Sous / Banquet Chef (Mornings) | Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort

Columbia Hospitality • Leavenworth, WA

1d • Onsite

About The Position

This role is for a Sous / Banquet Chef working mornings at Sleeping Lady Mountain Resort. The position involves maintaining the day-to-day operations of the kitchen and ensuring all work practices meet or exceed established standards. The chef will communicate with the General Manager regarding updates and changes to contracts, and maintain high standards for food quality, presentation, handling, sanitation, and safety. This role also includes assisting in staff selection, supervision, training, development, scheduling, evaluation, discipline, and counseling. The ideal candidate will demonstrate positive leadership, monitor food and labor costs, and conduct daily checks of storage areas to ensure proper rotation, usage, cleanliness, and sanitation. Preparation requirements will be managed using specification sheets and par levels, and the chef will be responsible for the creation of new menu items and ensuring consistent presentation of both buffet and plated food items. The role requires interaction with line cooks to monitor quality and presentation, handling customer requests promptly, and maintaining clean and organized food preparation areas. Responsibilities also include ensuring presentation standards for hot and cold items, reading and interpreting recipes, conducting product inventories, ordering and receiving products, and ensuring team adherence to grooming, sanitation, and safe food handling standards, as well as all opening and closing kitchen procedures.

Requirements

• A culinary arts degree and/or equivalent training
• 7+ years in industry
• 2+ years of experience in culinary management role in a similar environment
• Excellent business communication skills (both written and verbal)
• Ability to manage according to employment and industry-relevant laws
• Conflict management and negotiation skills are required
• Must be flexible and able to perform multiple tasks, work in stressful situations with shifting priorities
• Must be familiar with Microsoft Word, Excel, Outlook and other computer programs.
• Must demonstrate excellent people skills and a professional, friendly, and enthusiastic demeanor
• Be detail-oriented, reliable and punctual, and have exceptional organizational skills
• Necessary State Food Handler’s License(s)

Responsibilities

• Maintains responsibility for day-to-day operation of the kitchen and has complete responsibility for the kitchen in its entirety
• Develops and implements procedures to ensure that all work practices meet or exceed the established standards
• Communicates daily with General Manager for updates, changes and revisions to existing contracts
• Maintains standards for food quality, presentation, handling, sanitation and safety.
• Follows all appropriate policies and procedures
• Ensures timely and courteous follow-through on all client, guest, and team member requests
• Assists in the selection, supervision, training, development, scheduling, evaluating, disciplining, and counseling of staff
• Demonstrates positive leadership characteristics that empower and inspire employees to meet and exceed standards
• Monitors food and labor costs
• Conducts daily walk-through of all walk-in refrigerators, dry storage areas and food lines to ensure rotation, usage, cleanliness and proper sanitation
• Utilizes specification sheets to prepare daily preparation requirements, maintains par levels of necessary items
• Prepares and manages creation of new menu items
• Ensures attractive, consistent presentations of food items, both buffet and plated
• Interacts/supervises line cooks to monitor quality, presentation and consistency of food items prepared
• Handles all needs and accommodates customer requests in a timely manner
• Sets up, re-stocks, maintains, and cleans food preparation areas
• Responsible for ensuring presentation standards are meet for all hot and cold items
• Reads and interprets recipes
• Conducts product inventories, ordering and receiving of product
• Responsible for team maintenance of grooming standards
• Responsible for team adherence to standards for sanitation and safe food handling
• Responsible for all opening and closing kitchen procedures

Benefits

• Commuter/Parking Allowance
• Get Paid Daily
• Paid Time off & Holiday Pay
• Medical, Dental, Vision, Disability, 401K
• HSA/FSA Plans -with employer contribution
• Referral Bonus
• Discounted Lodging, Dining, Spa, Golf, and Retail
• Employee Assistance Program “Columbia Cares”
• Volunteer Opportunities
• Committee Participation Opportunities
• Task Force Work Opportunities
• Online Learning Platform to Help You Grow!
• Third Party Perks (Including discounts on Pet Insurance, Rental Cars, Movie and Concert Tickets, Theme Park and Attractions & so much more)

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Mid Level
• Education Level: Associate degree