Restaurant Cook & Bartender

Hyatt; Chicago (IL); On-site; USD 20,664 - 27,552; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1!

Paid time off available from DAY 1!

401(k) enrollment after 30 days!

Job summary

A well-known hospitality company in Chicago is seeking a Restaurant Cook/Bartender to deliver outstanding food and beverage service. The role involves preparing beverages, interacting with guests, and ensuring cleanliness. Candidates must have at least 1 year of culinary experience and strong communication skills. This is a unique opportunity to work within a dynamic culinary environment and provide exceptional service to all customers.

Qualifications

• 1+ years of culinary experience.
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Ability to stand and walk for 8+ hours per day.

Responsibilities

• Prepare cocktails and beverages to specification.
• Engage and build rapport with guests.
• Maintain cleanliness of restaurant spaces.

Skills

Effective verbal and written communication skills

Culinary experience

Job description

Benefits

• Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1!
• Paid time off available from DAY 1!
• Holiday pay available from DAY 1!
• 401(k) enrollment after 30 days!
• Hotel and travel discounts at worldwide destinations!
• Professional development and promotion opportunities!

What’s In It For You…

Insurance enrollment available from DAY 1! Paid time off available from DAY 1! Holiday pay available from DAY 1! 401(k) enrollment after 30 days! Hotel and travel discounts at worldwide destinations! Professional development and promotion opportunities!

About this job

Restaurant Cooks/Bartenders provide attentive, dynamic, and inspiring food & beverage service for our restaurant guests. Restaurant Cooks/Bartenders must be proactive in handling guest needs, be highly engaging, service‑oriented, and take a creative approach to problem solving. The primary responsibility of a Restaurant Cook/Bartender is to deliver and exceed guest expectations, execute the restaurant vision, resolve challenges, and maintain excellent communication with guests, peers, and supervisors.

What You’ll Be Doing

• Prepare the bar for service by cleaning guest and service spaces and stocking essential supplies for ease of use. Retrieve liquor based on requisition.
• Learn details on each menu item to provide food and beverage recommendations to guests, highlighting unique restaurant offerings and specials.
• Prepare cocktails and other beverages to specification with accuracy, honoring special requests and ensuring guest delight.
• Effectively engage and build rapport with guests to identify needs and ensure guest satisfaction.
• Proactively communicate special needs or requests and take ownership to resolve guest challenges, working collaboratively with the restaurant team.
• Prepare food of consistently high quality by following recipes and special instructions while upholding portion and production standards.
• Follow all food safety standards by date marking, proper product rotation, and proper temperature and time holding.
• Initiate preparation of food items based on anticipated needs.
• Properly store all food products during and after use.
• Assist in food control standards to reduce waste.
• Operate food preparation equipment such as fryers, broilers, stoves, steamers, food processors, mixers, slicers, ovens, steam tables, tilt kettles, waffle irons, flat‑top grills, etc.
• Maintain cleanliness of restaurant spaces throughout and after shift, completing side work and stocking as needed or assigned.
• Always maintain professionalism consistent with restaurant and company expectations.
• Know and communicate restaurant emergency procedures; inform and assist guests in emergencies.
• Take on additional tasks as necessary or assigned by leadership.

Requirements

• Effective verbal and written communication skills
• 1+ years of culinary experience
• Must be able to speak, read, and write in primary language(s) used in the workplace
• 8+ hours per day; stand and walk frequently throughout the workday
• Lift, lower, and maneuver up to 30 pounds frequently
• Reach, bend, stoop, and pivot frequently throughout the workday

About First Hospitality

Founded in 1985 and based in Chicago, First Hospitality is a forward‑thinking hotel development, investment, and management company. First Hospitality’s strategic vision is to create value for all through excellence and an openness to doing things differently.

First Hospitality seeks to attract and retain a high‑performing and diverse workforce in which employee’s differences are respected and valued to better meet the varying needs of the customers we serve. FH fosters an inclusive work environment that promotes collaboration, flexibility, and fairness. Equal Opportunity Employer.

This position is at a location where Hyatt is not the employer. The employer of individuals working at this hotel may be a third‑party management company that is responsible for all employment benefits and obligations at this location.