Cook II

Accorhotel; Los Angeles (CA); On-site; USD 41,000 - 56,000; Full time

Job summary

Accorhotels is seeking a seasoned Cook II to prepare meals across all outlets including Banquets, ensuring quality, consistency, and presentation. You will manage station setup, stock levels, and plating while maintaining high standards in a luxury hotel environment.

Ideal candidates have 4+ years in fine dining or luxury hotel kitchens, with strong knife skills and knowledge of HACCP. The role requires ability to work under pressure and adapt to varying service levels.

Qualifications

• 4+ years cooking experience in fine dining or luxury hotel is preferred.
• Must read and interpret menus and orders accurately.
• Ability to maintain high culinary standards under pressure.
• Strong knife skills and knowledge of HACCP and safety practices.

Responsibilities

• Prepare food according to order specifications for Breakfast, Lunch, Dinner, and Banquets.
• Set up and maintain station efficiency and proper prep stock.
• Bake breads, viennoiseries, and muffins to standard recipes.
• Plate dishes to meet plating and portion standards across outlets and events.
• Follow fiches techniques and ensure HACCP compliance.

Skills

Fine dining experience

Pantry skills

Sauté & grill

Knife skills

Education

Culinary degree

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 chef if 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

Additional Responsibilities:

• 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 years for 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

When you become one of our Heartists, you will also be a member of the Accor group with all the benefits that it brings. The ALL Heartists program is the benefits program dedicated to Accor Heartists. It provides employees with the opportunity to enjoy living life to its fullest with memorable experiences throughout the year, thanks to preferential rates in hotels and exclusive discounts 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 authorization documents.

Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion:

We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.

Schedule:

Schedule: Varies ( must have open availability )

Pay:

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, 7/20 through Saturday, 7/25, between 11:00AM and 2:30PM. Final Interviews - Candidates advancing to the final stage should plan to be available between Monday, 7/27 and Monday, 7/31, 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.