Job Details
**Banquet Cook**
**Department:** Culinary
**Reports to:** Banquet Chef
**Status:** Non-Exempt
Share this Career Posting: **Job Summary:**
The Banquet Cook will be responsible for preparing the kitchen with a multitude of tasks to include the day-to-day preparation of meals and continually uphold the standards in accordance to the Luminary Hotel & Co. service standards and Mainsail Lodging & Development standards.
**Full-Time Associate Benefits:**
Medical, Dental & Vision HSA & Flexible Spending Account Options Basic Life & Disability Plan Options 401(k) Retirement Plan Paid Time Off Holiday Pay Career Training & Development Opportunities Tuition Reimbursement Bereavement Leave Employee Assistance Program (EAP) Jury Duty (may vary by state) Employee Discounts Employee Referral Bonus All full-service hotel employees receive a FREE meal!
Part-time associates receive all the above benefits with the exception of Medical Insurance & Holiday Pay. These part-time voluntary benefits are 100% employee paid.
**Essential Functions**
* Assist the Kitchen Supervisors and Banquet Chef with any recipes for each day
* Assist with all preparation for banquet/catered events
* Understand the recipes for banquet/catered events and able to prepare dishes to standard on a consistent basis
* Maintain a clean environment general cleaning to include equipment, floors, walls, coolers, and freezers
* Dishwashing all kitchen team members wash dishes
* Return pots and pans to the dish area for cleaning
* Maintain a professional, presentable uniform and personal grooming
* Able to effectively communicate with the team on a daily basis
* Follow Safe-Staff sanitary compliance throughout every area working in the kitchen
* Basic vegetable prep to include peeling, slicing, dicing, and portioning
* Basic sauce prep to include stocks, salad dressings, and vinaigrettes
* Plating banquet dishes presenting food for guest to the chefs specifications
* Ability to understand kitchen orders
* Ability to work efficiently
* Ability to perform all functions in the kitchen
* Ability to work under pressure
* Ability to work long hours standing over hot flat tops, stoves, and fryers
* Ability to work as a team in a stressful, fast-paced environment
* Knowledge of different cooking recipes and all kitchen equipment
* Able to make great quality comfort food
* Follow all safety procedures to include knife safety
* Restock clean dishes, flatware, and all cooking equipment to the appropriate storage areas
* Maintain the banquet kitchen work area in an orderly and clean condition
* Follow proper handwashing procedures
* Stock supplies for the kitchen in specified locations
* Sort and remove trash and clean the garbage cans/whales daily
* Maintain trash area and place in the proper area for pickup
* Assist with loading and unloading of food deliveries and supplies
* Perform other duties as management requests to service our guests
**Qualification Standards**
**Education & Experience**
* High School diploma or equivalent or higher
* Minimum of 1-year experience in a food & beverage operation, preferably banquet operations
* Excellent customer service skills
* Excellent communication skills, both verbal and written
**Physical Demands**
* Ability to sit or stand for extended periods of time
* Ability to communicate clearly
* Corrected vision to normal range
* Ability to use knives and kitchen machinery safely and effectively
* Ability to lift 20 lbs. or more
* Ability to work long hours as needed
**Mental Demands**
* Make sound judgments quickly
* Ability to work with others in a high demand kitchen
* Work on multiple tasks, making appropriate progress towards deadlines
* Able to work independently, take direction and provide direction to others
* Manage differing personalities within the kitchen, the hotel, and the community
* Maintain the highest degree of confidentiality
* Ability to work effectively in stressful, high-pressure situations
* Ability to effectively handle challenges in the workplace, including anticipating, preventing, identifying, and solving problems as necessary
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