Banquet Cook 2

InterContinental Hotels Group; Atlanta (GA); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Job summary

Join InterContinental Hotels Group as a Banquet Cook, where your passion for food presentation and dedication to quality will enhance guest experiences. You'll be responsible for food preparation, maintaining cleanliness, and ensuring satisfaction in a high-volume kitchen environment. Ideal candidates possess culinary training and significant kitchen experience, thriving in a collaborative setting.

Qualifications

• Five years prior banquet or high-volume kitchen food prep experience preferred.
• Requires ability to serve needs of guest through verbal face-to-face interactions.
• Ability to perform basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication, and division.

Responsibilities

• Participate in the preparation and approval of food items prepared.
• Ensure that all food is prepared in an attractive and appetizing manner.
• Maintain sanitation, cleanliness, safety, and health standards.

Skills

Communication

Interpersonal skills

Food preparation

Knife handling skills

Education

Culinary degree or training

Job description

Great restaurant memories come from many places. The sights, sounds, scents and as importantly the food. As a Banquet Cook, your passion for presentation and dedication to delivering flavor will complete each guest’s experience. By taking pride in your workspace, keeping your standards high, and giving our menu the benefit of your expertise, you’ll create some of our guests’ most lasting memories.

RESPONSIBLE BUSINESS

• Participate in the preparation of, check and approve, food items prepared.
• Ensure that all food is prepared in an attractive and appetizing manner.
• Check daily function sheets and prepare items accordingly.
• Ensure the proper handling, cleanliness and maintenance of the working area. Maintain sanitation, cleanliness, safety and health standards. Inspect the sanitation, operation and cleanliness of all tools, equipment and supplies, including ovens.
• May or perform other duties as assigned but is not limited to.
• Works with stewarding department to coordinate needs.
• Seeks opportunities to improve satisfaction and immediately handles
• Assists in controlling all food products, leftovers, waste and refrigeration organization.
• Cleans and sanitizes equipment, wares, walls, and floors in kitchen, walk-in coolers and all storage areas as directed. Maintains work area in clean and organized manner.
• Prepares work area for next service period.
• Notifies management of unsafe conditions, needed maintenance of any equipment and any accidents. Note: This job description is not intended to be all-inclusive. Team Members may perform other related duties as required to meet the ongoing needs of the organization. Management reserves the right to add, modify, change or rescind work assignments and to make reasonable accommodations as needed.

Key Skills & Experiences

• Five years prior banquet or high-volume kitchen food prep experience preferred. Culinary degree or training desired. Prior lead or supervisory experience desired.
• Possess an in-depth knowledge of food preparation, professional cooking and knife handling skills.
• Requires ability to serve needs of guest through verbal face-to-face interactions. Must demonstrate positive attitude and professional demeanor Communication and interpersonal skills and commitment to a high level of guest satisfaction.
• Completes required training as scheduled.
• Requires ability to perform basic math skills such as addition, subtraction, multiplication and division.
• Ability to apply common sense understanding to carry out detailed but uninvolved written or oral instructions. Ability to deal with problems involving a few concrete variables in standardized situations.

The hourly range for this role is $20-$21

• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
• If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process, please click here .
• IHG does not accept applications, inquiries, or unsolicited CVs/resumes from staffing or recruiting agencies. Please click here for our agency policy.
• If you are a resident of or applying to a job opening in the State of Washington, please click here to read about applicable benefits.

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• The salary range listed is the lowest to highest pay scale we, in good faith, believe we would pay for this role at the time of this posting. We may ultimately pay more or less than the posted range, and the range may be modified in the future. An employee’s pay position within the pay range will be based on several factors, including relevant education, qualifications, certifications, experience, skills, seniority, geographic location, performance, shift, travel requirements, sales or revenue-based metrics, and business or organizational needs.
• No amount of pay is considered to be wages or compensation until it is earned, vested, and determinable. The amount and availability of any bonus, commission, or other form of compensation allocable to a particular employee remain in the Company's sole discretion unless and until paid and may be modified at the Company’s sole discretion, consistent with the law.
• If you require reasonable accommodation during the application process, please click here .
• IHG does not accept applications, inquiries, or unsolicited CVs/resumes from staffing or recruiting agencies. Please click here for our agency policy.
• If you are a resident of or applying to a job opening in the State of Washington, please click here to read about applicable benefits.