Cook II

SOFITEL; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 58,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Heartists program benefits

Accor staff discounts

Job summary

SOFITEL Los Angeles is seeking a Cook II to elevate guest experiences in our Luxury hotel kitchen. You will prepare meals across breakfast, lunch and dinner and support banquet operations.

The role requires at least four years of cooking experience in fine dining or luxury hotel settings, a culinary degree and food handler certification are a plus.

You must work quickly and accurately, maintain HACCP standards, and deliver plated dishes with care while collaborating with a professional team.

Qualifications

• Minimum 4 years' cooking experience including pantry, sauté, and grill in fine dining or luxury hotel.
• Culinary degree and food handler certification are a plus.
• Strong knife skills and taste/presentation.
• Ability to work under pressure.
• Basic math skills.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food for all service segments including breakfast, lunch, dinner, and banquets.
• Set up and maintain station with proper mise en place.
• Bake breads, viennoiseries, and muffins.
• Plate desserts and ensure timely service.
• Read menus and orders to estimate quantities.
• Follow HACCP and health department standards.

Skills

Team player

Work under pressure

Proactive

Basic Math skills

Professional appearance

Education

Culinary degree

Food handler certification

Job description

Be ready to elevate your skills and ability. Join our hotel community, andyou can surpass your own expectations as well as those of our guests.We will encourage you explore innovative ways to enhance every guestexperience, as you continue to master your craft. When you help us toachieve pioneering heights in luxury hospitality, your own excellence willshine through.

Job Description

Cook II

Primary Duties:

• Prepare food according to the order specification for all the segments Breakfast, lunch & dinner, breaks and all outlets including Banquets
• Ensuring proper set up for the section allocated or the department allocated during the shift.
• Ensuring the proper baking of breads, Viennoiseries & muffins
• Capacity to plate desserts offers for all departments within the F&B division including Banquets events.
• Must be able to read menus and orders to estimate proper quantity of food preparation
• Set up station in accordance to the business level and keep stocked for service
• Cook, season and plate up food in accordance to the recipe and the standards
• Comfortable with meat temperatures and proficient with cooking techniques
• Autonomous and fast worker to handle heavy production of food for all outlets
• Be able to handle a station on its own
• Be able to serve guest from an action food station and provide a good customer experience
• Perform a stock take when required
• Be able to produce the dish required within standard times
• Must be able to perform under pressure
• Must be able to follow a fiche technique

Secondary Duties:

• Support the Sous chefif required and overview the kitchen porters duties
• Support Cook III in their daily duties and overview of their scope of work
• Assists in supervision and instruction of subordinate cooks and service workers
• May overview shifts in absence of cook I
• May be in charge of overviewing receiving of goods for the kitchen
• Overview and Assist cleaning of the kitchen
• Must be flexible towards duties and follow the Executive chef, Banquet chef and Sous chef instruction’s
• Perfect knowledge of the various offers, recipes for all segments and departments including Banquets, Room Service, Restaurant breakfast and Riviera 31
• Must work following proper steps to ensure compliance with local Health Department Authority
• Good control of HACCP measures and process in place in the kitchen
• Good knowledge of the HACCP flow chart in place within the property

Qualifications

• Must have and maintain a professional appearance for our Luxury Hotel
• Must be a team player and enjoy working on and with teams
• Must have minimum 4 yearsfor cooking experience including pantry, sauté, and grill in fine dining restaurant or luxury hotel
• Good sense of taste and food presentation is a must
• Strong technical and knife skills. Must be able to work under pressure
• Pantry and line cook experience
• Culinary degree and Food handler certification is a plus
• Basic Math skills
• Proactive approach when interacting with guest, co-worker or vendor

Additional Information

When you become one of our Heartists®, you will also be a member of theAccor group with all the benefits that it brings. The ALL Heartists® programis the benefits program dedicated to Accor Heartists®. It provides employeeswith the opportunity to enjoy living life to its fullest with memorable experiencesthroughout the year, thanks to preferential rates in hotels and exclusivediscounts with a wide range of partners (travel, gourmet, wellness, shopping…).

Discover more, at careers.accor.com

Confidentiality:All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines.

Visa Requirements:Must be legally eligible to work in the United States. The hotel is unable to assist candidates in obtaining work authorizationdocuments.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:
We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Schedule:Varies (must have open availability)

Pay:$35.83 per hour

Hiring Process & Timeline:To help candidates plan accordingly, we anticipate the following timeline for the recruitment process:

• First-Round Interviews -Candidates selected to move forward will be invited to interview on Monday, 8/24through Monday, 8/31, between 11:00AMand 4:30PM.
• Final Interviews -Candidates advancing to the final stage should plan to be available between Tuesday, 9/01and Saturday, 9/05,11:00AM and 4:00PM.
• Hiring Decision -A final hiring decision is expected shortly after the final interview stage.

Interview timing may be adjusted based on scheduling availability.