Culinary Lead: Lead High-Volume Kitchen & Event Teams

Hyatt; New Orleans (LA); On-site; USD 50,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt in New Orleans seeks an experienced Culinary Lead to oversee daily kitchen operations across restaurant, banquet, convention, and catering activities. This role is a working leader who directs culinary colleagues during shifts, coordinates production, and maintains quality and presentation standards in a fast-paced environment.

You will train team members, uphold food safety, and support large-scale events while delivering exceptional guest experiences.

Qualifications

• Requires high school diploma; culinary education preferred.
• Minimum 3 years of culinary experience in hotel, resort, restaurant, banquet, catering, or high-volume service.
• Experience leading or supervising culinary team members is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of food preparation techniques, kitchen operations, and food safety standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead and support culinary colleagues during daily kitchen operations and ensure production goals and service standards are met.
• Provide on-the-job training, coaching, and guidance to culinary team members; promote teamwork and professionalism.
• Coordinate shift assignments, task delegation, and workflow; act as liaison in the absence of a Sous Chef or culinary manager.
• Oversee menu item preparation according to recipes, portion controls, and presentation standards; ensure consistency across restaurant, banquet, and catering operations.
• Support large-scale events (meetings, conventions, banquets) with production planning and on-schedule delivery.
• Maintain food safety, sanitation, and HACCP standards; conduct routine inspections of workstations and storage areas.
• Assist with inventory control, receiving, storage, and product rotation; communicate equipment and supply needs to leadership.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Team supervision

Food safety

Menu execution

Education

High school diploma

Culinary education preferred

Job description

Hyatt in New Orleans seeks an experienced Culinary Lead to oversee daily kitchen operations across restaurant, banquet, convention, and catering activities. This role is a working leader who directs culinary colleagues during shifts, coordinates production, and maintains quality and presentation standards in a fast-paced environment.

You will train team members, uphold food safety, and support large-scale events while delivering exceptional guest experiences.