Assistant Banquet Chef - Salaried

Omni Hotels & Resorts • Carlsbad, CA

8h • $75,000 - $82,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Assistant to the Banquet Chef. Maintaining food quality and to assist wherever needed to insure proper completion of banquet functions.

Requirements

• Minimum of 2 years experience in a luxury hotel or restaurant as a sous chef with high volume in catering highly preferred.
• Must be able to give direction, train and supervise banquet sous chefs, cooks and café attendants.
• Knowledge of all basic skills such as butchering, sauces, soups cooking of meat, fish and vegetables is expected.
• Certification of apprenticeship program or culinary certification.
• San Diego County Food handler’s card or Serve Safe Certification will be required prior to the start of employment.

Responsibilities

• Direct supervision of day-to-day operation of all banquet functions.
• Supervision of Cafeteria when needed
• Needs to understand the concepts and have the experience of interacting within a professional kitchen.
• Follows instructions and understand the philosophy of the Banquet Chef and carry out those ideas, stressing them to associates.
• Work with Sous Chefs, cooks, and café attendants, on a one-to-one basis, instructing and guiding them in their jobs.
• Ensures quality eye appeal, taste and monitors them daily.
• Controls cleanliness, sanitation throughout the kitchen, walk ins and ensures proper rotation of foods.
• Ability to work in an organized fashion.
• Ability to train and develop future culinary associates.
• Ability to work in a pro-active fashion.
• Daily walk through of all kitchens, walk-ins for proper rotation of food and sanitation.
• Daily routine checks of mise en place and quality of food product.
• Attend all safety and departmental meetings.
• Be aware of Banquet Event Order Sheets, and how they correspond to workload, prep, and ordering
• Insure production is completed and ready at required time of banquet function times
• Communicate with banquet Chef pertaining to the BEO's, special functions, daily pars, production problems, equipment issues, etc
• Oversee functions, set up and be able to communicate with banquet captains about each function, special requests, potential problems with parties, etc
• Work directly with Banquet Chef on scheduling
• Work directly with Banquet Chef and Executive Sous Chef on menu creation, production and execution.
• Oversee Banquet Kitchen staff and café attendants daily.

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: No Education Listed