Cook 1 - 11 Waters Restaurant

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; City of Syracuse (NY); On-site; USD 22,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Free Parking

Free Meal during shift

401K matching program

Discounts with Crescent properties

Hotel discounts with Marriott

Job summary

Crescent Hotels & Resorts is seeking a Cook 1 for the 11 Waters fine dining restaurant in Syracuse. You will support the Sous Chef, assist with high-quality preparation, and maintain standards and cleanliness. Flexible weekends are expected, with opportunities to grow in a guest-focused hospitality environment.

The role emphasizes teamwork, professional presentation, and adherence to recipes and portion controls while delivering consistent meals to guests.

Qualifications

• 2 years of fine dining experience required
• Knife and light butchery skills preferred
• Flexible weekends availability

Responsibilities

• Inspects, selects and uses food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items
• Ensure food to order items for customers/guests are in a timely and consistent manner.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and production and portion standards, per check from servers.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes quality standards, presentation standards and food preparation checklist. Date all food containers and rotate.
• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Skills

Team player

Flexible availability

Willing to learn

Professional appearance

Job description

We are looking for our next great team member to join us as a Cook 1 in the fine dining 11 Waters restaurant. We are committed to providing you with:

• Highly competitive wages
• An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members
• 401K matching program for eligible associates
• Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you
• Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members
• Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels
• Free Parking
• Free Meal during your shift
• Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work!

Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Cook 1 who will lead the work of the kitchen in assisting the Sous chef and or Executive Sous Chef in preparing, cooking and supporting the kitchen staff.

Here is what you will be doing each day as a Cook 1:

• Inspects, selects and uses food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items
• Ensure food to order items for customers/guests are in a timely and consistent manner.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and production and portion standards, per check from servers.
• Prepare and cook food according to recipes quality standards, presentation standards and food preparation checklist. Date all food containers and rotate.
• Comply with attendance rules and be available to work on a regular basis.
• Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.

Does this sound like you?

Our Cooks possess a self-starting personality with an even disposition and can maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. You can communicate well with guests and are willing to "pitch-in" and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player. 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. You understand & believe that every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

• Flexible availability required, must be available to work weekends
• Fine dining experience preferred
• Knife & light butchery skills preferred

At Crescent Hotels & Resorts we strive to create a great place to work where associates at all levels of our organization are respected for their differences, just like the guests and owners we serve. That's why we are dedicated to creating an environment that facilitates open and honest conversations about race, equity, diversity, and inclusion. By examining our own beliefs and behaviors, we can create change through training, recruiting, and promoting diverse talent to strengthen our culture.

Qualifications

Experience: 2 years: Fine dining experience (required)

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