Lead Cook: Elevate Guest Hospitality & Menu Mastery

Hilton; Downey (CA); On-site; USD 25,000 - 36,000; Full time

Job summary

Hilton in Downey, CA is seeking a Lead Cook to prepare high-quality dishes, manage guest orders, and oversee kitchen stations while maintaining safety and sanitation standards.

You will lead, instruct, and coordinate cooks during shifts, ensuring timely plating and consistent quality across all menu items. The role emphasizes hospitality, integrity, leadership, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.

Qualifications

• A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality.
• Integrity and doing the right thing.
• Leadership and inspiring others.
• Teamwork drives the best outcomes.
• Ownership and accountability.
• Focus on the Now, bringing urgency and discipline to every moment.

Responsibilities

• Prepare menu items according to designated recipes and quality standards
• Manage guest orders efficiently while ensuring a positive dining experience
• Maintain a strong knowledge of menu offerings, handle complex recipes, and oversee stations, execution, quality control and inventory checks
• Inspect all preparations and dishes ahead of serving to ensure quality and presentation standards
• Keep food service stations stocked and sanitary while following proper food handling, storage, and safety protocols
• Coordinate timing and plating, manage/direct cooks during shifts, assist with inventory checks, ordering, shift briefings and some special features
• Maintain compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations, ensuring the highest standards of guest and team member well-being

Skills

Hospitality mindset

Integrity

Leadership

Teamwork

Ownership

Now mindset

Job description

Hilton in Downey, CA is seeking a Lead Cook to prepare high-quality dishes, manage guest orders, and oversee kitchen stations while maintaining safety and sanitation standards.

You will lead, instruct, and coordinate cooks during shifts, ensuring timely plating and consistent quality across all menu items. The role emphasizes hospitality, integrity, leadership, and teamwork in a fast-paced environment.