Banquet Chef — Elevate Events, Flexible Schedule & Bonus

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants; Miami (FL); On-site; USD 74,000 - 84,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Bonus pay

Paid time off

Medical insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

401k

Job summary

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in Miami is seeking a Banquet Chef to lead culinary service for events. You will maintain a clean station, work with a team, and apply cooking techniques with seasonal ingredients while learning new methods.

The role requires 2+ years kitchen experience, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, and certifications such as Food Handler and Alcohol Awareness. Kimpton offers a strong benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision, 401k, and

Qualifications

• 2+ years relative experience in a kitchen of similar size.
• Flexible schedule, able to work evenings, weekends and holidays.
• Ability to help beyond this job description and wear multiple hats, as we all do at Kimpton.
• Food Handler Certification, Alcohol Awareness Certification (if applicable).

Responsibilities

• Provide banquet guests excellent food quality, consistency, reasonable prices, in an attractive environment and with professional service. Responsibilities include managing the culinary functions to meet food quality goals.
• Create and maintain a sound working relationship with all banquet culinary team.
• Must be familiar with health requirements, OSHA regulations and Department of Labor regulations as they pertain to all kitchen and restaurant employees.
• Prevent the spoiling and contamination of foods by enforcing proper sanitation practices and ensuring compliance with policy and health regulations.
• Know and comply consistently with our standard portion size, cooking methods, quality standards and kitchen rules, policies, and procedures.
• Stock and maintain sufficient levels of food products at line stations to ensure a smooth service period.
• Provide excellent quality and presentation of all food to the guests. The demonstration, preparation and execution of each menu item and the item specifications and presentation will be agreed upon.
• Maintain a high level of cleanliness in kitchen facilities, including tables, shelves, grills, broilers, fryers, pasta cookers, sauté burners, convection oven, flat top range and refrigeration equipment.
• Attend weekly BEO and Resume meetings.
• Work closely with the Catering and Banquets teams to ensure smooth execution of functions from start to finish.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Food Handler Certification

Alcohol Awareness Certification

Flexible schedule

Job description

Kimpton Hotels & Restaurants in Miami is seeking a Banquet Chef to lead culinary service for events. You will maintain a clean station, work with a team, and apply cooking techniques with seasonal ingredients while learning new methods.

The role requires 2+ years kitchen experience, flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays, and certifications such as Food Handler and Alcohol Awareness. Kimpton offers a strong benefits package including paid time off, medical/dental/vision, 401k, and