Banquet Chef - Kitchen

The Peacock Inn; Lambertville (NJ); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary

Flexible Schedule

Limited Medical Insurance

State Short Term Disability

Great Discount Program

Job summary

Genesis Hospitality in Lambertville, NJ, seeks a seasoned Banquet Chef to lead high-volume food production for events, ensuring consistently high quality, aesthetics, and taste across all banquets. You will craft banquet and social menus on a yearly basis and supervise plating standards.

The ideal candidate has 3–5 years of banquet chef experience, menu-design expertise, and a culinary degree preferred. Must demonstrate knife skills, creativity, attention to detail, and the ability to train a

Qualifications

• Experience with menu design.
• 3-5 years Banquet Chef experience.
• Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science in culinary arts from an accredited institution preferred.
• Able to hold properly and efficiently use an assortment of sharp knives as appropriate for each of these specific uses.
• Consistently build food plates with main component, sauce, and garnish as required.
• An ability to work well in a fast-paced high-volume environment.
• Attention to detail, an ability to multi-task and time management skills.
• Must have extensive experience in various food cultures.
• Must have artistic ability and creativity to create finished plates that are eye appealing.

Responsibilities

• Participate in all food production to ensure items reflect high standards of quality, consistency, aesthetics, and taste.
• Prepare quality dishes for banquet events.
• Create banquet and social menus on a yearly basis.
• Maintain organization, cleanliness and sanitation of work areas and equipment.
• Prepares and orders culinary and food supplies as needed.
• Monitor production and quality levels of all products.
• Researches and develops new and unique recipes.

Skills

Menu design

Banquet chef experience

Attention to detail

Creativity in plating

Time management

Team training

Education

AS in culinary arts

BS in culinary arts

Tools

Sharp knives

Job description

Essential Functions

• Participate in all food production to ensure items reflect high standards of quality, consistency, aesthetics, and taste.
• Prepare quality dishes for banquet events.
• Create banquet and social menus on a yearly basis.
• Maintain an exceptional production knowledge and attention to detail with plate design and taste quality.
• Maintain a solid knowledge of all food products and skillfully apply culinary techniques.
• Able to train the banquet team to deliver the same quality and design.
• Maintain organization, cleanliness and sanitation of work areas and equipment.
• Prepares and orders culinary and food supplies as needed.
• Monitor production and quality levels of all products.
• Researches and develops new and unique recipes.
• Other related duties as necessary.

Requirements

• Experience with menu design.
• 3-5 years Banquet Chef experience.
• Associate of Science or Bachelor of Science in culinary arts from an accredited institution preferred.
• Able to hold properly and efficiently use an assortment of sharp knives as appropriate for each of these specific uses.
• Consistently build food plates with main component, sauce, and garnish as required.
• An ability to work well in a fast-paced high-volume environment.
• Attention to detail, an ability to multi-task and time management skills.
• Must have extensive experience in various food cultures.
• Must have artistic ability and creativity to create finished plates that are eye appealing.
• Ability to work a variety of shifts including weekends, mornings, evenings.
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbal.
• Well developed and multi-tasking, organizational skills, and detailed oriented.
• Ability to work in fast-paced environment and work well under pressure.
• Candidate must be dependable and reliable.

Physical Demands: Physical, Mental and workplace Environment Conditions

• The employee is regularly required to use hands to handle or feel; reach with hands and arms; and talk or hear
• The employee is frequently required to stand and walk
• Specific vision abilities required by this job include: close vision, distance vision, color vision & focus

Working Conditions: Workplace Environment Conditions

• Kitchen environment
• The noise level in this office is usually moderate to high

Education And Experience

• High school diploma and or equivalent
• Bilingual in Spanish a plus, however, not required

We Offer

• Competitive Salary
• Flexible Schedule
• Limited Medical Insurance
• State Short Term Disability
• Great Discount Program
• And more!!!

Visit us at https://www.genesis-hospitality.com/

Genesis Hospitality is part of Genesis Global Group and is an equal opportunity employer.