Banquet Lead Cook - High-Volume Events

Omni Hotels & Resorts; Florida; On-site; USD 32,000 - 52,000; Full time

Job summary

Omni Hotels & Resorts in Florida is seeking a banquet cook responsible for preparing and serving banquet foods to maintain high quality and service standards. The role requires experience in high-volume, upscale hotel banquet operations and the ability to work a varied schedule, including weekends and holidays.

You will ensure station setup before service, enforce food safety and sanitation, and execute recipes consistently using standardized methods.

Qualifications

• Relevant culinary experience, preferably in high volume upscale hotel banquet operation, preferred.
• Must be familiar with batch and quantity cooking
• Thorough knowledge of food handling and preparation techniques.
• Basic math skills needed to understand and implement recipes and measurements.
• Ability to work cohesively with co-workers both within and outside of your department
• Ability to handle stressful situations, while maintaining a calm and welcoming demeanor.
• Ability to multi-task and work in fast paced environment
• Ability to prioritize, organize and follow up
• Ability to produce high volumes of work while maintaining quality per Omni standards
• Culinary degree and/or formal training preferred
• Must be able to utilize culinary tools (knives, commercial equipment, etc) and taste/smell.
• Able to maintain a 4- diamond level of service.
• Requires a working knowledge of sanitation standards.
• Strong customer service skills.
• Ability and willingness to work a varied schedule which includes working on weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Maintain high food quality at all times.
• Maintain kitchen sanitation in accordance with health department guidelines
• Insure station is set for service 15 minutes prior to service.
• Inspect all food products for quality when doing production
• Required to learn all menu items produced by assigned station.
• Check portion control, weights and counts prior to function.
• Fire all food in accordance to 30 minute SOP
• Maintain/check cooking times and temperatures.
• Perform work assignments to meet proper quantities within a necessary time frame.
• Prepare all items on BEO’s or cover sheets according to standard procedure or otherwise told by supervisor.
• Prepare all items according to standardized recipes or specifications to ensure consistency
• Prepare a mixture of buffet and plated style items
• Follow all storage procedures when taking food out of walk-in and when returning food to walk-in.
• Keep walk-in, prep area and equipment up to Health Department standards at all time.
• Production of orders to include Grilling, Roasting, and Baking fish, steaks, chicken and shellfish.
• Maintain safe food handling procedures at all times
• Maintain cleanliness of work area at all times.
• Supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of all food products.
• Understands and maintains all standard recipes.

Skills

Culinary experience

Batch and quantity cooking

Food handling techniques

Math skills

Team player

Stress management

Multi-tasking

Detail oriented

Food safety knowledge

Kitchen tools handling

Education

Culinary degree

Tools

Knives

Commercial equipment

Job description

Omni Hotels & Resorts in Florida is seeking a banquet cook responsible for preparing and serving banquet foods to maintain high quality and service standards. The role requires experience in high-volume, upscale hotel banquet operations and the ability to work a varied schedule, including weekends and holidays.

You will ensure station setup before service, enforce food safety and sanitation, and execute recipes consistently using standardized methods.