Banquet Chef - Spartanburg Marriott

Trilith Guesthouse; Spartanburg (SC); On-site; USD 25,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

Spartanburg Marriott in Spartanburg, SC is seeking experienced banquet cooks to support high-volume events. You will prepare, plate, and stage banquets while ensuring quality and safety standards.

Role requires 5+ years in professional kitchens, strong teamwork, and flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays. Servsafe certification preferred or able to obtain it.

Qualifications

• 5+ years of professional kitchen experience in hotels, catering, or large banquets.
• Strong cooking, plating, and presentation for high-volume events.
• Ability to plan menus, estimate portions, and manage inventory.
• Experience supervising and training staff.
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and food-safety certification preferred.
• Excellent written and verbal communication.
• Able to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts.
• Servsafe certification or ability to attain certification.
• Ability to coordinate with event, service, and other teams.

Responsibilities

• Prepare for all banquet and catered events.
• Plate, set up, and stage banquet events.
• Prepare vegetables, sauces, and bulk items.
• Butcher poultry, meat, and seafood as needed.
• Follow daily prep lists and BEO requests.
• Maintain cleanliness of kitchen and storage areas.
• Assist other kitchen positions during downtime.
• Undertake additional duties as assigned by manager.

Skills

Kitchen experience

Menu planning

Inventory management

Team supervision

Food safety

Communication skills

Stamina & flexibility

Problem solving

Adaptability

Customer service

Team player

Ownership mindset

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Job description

We're looking for enthusiastic, fun, and energetic people who take the work seriously, but not themselves. Let's see if we're a fit. We hope so.

What you have

• 5+ years of professional kitchen experience; hotel, catering, or high-volume banquet experience
• Strong cooking, plating, and presentation skills, including preparing food in large quantities and on tight event schedules
• Ability to plan menus, estimate portions, manage inventory, and coordinate event-specific dietary needs.
• Experience supervising and training skills
• Knowledge of food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety; a food‑safety certificate
• Ability to communicate and coordinate with event, service, and other teams
• Physical stamina and flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and extended shifts.
• Problem solving - adjusting quickly to last‑minute changes, shortages and equipment issues
• Adaptability- being flexible with schedule changes due to event changes
• High school diploma, equivalent or higher
• Excellent communication skills, both written and verbally
• Ability to work in a clean, organized, and orderly manner
• Servsafe certification, or ability to attain certification
• Excellent customer service skills
• Experience working on a team and being a team player
• A sense of ownership in everything that you do

What you'll do

• The preparation for all banquet and catered events in the hotel
• Plating, set up, and staging of hotels banquet events
• Vegetable preparation to include slicing, dicing, peeling, cooking, and portioning
• Sauce preparation to include stocks, salad dressings, and vinaigrettes
• Bulk cooking of food items to include braised and cooked meats, soups, and side dish items
• Minor butchering - process poultry, meat, and seafood
• Follow daily prep list and prepare food in accordance of BEO requests
• Maintain cleanliness and organization of kitchen coolers in order to properly store prepped items
• Keep kitchen setting in a clean and organized state, to include trash disposal and dish pit duties
• Work other kitchen positions during banquet down time
• Other necessary duties as reasonably assigned by manager

Physical Demand

• Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to bend
• Ability to lift, pull 50 lbs
• Ability to communicate clearly
• Ability to work long hours as needed

Mental Demands

• Make sound judgments quickly
• Work on multiple tasks, making appropriate progress towards deadlines
• Able to work independently, take direction, and provide direction to others
• Manage differing personalities within the property, the resort, and the community
• Maintain the highest degree of confidentiality
• Ability to work effectively in stressful, high pressure situations
• Ability to effectively handle challenges in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary

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