Banquet Culinary Lead — Luxury Resort

Auberge Collection; California; On-site; USD 34,000 - 49,000; Full time

Job summary

Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection in Napa Valley seeks a Banquet Culinary Supervisor to lead the culinary team alongside the Executive Chef, developing seasonal offerings and high-end events. The role demands entrepreneurial spirit, results orientation, staff development, and strong business acumen in a luxury environment.

Key duties include supervising line cooks, organizing kitchen prep, coaching staff, and ensuring strict sanitation and safety standards.

Qualifications

• Must have 3+ years of culinary experience and a firm understanding of all areas of production areas.
• Familiar with Word, Excel, and has a basic understanding of food costing.
• Managerial experience in a food service environment.

Responsibilities

• 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 appropriately, 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; teaches this knowledge to new team members.
• Maintain complete knowledge of and comply with all departmental/resort policies and procedures.

Skills

Culinary experience

Kitchen supervision

Budget awareness

Food costing

Tools

Word

Excel

Job description

Stanly Ranch, Auberge Collection in Napa Valley seeks a Banquet Culinary Supervisor to lead the culinary team alongside the Executive Chef, developing seasonal offerings and high-end events. The role demands entrepreneurial spirit, results orientation, staff development, and strong business acumen in a luxury environment.

Key duties include supervising line cooks, organizing kitchen prep, coaching staff, and ensuring strict sanitation and safety standards.