cost-effective format. There is also a special place in our hearts for quality local and Canadian products and we aim to deliver positive change to the food chain through a focus on local sourcing and private label partnerships. We are currently laying the groundwork for a national chain focused initially on western Canada. Our first location is 48k square feet, and located in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
Calling all meat mavens and chop champions! We're on the hunt for a Head Butcher who can bring the sizzle to our meat department. If you can turn a cow into a culinary masterpiece with a single swipe of your trusty cleaver, then we want you on our team.
Responsibilities
- Carving up cows, pigs, and chickens with surgical precision
- Training new butchers to become meat wizards (or at least, competent apprentices)
- Tasting all the meats to ensure quality control (we mean, someone has to do it, right?)
- Keeping our meat case organized and looking fabulous (no one likes a messy butcher shop)
- Being a team player and helping out wherever needed (no task is too big or small, except maybe cleaning the meat grinder)
- A minimum of 1 year of meat cutting experience
- A love for all things meat (yes, even liver)
- A sense of humor (because working in a meat department can be pretty punny)
- A commitment to food safety and sanitation (no one wants a trip to the hospital for food poisoning)
- Industry leading pay
- Working with the top culinary, business, and grocery talent in Canada
- Huge opportunity for growth across all business units and to the executive team for expansion
- A commitment to food safety and sanitation (no one wants a trip to the hospital for food poisoning)
L’OCA Quality Market is an emerging specialty grocer and gourmet food retailer in Canada whose purpose is to “Spread the Love” by delivering a world-class food experience. Our core values are Quality, Scratch, Theatre, Service, and Love. Each location is comprised of a full artisanal market experience, including full-service restaurant(s), where traditional artisanal craftsmanship and service on the front end meets new world technology and innovation on the back end. A revolutionary purchasing and org structure, supported by custom technology, allows us to leverage efficiency across the business unit to drive scratch perishable production, massive prepared foods selection, full carcass meat programs, and world class service in a cost-effective format. There is also a special place in our hearts for quality local and Canadian products and we aim to deliver positive change to the food chain through a focus on local sourcing and private label partnerships. We are currently laying the groundwork for a national chain focused initially on western Canada. Our first location is 48k square feet, and located in Sherwood Park, Alberta.
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