Banquet Lead Cook

The Crescent Hotels Group; Berkeley (CA); On-site; USD 38,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

The Crescent Hotels Group in Berkeley, CA is seeking a Banquet Cook to prepare and present dishes for events, operate ovens and service stations, and maintain cleanliness and safety throughout service periods.

You will follow recipes and quality standards, work with a team to ensure timely service and guest satisfaction, and uphold safety policies. Applicants should be able to stand for long periods and lift up to 50 pounds as needed.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate in English.
• Be a team player and help co-workers as needed.
• Dexterity to operate food machinery and handle utensils.

Responsibilities

• Prepare proper plate and platter presentations for banquets.
• Set up and operate action stations for banquet or buffet.
• Carve buffet meats as requested by guests and ensure adequate stock of items.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, and fryers to prepare foods and ingredients.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes and standards; prepare cold foods.
• Test foods to ensure proper cooking; monitor quality during prep.
• Set up and break down work stations; serve portions.
• Wash and disinfect kitchen area, tables, tools, and equipment.

Skills

English communication

Team player

Dexterity

Job description

Description

Job Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare proper plate and platter presentations for banquets.
• Set up and operate action stations for banquet or buffet.
• Carve buffet meats as requested by guests. Support banquet and buffet by ensuring adequate stock of all items.
• Operate ovens, stoves, grills, microwaves, and fryers to prepare foods. Prepare ingredients for cooking, including portioning, chopping, and storing food. Wash and peel fresh fruits and vegetables. Weigh, measure, and mix ingredients.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality standards, presentation standards, and food preparation checklist. Prepare cold foods.
• Test foods to determine if they have been cooked sufficiently. Monitor food quality while preparing food.
• Set-up and break down work station.
• Serve food in proper portions onto proper receptacles.
• Wash and disinfect kitchen area, tables, tools, knives, and equipment.

Job Requirements

• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures; report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager; complete safety training and certifications.
• Ensure uniform and personal appearance are clean and professional; protect company assets.
• Anticipate and address guests’ service needs. Speak with others using clear and professional language. Support team to reach common goals. Ensure adherence to quality expectations and standards.
• Stand, sit, or walk for an extended period of time. Reach overhead and below the knees, including bending, twisting, pulling, and stooping. Move, lift, carry, push, pull, and place objects weighing less than or equal to 50 pounds without assistance.
• Perform other reasonable job duties as requested by Supervisors.

Required Skills and Abilities

• Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to "pitch-in" and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player.
• Finger/hand dexterity in order to operate food machinery.
• Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise, move goods weighing a maximum of 100 lbs. on a continuous schedule.

Performance Standards

Customer Satisfaction

Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits

In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security

The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

Notes

This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate’s supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an "at will" associate.

Licenses and Certifications

• Required Certified Food Handler

Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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