Job description
The Cambria Hotel in Detroit is expanding and looking for a dynamic and energetic Banquet Chef to join our team!
About Detroit Cambria:
The Cambria Hotel in Detroit will feature upscale amenities that appeal to modern travelers, including immersive, spa-style bathrooms with Bluetooth mirrors - Contemporary and sophisticated guest rooms, complete with modern fixtures, abundant lighting, and plush bedding – Multiple food and beverage options - Flexible meeting and event space- State-of-the-art fitness center - Locally inspired designs
Job Summary:
The Banquet Chef is responsible for overseeing food preparation, catering events, and ensuring high-class quality and consistency. They are also in charge of planning, organizing, controlling, and directing employees in the Banquet kitchen department.
Duties/Responsibilities:
- Assist the hotel’s sales & catering or banqueting staffs with banquets, parties, and other special events.
- Continually enhances the culinary experience of banquet or event guests.
- Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
- Review sales and food cost with the Executive Chef to ensure that the banquet kitchen is meeting budgeted costs.
- Identifies the developmental needs of kitchen staff and provide coaching, mentoring to improve their knowledge or skills.
- Assists the Executive Chef and Purchasing Manager with banquet menu planning and food purchasing.
- Ensures compliance with all applicable laws and regulations.
- Assist in determining the minimum and maximum stocks of all food, cooking supplies and equipment.
- Establish the day’s priorities and assign production and preparation tasks for the banquet kitchen staff/chefs to execute.
- Responsible to conduct frequent walkthroughs of each kitchen area and direct respective personnel to correct any deficiencies.
- Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
- Maintain inventory control procedures and ensure that the banquet kitchen is prepared for the following day’s work.
- Responsible to oversee the regular cleaning of all equipment used in the banquet kitchen.
- Ensure that all staff prepares menu items following recipes in accordance with the hotels operating standards.
- Performs other related duties as assigned.
Required Skills/Abilities:
- Detail-oriented and thorough.
- Ability to produce an excellent culinary experience for patrons.
- Extremely creative.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management, scheduling, managerial, and organizational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with a variety of personalities and under pressure.
Education and Experience:
- Ability to produce an excellent culinary and restaurant experience for patrons.
- Extremely creative.
- Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
- Excellent time management, scheduling, managerial, and organizational skills.
- Excellent interpersonal skills with the ability to work well with a variety of personalities and under pressure.
Physical Requirements:
- Prolonged periods standing and preparing and cooking food.
- Must be able to lift up to 45 pounds at times.
- Must be able to work in a kitchen environment that may involve exposure to extreme heat or cold.
Detroit Cambria provides equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, disability, or genetics.
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