Executive Chef - Westin Tempe

Crescent Hotels & Resorts; Tempe (AZ); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Team Member and Family Room Discounts

Flexible Schedules

Career Growth & Development

Insurance Benefit Available for both F

401k Plan and Company Match Program

Vacation Pay / Sick Pay - Full Time &

Holiday Pay - Full Time Team Members

Amazing Recognition Programs/Giving – 

Tuition Reimbursement

Job summary

The Westin Tempe is seeking a full-time Executive Chef to lead the Terra Tempe Restaurant, SkySill Rooftop Lounge and Cup of Joe kitchen teams. You will create exceptional dining experiences, supervise staff, and ensure high standards of quality and safety in food preparation and storage.

This role requires strong culinary leadership, menu development, and control of food and labor costs, with a focus on guest satisfaction and teamwork. Weekend and holiday availability are required.

Qualifications

• Must be able to communicate in English.
• Self-starting with even disposition.
• Maintain professional appearance and manner.
• Communicate well with guests.
• Team player and willing to help coworkers.
• Ability to transport goods and operate kitchen equipment.
• Plan and develop menus and recipes.
• Supervise, train, coach and discipline staff as needed.
• Ensure security of kitchen access and hotel property.
• Operate under stress and physical demands.
• Dexterity for food machinery operations.

Responsibilities

• Lead and manage the kitchen team to deliver high-quality dining.
• Develop menus and recipes; oversee food purchasing.
• Maintain food and labor cost controls and compliance.

Skills

English communication

Team player

Professional appearance

Guest interaction

Willing to pitch-in

Food handling

Menu planning

Supervisory skills

Safety awareness

Time management

Dexterity

Job description

The Westin Tempe is looking for a FT - Executive Chef to join our amazing Culinary Team!

Hours/Shifts - open availability - including weekends and holidays

Summary of Benefits

• Team Member and Family Room Discounts for both Crescent Hotels and Resort and Marriott Hotels
• Flexible Schedules
• Career Growth & Development
• Insurance Benefit Available for both Full Time and Part Time Team Members
• 401k Plan and Company Match Program
• Vacation Pay / Sick Pay - Full Time and Part Time Team Members
• Holiday Pay - Full Time Team Members
• Amazing Recognition Programs/Giving Back - Community Outreach
• Tuition Reimbursement

At Crescent Hotels & Resorts, we are a team of hospitality professionals that are deeply connected to & proud of the exceptional experiences we provide for our guests. More than that, we know our Associates are the shining stars of what we do! We understand what it takes to be a part of something great. We will encourage you to bring your true self to work every day, we will celebrate you and we will cheer you on as you shine bright in your career journey. Whether it be our health & wellness programs, best in class learning and development or our travel discounts that 'feed your inner explorer', we work hard to create and deliver on what YOU need. We are ready for you to start your journey with us where You Belong. We Care. Shine Bright.

An Executive Chef takes part in servicing our guests around our beautiful Hotel and you'll be part of a great team of helpful people who are passionate about delivering exceptional service. This task is to be handled in a friendly, courteous, timely, and professional manner resulting in an extremely high level of guest satisfaction.

In the role of Executive Chef, you will be the culinary ambassador for the hotel's Terra Tempe Restaurant, SkySill Rooftop Lounge and Cup of Joe, as well as 21,214 square feet of beautiful meeting and event space by creating exceptional dining experiences for every guest. You will lead and manage the kitchen team, ensuring all menu items are prepared to the highest quality standards and that the food is handled and stored in full compliance with established guidelines. This role also includes menu development, food purchasing, and maintaining approved food and labor cost controls.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES:

• Must have the ability to communicate in English.
• Self-starting personality with an even disposition.
• Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times.
• Can communicate well with guests.
• Must be willing to "pitch-in" and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player.
• Ability to transport cases of received goods to the workstations; pots and pans of food from storage/prep areas to the serving line.
• Ability to work with all products and food ingredients involved.
• Ability to operate, clean and maintain all equipment required in job functions.
• Ability to plan and develop menus and recipes.
• Ability to apply basic supervisory skills to plan, organize, direct, coach, train, and discipline, as necessary.
• Ability to ensure security of kitchen access, products, and hotel property.
• Ability to operate with stress, time constraints, physical activity, and continuous walking.
• Finger/hand dexterity in order to operate food machinery.
• Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise, move goods weighing a maximum of 100 lbs. on a continuous schedule.

PERFORMANCE STANDARDS

Customer Satisfaction:

Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits:

In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality, and attendance. 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.

Safety & Security:

The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

NOTE: This description excludes non-essential and marginal functions of the position that are incidental to the performance of the fundamental job duties. Furthermore, the specific examples in each section are not intended to be all-inclusive. Rather, they represent the typical elements and criteria considered necessary to perform the job successfully. Other job-related duties may be assigned by the associate's supervisor.

Furthermore, this description is subject to change, in the sole discretion of the Company, and in no way creates an employment contract, implied or otherwise; each associate remains, at all times, an "at will" associate.

Equal Opportunity Employer / Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities

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