Cook I/Lead Cook (Full-Time)

Waldorf Astoria Kuwait • West Palm Beach, FL

7d

About The Position

The Cook I/Lead Cook prepares high-quality menu items according to designated recipes and quality standards while ensuring guests have a positive dining experience. The role requires strong knowledge of menu offerings and complex recipes, oversight of kitchen stations and food execution, and attention to quality control and inventory.

The Lead Cook inspects dishes for quality and presentation, keeps food service stations stocked and sanitary, and follows food-handling, storage, safety, health, sanitation, and alcohol-awareness requirements. The position also coordinates timing and plating, directs cooks during shifts, and assists with inventory checks, ordering, shift briefings, and special features.

Requirements

• Demonstrate hospitality, integrity, leadership, teamwork, ownership, accountability, urgency, and discipline.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menu items according to designated recipes and quality standards.
• Manage guest orders efficiently and support a positive dining experience.
• Maintain knowledge of menu offerings and handle complex recipes.
• Oversee kitchen stations, execution, quality control, and inventory checks.
• Inspect preparations and dishes before serving to ensure quality and presentation standards.
• Keep food service stations stocked and sanitary; follow food-handling, storage, and safety protocols.
• Coordinate timing and plating.
• Manage and direct cooks during shifts.
• Assist with inventory checks, ordering, shift briefings, and special features.
• Comply with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol-awareness regulations.

Benefits

• 110 nights of discounted travel through the Go Hilton program, with room rates as low as $40 per night.
• Employee stock purchase program offering Hilton shares at a 15% discount.
• Paid parental leave for eligible Team Members, including partners and adoptive parents.
• Caregiving concierge services.
• Crisis Concierge support.
• Free counseling and support through the Employee Assistance Program for eligible Team Members.
• Paid time off.
• Health plans and health and welfare benefits, including dental and vision coverage.
• Retirement plans.

What This Job Offers

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