Banquet Cook (Part-time / Full-time)

Red Deer Resort & Casino; Red Deer; On-site; CAD 25,000 - 39,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Deer Resort & Casino is seeking a Banquet Cook to join our culinary team, offering both part-time and full-time opportunities in a fast-paced hotel setting. You will prepare and plate banquets, buffets, and events, ensuring high-quality, creative presentations while adhering to food safety standards and event specifications.

Hours vary including mornings, evenings and weekends, and applicants must be flexible to cover events.

Qualifications

• Minimum one year of culinary experience in a high-volume, full-service restaurant or hotel.
• Food Safety Course is an asset.
• Knowledge of catering trends, quality, production, sanitation, and presentation.
• Awareness of safe food handling practices.
• Fluent in English, written and spoken.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook a variety of dishes for banquets, buffets, and special events according to orders.
• Ensure consistency in taste, presentation, and portion control.
• Assist in carving stations and live cooking demonstrations if required.
• Adjust recipes and quantities based on event size and dietary needs.
• Work with the culinary team to execute large-scale meal preparation efficiently.
• Assist with plating and setting up banquet buffets or plated meals.

Skills

Culinary skills

Food safety knowledge

Creativity

Teamwork

English proficiency

Education

Food Safety Certification

Job description

Are you an energetic, organized, detail-oriented, and creative culinary enthusiast with experience working in a hotel or restaurant setting? Are you willing to work in a fast-paced, collaborative, and dynamic environment while maintaining the highest standards of quality and hospitality? You might just be the one we need. Red Deer Resort & Casino is looking for a Banquet Cook (Part-time / Full-time) to join our culinary team.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Prepare and cook a variety of dishes for banquets, buffets, and special events according to event orders and menu specifications.
• Ensure consistency in taste, presentation, and portion control.
• Assist in carving stations and live cooking demonstrations if required.
• Adjust recipes and food quantities based on event size and dietary requirements.
• Work collaboratively with the culinary team to execute large-scale meal preparation efficiently.
• Assist with plating and setting up banquet buffets or plated meal services.
• Support other cooks and kitchen staff as needed.
• Maintain a clean and organized workstation, ensuring compliance with food safety regulations.

Education, Qualifications, & Requirements

• Minimum one year of culinary experience in a high-volume, full-service restaurant or hotel
• Food Safety Course is an asset
• Demonstrated knowledge of food and catering trends, quality, production, sanitation, food cost controls, and presentation required
• Knowledge of methods and procedures for serving food, principles of sanitation, and principles of safe food handling in required
• Must have a high level of creativity and reliability and attention to detail
• Excellent work ethic; driven, organized, good administration skills, dependable, flexible, availability to pick up or volunteer for shifts as required to maintain operational requirements
• Must be fluent in English, both written and oral
• As a condition of employment, associates are to have a criminal record check prior to their first day of work

Work Environment

• Able to stand and walk repeatedly over the course of a shift
• Ability to tolerate exposures to heat, cold and water
• Ability to work in a noisy and distracting environment.
• The employee must frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.
• While performing the duties of this job, there may be stooping, kneeling, bending, reaching and crouching
• Regularly exposed to, including but not limited to, hazardous situations and conditions that produce cuts or minor burns.

Hours of Work

• The hours of work for this position will vary depending on operational requirements but will include early morning, evening and late night, as well as weekends and holidays.
• This role is available as (Part-time / Full-time), depending on scheduling needs.

We offer a competitive salary, benefits package, and the opportunity to be part of a vibrant and growing hospitality team. If you are a passionate Cook with a flair for creativity and a dedication to culinary excellence, we invite you to apply for this exciting position.

The Red Deer Resort & Casino is an equal opportunity employer and encourages individuals interested in this position to submit a resume.All applicants must be legally entitled to work in Canada. The successful candidate will be subject to criminal record checks and/or other background checks. This position will remain open until a suitable candidate is found.We appreciate and consider all applications; however, only candidates selected for interviews will be contacted.