Cook 2 – Intermediate Line (Full-Time)

Hyatt Taleo; Indio (CA); On-site; USD 29,000 - 32,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance

401k with company match

Free room nights at Hyatt hotels

Paid vacation and sick days

Free lunch during shift

Tuition reimbursement

Job summary

Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas is seeking a Cook 2 to join the culinary team in Indian Wells, CA. The role centers on intermediate-level cooking, following recipes, and ensuring timely, high-quality meals for hotel restaurants and events.

Responsibilities include preparing dishes, garnishing, and maintaining safety standards in a fast-paced kitchen. This is an on-site, full-time opportunity with benefits and a pay rate of $21.00–$23.00 per hour.

Qualifications

• Riverside County Food Handler’s license.
• Knowledge of safety procedures and proper temperatures for ingredients.
• Ability to work as part of a team in a fast-paced kitchen.
• Interpersonal skills to interact with wait staff, and management.
• Calm demeanor to work under high-stress conditions.

Responsibilities

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh.
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients.
• Cook with bake, grill, steam and boil techniques as needed.
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes.
• Maintain a clean and safe work area and sanitation standards.
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment.

Skills

Teamwork

Interpersonal skills

Calm under pressure

Attention to detail

Stamina

Job description

Cook 2 – Intermediate Line (Full-Time) | IND004690

Description

Be part of our talented culinary team as Cook 2 at The Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort & Villas. Located in Greater Palm Springs, Grand Hyatt has completed a property-wide renovation and up-branding from Regency to Grand. Grand Hyatt features 531 newly transformed luxury guestrooms, suites, casita-style villas, and two brand new Celebrity Chef (Angelo Sosa) food & beverage venues. Set within the perfect backdrop of scenic Indian Wells, this property is a destination favorite as it is positioned to take hospitality to a new level.

The Cook 2 is an intermediate-level position in Culinary responsible for preparing food at the hotel’s restaurants or main kitchens, processing customer orders, producing meals and cleaning their workspace throughout the day to follow health and safety guidelines. Cooks follow recipes consistently, make adjustments based on customer requests, communicate with wait staff and prepare garnishes to make an attractive presentation for each meal.

The pay rate for this position is $21.00 – $23.00 hourly. This is the pay rate for this position that the Grand Hyatt Indian Wells reasonably expects to pay. Decisions regarding individual salaries will be based on a number of factors, such as experience and education.

Responsibilities include, but not limited to:

• Ensure ingredients and final products are fresh
• Follow recipes, including measuring, weighing and mixing ingredients
• Bake, grill, steam and boil meats, vegetables, fish, poultry and other foods
• Present, garnish and arrange final dishes
• Occasionally serve food
• Maintain a clean and safe work area, including handling utensils, equipment and dishes
• Handle and store ingredients and food
• Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
• Clean and sanitize work areas, equipment and utensils
• Execute opening and closing procedures
• Set up workstations with required ingredients and equipment
• Check the quality and freshness of ingredients

We Offer Excellent Benefits:

• Medical, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• 401k Retirement Savings Plan with Company Match
• Free Room Nights at Hyatt Hotels and Friend & Family Discounts
• Paid Vacation, Paid Sick Days
• Free Lunch Meals during shift
• Tuition Reimbursement – $1000 per year

Qualifications

• Riverside County Food Handler’s license.
• Knowledge of safety procedures, including safe temperatures at which ingredients must be kept, and to which food must be prepared to avoid foodborne illness
• Ability to work as part of a team, collaborating on complex dishes
• Interpersonal skills to interact with a variety of other people, such as wait-staff, dishwashers, management and sometimes customers
• Calm demeanor to work in a high-stress, fast-paced environment
• Accountability for the dishes they prepare measuring up to the expectations of management and customers alike
• Comprehension and organization to follow direct orders and recipes
• Correctly prepare dishes to the standards of the restaurant
• Manual dexterity and hand-eye coordination to handle tools, such as knife techniques for chopping, slicing, cutting and dicing
• Ability to stand in one place for hours at a time, handle extreme heat and work shifts
• Good physical stamina to stand and walk long distances throughout shift.
• Schedule availability to work weekends, and holidays, flexible to work varied AM and PM shifts.

Primary Location

: US-CA-Indian Wells

Organization

: Grand Hyatt Indian Wells Resort and Villas

Pay Basis

: Hourly US Dollar (USD)

Job Level

: Hourly/Entry Level Employee | Full-time

Job

: Culinary