Banquet Culinary Lead for Luxury Resort Events

Auberge Collection; Napa (CA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection in Napa Valley is seeking a Banquet Culinary Supervisor to lead the culinary team alongside the Executive Chef. You will craft seasonal offerings, develop events, and guide staff to deliver luxury, high-volume banquets across multiple outlets.

The role requires a strong business sense, attention to detail, and the ability to manage prep, inventory, and staff training in a fast-paced luxury setting.

Qualifications

• Must have 3+ years of culinary experience and a firm understanding of all areas of production areas.

Responsibilities

• thrive in a fast-paced, high-volume work environment with meticulous attention to detail.
• Supervises line cooks by performing line checks, ensuring team members are set up, writing and overseeing prep lists and prep list completions.
• Organize all products needed for kitchen.
• Coach and train new team members and develop their core competency on cooking techniques and setups of prep areas.
• Assists in Wedding tasting and guest requests stated on beo's.
• Assists in organising all prepared mise en place as it pertains to various culinary dishes and events around the property.
• Tracks inventory usage and relays necessary orders, assisting with comparative costing and maximising the efficient use of all products.
• Maintains and strictly abides by state sanitation/health regulations and resort requirements.
• Oversees daily cleaning and kitchen maintenance to a high standard.
• Maintains complete knowledge of correct maintenance and use of equipment; teach this knowledge to new team members.
• Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental/resort policies and procedures.

Skills

Culinary experience

Managerial experience

Food cost basics

Job description

Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection in Napa Valley is seeking a Banquet Culinary Supervisor to lead the culinary team alongside the Executive Chef. You will craft seasonal offerings, develop events, and guide staff to deliver luxury, high-volume banquets across multiple outlets.

The role requires a strong business sense, attention to detail, and the ability to manage prep, inventory, and staff training in a fast-paced luxury setting.