Banquet & Line Cook — Scratch Kitchen Expert

Maadaadizi; Saint Paul (MN); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Intercontinental St. Paul Riverfront is seeking a Skilled Cook to contribute to banquet and restaurant service in a scratch kitchen. The role supports the Executive Sous Chef and Executive Chef, ensuring quality and timely service for hotel guests.

You will lead by example, maintain cleanliness, follow safety policies, and adapt to a fast-paced environment across outlets and banquets, including weekends. English fluency and strong teamwork are essential for guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• 1 - 2 years of cooking experience preferred.
• Must display very good organization and time management skills.
• Must have excellent communication and interpersonal skills with the ability to interact with many types of personalities.
• Must exemplify a positive, outgoing, and professional demeanor.
• Ability to multi-task and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Advanced knowledge of food presentation.
• Must be able to speak, read, write, and understand English.
• Able to perform all essential duties and responsibilities with or without reasonable accommodation.

Responsibilities

• Maintain a helpful professional attitude during your entire shift.
• Ability to cost out menus.
• Must be motivated to stay busy on your own by taking initiative on duties needed to be done.
• Always looking for ways to work cleaner and more efficiently.
• Ability to create menu specifications and assure they are adhered to.
• Responsible for understanding production and making sure to set others up for success by preparing ahead, to the correct pars ensuring not to over or under prepare.
• Ensure that quality issues and costumer issues are resolved quickly and professionally.
• Put away order and maintain organized coolers and food storage areas.
• Lead the team through actions and a yes attitude.
• Make decisions that best ensure customer satisfaction.
• Work in all areas of the kitchen including the outlets and banquets.
• Be willing and able to cover others shifts as needed including on nights and weekends.
• Produce high quality plates both appearance and taste wise.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes, quality, and presentation standards.
• Monitor the quality while prepping and preparing food.
• Play a critical role in enhancing customer satisfaction.
• Prepare menu items while exemplifying a positive demeanor.
• Communicate issues clearly, calmly to the team and to the Chefs.
• Suggest improvements in efficiency and quality.
• Operate, maintain, and clean all kitchen equipment.
• Check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull, and line set up. Alert Chef to any out-of-stock items or possible shortages.
• Ensure freshness of food and ingredients by checking for quality, keeping track of old and new items, and rotating stock.
• Resolving issues related to food orders or customer complaints efficiently.
• Having knowledge about the daily menu and accommodating dietary requests.
• Arranging, garnishing, and plating dishes to a high standard.
• Checking food before it’s given to the wait staff to serve to customers.
• Making sure the kitchen is left clean and sanitized after cooking.
• Follow all company and safety and security policies and procedures, report maintenance needs, accidents, injuries, and unsafe work conditions to manager.
• Speak with others using professional, non-profane language.
• Complete other duties as assigned by supervisors.

Skills

Cooking experience

Organization

Communication

Positive demeanor

Multitasking

Food presentation

English proficiency

Job description

Intercontinental St. Paul Riverfront is seeking a Skilled Cook to contribute to banquet and restaurant service in a scratch kitchen. The role supports the Executive Sous Chef and Executive Chef, ensuring quality and timely service for hotel guests.

You will lead by example, maintain cleanliness, follow safety policies, and adapt to a fast-paced environment across outlets and banquets, including weekends. English fluency and strong teamwork are essential for guest satisfaction.