Lead Cook

Marriott Vacations Worldwide•Palm Desert, CA

5d•Onsite

About The Position

The Lead Cook is responsible for preparing special meals or substitute items, regulating the temperature of cooking equipment, and ensuring proper food portioning, arrangement, and garnish. This role involves maintaining food logs, monitoring food quality and quantity, and communicating with the Chef and service staff regarding food availability and specials. The Lead Cook also assists management with hiring, training, scheduling, and employee development, serving as a role model for the team. Adherence to company policies, safety procedures, and maintaining a professional appearance are crucial. The position requires anticipating and addressing guest needs, clear communication, and fostering positive working relationships. Physical requirements include standing, sitting, or walking for extended periods, reaching, bending, twisting, pulling, stooping, and lifting objects up to 25 pounds. A professional and pleasant demeanor with a focus on customer service is essential. The role requires flexibility in scheduling, including evenings, weekends, and holidays, and performing other reasonable duties as assigned.

Requirements

Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time.
Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping.
Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 25 pounds without assistance.
Attention to customer service with a professional and pleasant personality.
Available to work a flexible schedule including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Nice To Haves

Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, and motivating and coaching employees; serve as a role model.
Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
Anticipate and address guests' service needs.
Speak with others using clear and professional language.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals; listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.

Responsibilities

Prepare special meals or substitute items.
Regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills, and roasters.
Pull food from freezer storage to thaw in the refrigerator.
Ensure proper portion, arrangement, and food garnish.
Maintain food logs.
Monitor the quality and quantity of food that is prepared.
Communicate assistance needed during busy periods.
Inform Chef of excess food items for use in daily specials.
Inform F-B service staff of 86'ed items and available menu specials.
Ensure the quality of the food items.
Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality standards, presentation standards, and food preparation checklist.
Prepare cold foods.
Assist management in hiring, training, scheduling, evaluating, counseling, disciplining, and motivating and coaching employees; serve as a role model.
Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; maintain confidentiality of proprietary information; protect company assets.
Anticipate and address guests' service needs.
Speak with others using clear and professional language.
Develop and maintain positive working relationships with others; support team to reach common goals; listen and respond appropriately to the concerns of other employees.
Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.