Lead Banquet Cook — Elevate High-Volume Events

Tanque Verde Ranch; Northern (KY); Hybrid; USD 28,000 - 34,000; Full time

Job summary

The Lead Banquet Cook at Cote Family Companies leads banquet food preparation for resort events, including weddings and corporate functions, ensuring quality, consistency, and on-time service.

This hands-on leadership role requires 4+ years of banquet or professional cooking experience, strong timing, and the ability to guide the culinary team in a fast-paced kitchen.

The organization emphasizes culture through CoteCares and career growth within the culinary team.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 4 years of banquet and/or professional cooking experience.
• Experience executing both small and high-volume banquet functions.
• Strong understanding of banquet timing, preparation, production, and execution.
• Ability to lead by example and provide direction to other culinary team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and assist with food preparation and execution for Resort banquet functions, ranging from small gatherings to high-volume events and weddings.
• Ensure food is prepared, plated, and ready for service according to established event timelines.
• Coordinate the kitchen team during banquet execution to keep service organized, efficient, and on schedule.
• Maintain high standards for food quality, presentation, taste, and consistency.
• Follow recipes, portion-control guidelines, and Resort culinary standards while helping minimize food waste.
• Monitor finished products to ensure they meet quality and presentation expectations before leaving the kitchen.
• Properly monitor, record, and maintain food temperatures and food-safety standards.
• Safely operate knives, slicers, choppers, and other commercial kitchen equipment.
• Maintain clean, organized, and sanitary work areas throughout each shift.
• Assist with receiving deliveries, putting orders away, rotating products, and maintaining organized storage areas.
• Communicate effectively with Chefs, banquet staff, and other Resort departments to support smooth event execution.
• Provide leadership and direction to culinary team members when a Chef is not present.
• Help train and support other cooks and culinary team members as needed.
• Jump in wherever needed, we work as a team to create an outstanding guest experience!

Skills

Banquet cooking

Team leadership

Food safety

Time management

Quality control

Tools

Knives and slicers

Commercial kitchen equipment

Job description

The Lead Banquet Cook at Cote Family Companies leads banquet food preparation for resort events, including weddings and corporate functions, ensuring quality, consistency, and on-time service.

This hands-on leadership role requires 4+ years of banquet or professional cooking experience, strong timing, and the ability to guide the culinary team in a fast-paced kitchen.

The organization emphasizes culture through CoteCares and career growth within the culinary team.