Hours:
Chef in Training Candidates:
Monday - Thursday: 9:00am - 5:30pm
Fridays: 10:30am - 6:30pm
Counsellor in Training Candidates:
Monday - Thursday - 8:30am - 5:00pm
Fridays: 10:30am - 6:30pm
All CIT's will be given breaks and provided lunch
Terms available:
- Term 1: June 30th - July 11th
- Term 2: July 14th - July 25th
- Term 3: July 28th to August 8th
- Term 4: August 11th - August 22nd
13 GTA locations to choose from: Bathurst & Lawrence | Little Italy (College & Bathurst) | East York/Danforth | Etobicoke | High Park | Markham/Unionville | Rosedale | Mississauga - East | Mississauga - West | North York - Yonge | Richmond Hill | Thornhill
The CIT Program lets young leaders choose between two streams: Chef in Training, focused on culinary skills for a career in the food industry, or Counsellor in Training, emphasizing leadership and youth care. Gain hands-on experience, mentorship, and skills for your future!
Work alongside Camp Counsellors to learn about and experience what it is like to work with children.
Including learning and practising skills relating to:
- Working with a variety of ages
- Working with kids with disabilities
- Planning and implementing activities with the support of experienced staff
- Teaching and mentoring children
- Conflict resolution & problem solving
- Working with large and small groups
- Working directly with campers in various aspects of camp programming
- Supporting campers during recipe execution, crafts, activities and games
- Helping campers with Pop-Up Restaurant preparation and role rehearsals
- Overseeing and supporting servers and hosts during the Pop-Up restaurant
- Experience an application and interview process and gain valuable entry level job readiness skills.
- And More!
Skills Showcase: ACTIVITY TAKEOVER – Counsellors in training work with the counsellors to decide on a craft or activity they are interested in facilitating. Throughout the week they discuss, practice and plan their activity. On Thursday they get to implement it!
Work alongside Chefs to learn about and experience working in a culinary setting.
→ Work with the sous chef to prepare and execute staff lunch and occasionally, ad on’s for camper lunches.
→ Work in the back kitchen with the sous chef and, learn about the culinary industry. Including learning and practicing skills relating to:
- Culinary theory
- Recipe preparation
- Teaching children of different ages culinary skills
- Ingredient measurement and preparation
- Food safety and hygiene
- Organization and team work
- Kitchen terminology
- How to work with different industrial kitchen equipment such as ovens and dishwashers
- Inventory management
- Overseeing and supporting bartenders and chefs during the Pop-Up restaurant
- Experience an application and interview process and gain valuable entry level job readiness skills.
- And more!
Skills Showcase: RECIPE DEMONSTRATION – Chefs in training work with the sous chef to learn how to, plan, and co-teach a recipe demonstration. Throughout the week they will collaborate with the sous chef to prepare to teach campers a recipe on Thursday!
Our CIT Programs have been reimagined to provide more concrete, structured and goal focused programming. This means that CITs will have the ability not only to develop skills, but also put them into practice and showcase them!
Staff will be paying close attention and taking note of CITs demonstrating skills and attitudes we look for when hiring staff. For CITs who are interested in entering the culinary industry and working with Rooks to Cooks in a paid position, this is a great way to make yourselves known!
CITs with 4 or more weeks in the program may apply for Junior Counsellor or Kitchen Assistant Positions once they turn 16!
- Choose your preferred CIT stream (Chef or counsellor)
- Fill out our APPLICATION FORM
- The CIT Coordinator will review your application. Accepted candidates will be contacted via email within 4 business days with further instructions on how to register.
- Parents or guardians register online and secure their child's spot.
- As your summer camp sessions approaches, we will provide you with more detailed instructions and training.
