Luxury Hotel Cook 2: Elevate Menus & Service

Hyatt Hotels Corporation; California (MO); Hybrid; USD 42,000 - 54,000; Full time

Job summary

Hyatt Regency Ontario is seeking a Cook 2 to join its luxury kitchen team. The role involves preparing and presenting high-quality menu items for the hotel’s restaurants, banquets, catering, and events with supervision and adherence to production standards.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of professional cooking experience, basic food safety knowledge, and the ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, in a fast-paced luxury environment.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or equivalent preferred, or an equivalent combination of education and relevant experience.
• Minimum two (2) years of professional cooking experience in a hotel, restaurant, resort, banquet, or comparable culinary environment.
• Working knowledge of basic food preparation, cooking methods, kitchen sanitation, safe knife handling, and food storage.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including mornings, evenings, weekends, holidays, and special events.

Responsibilities

• Prepare, cook, and present menu items according to approved recipes, production standards, portion specifications, and luxury presentation requirements.
• Set up, maintain, and break down assigned station with appropriate ingredients, equipment, utensils, and supplies.
• Verify freshness, quality, temperature, taste, texture, and appearance of food before service.
• Follow established timing and firing procedures to support coordinated, efficient service.
• Communicate product shortages, quality concerns, equipment issues, and service delays promptly to culinary leadership.
• Support restaurant, banquet, catering, in-room dining, employee dining, and special-event production as assigned.

Skills

Cooking skills

Attention to detail

Teamwork

Education

High school diploma or equivalent

Culinary training or apprenticeship

Tools

Kitchen equipment handling

Job description

Hyatt Regency Ontario is seeking a Cook 2 to join its luxury kitchen team. The role involves preparing and presenting high-quality menu items for the hotel’s restaurants, banquets, catering, and events with supervision and adherence to production standards.

The ideal candidate will have at least 2 years of professional cooking experience, basic food safety knowledge, and the ability to work flexible hours, including evenings and weekends, in a fast-paced luxury environment.