Chef de Cuisine

Fairmont; Hamilton; Hybrid; GBP 41.000 - 68.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

Hamilton Princess & Beach Club in Bermuda seeks an accomplished Banquet Chef to lead culinary execution for luxury events. You will drive menu development, maintain top food quality, and manage inventories to optimize cost and guest satisfaction.

The role requires strong leadership, culinary certification, and substantial international exposure. You’ll uphold Fairmont standards, work in a fast-paced setting, and contribute to a team‑oriented, guest-centric environment.

Qualifikationen

• Documented culinary training and certification required.
• 3–5 years banquet chef experience in luxury hotel or high‑end restaurant.
• Minimum 2 years international experience preferred.
• Proven ability to maintain top food presentation standards.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, multicultural team environment.

Aufgaben

• Provide professional, engaging guest service and support colleagues.
• Demonstrate Fairmont core values in all interactions.
• Lead and coach team toward exceptional guest service and engagement results.
• Assist with menu development, costing, recipes and production lists.
• Order food and manage inventories to maximize quality and minimize food cost.
• Ensure quality control from concept to presentation and adjust as needed.
• Maintain clean, safe kitchen and ensure compliance with health guidelines.
• Schedule staff to meet service levels and labor cost goals.
• Collaborate with hotel departments for a superior guest experience.
• Stay updated on industry trends and continually develop skills.
• Follow all health & safety policies and epidemic guidelines.

Kenntnisse

Culinary training

Banquet chef experience

International experience

Food presentation standards

Team leadership

Ausbildung

Culinary certification

Jobbeschreibung

Company DescriptionFor more than a century, Hamilton Princess & Beach Club is Bermuda's only luxury urban resort. Our world-class accommodations, internationally revered modern art collection, celebrated restaurants, spa, and more, are why we appeal to Bermuda’s luxury travelers, as well as our magical team of colleagues.

Company DescriptionFor more than a century, Hamilton Princess & Beach Club is Bermuda's only luxury urban resort. Our world-class accommodations, internationally revered modern art collection, celebrated restaurants, spa, and more, are why we appeal to Bermuda’s luxury travelers, as well as our magical team of colleagues. Here at the iconic “Pink Palace” we embrace the spirit of being unique, passionate, pleasant, while keen on turning moments into memories for our guests – the Fairmont way. As a member of our Princess Team, all Heartists are valued and recognized, the same as our guests and local communities. Consider joining us, if you enjoy:

• Connecting guests to the extraordinary place we call home
• Discovering a broad offering of career paths
• Learning and thriving among a group of international hospitality professionals
• Being passionate about people and attentive to the world - we are globetrotters!
• Going beyond the walls of our hotel to support our community
• Taking pride in our differences

Then this could be THE perfect opportunity for you, and we cannot wait to welcome you.

#WeAreHamiltonPrincess

Job Description

Summary of Responsibilities

• Consistently offer professional, engaging and proactive guest service while supporting fellow Colleagues
• Demonstrate Fairmont core values in all interactions
• Motivate, lead, coach and manage all aspects of team members’ performance towards achieving exceptional guest service and employee engagement results
• Assist with menu development, content proposals, costing, recipes, production lists, and photographs of food presentations as required
• Order food and manage inventories to maximize quality and minimize food cost
• Responsible for all aspects of quality control standards from menu conception to presentation of dish before serving and making the necessary adjustments
• Maintain a clean and safe kitchen; apply all heath department guidelines, educate staff in procedures and policies, and report and follow up on equipment deficiencies
• Schedule and manage staff to support both our service level commitments and labour cost goals
• Maintain a good working relationship with all hotel departments and to ensure an exceptional guest experience
• Ensure awareness of trends / changes in the food industry, and continually develop professional knowledge and abilities
• Follow and ensure compliance with all corporate, hotel and departmental policies and procedures
• Participate in hotel committees
• Perform any other function related duties and projects as assigned
• Strict adherence to all Health & Safety training, guidelines and work practices previous, during and following an epidemic (whether local or global) that are established by Accor, local government, international bodies including the World Health Organization (WHO) and Center for disease control (CDC)

Qualifications

• Documented culinary training and certification Culinary certification (Red Seal certificate, Journeyman’s papers of international equivalent) is required
• 3 to 5 years banqueting chef experience in luxury hotel environment or equivalent experience in high quality restaurant environments, such as Michelin Star rated or equivalent is required
• At least 2 years international experience is strongly preferred
• Demonstrated ability to set and maintain the highest standards of food presentation and quality
• Proven ability to work efficiently in a demanding and fast paced environment
• Proven ability to work cohesively as part of a team in a multicultural, diverse environment
• Capability to set and maintain the highest standards of food presentation and quality
• Must be creative and energetic with excellent interpersonal and communication skills

Additional Information

Physical Aspects of Position (include but are not limited to):

• Sitting: 0-1 Hr/Day; Walking: 6-8 Hr/Day; Standing: 6-8 Hr/Day
• Bending/Reaching: 4-6 Hr/Day
• Pushing/Pulling: 4-6 Hr/Day
• Physical Effort: Does Not Lift Weights Over 50 Lbs
• Visual Effort: Medium
• Environmental Stress: Busy atmosphere ; in temperature specific environments (hot or cold)