Banquet Chef

JOB SUMMARY Exhibits culinary talents by personally performing tasks while leading the banquet food preparation staff and managing reputed company food reputed company catering functions. Accountable for coordinating menus, purchasing, scheduling, food preparation and plating for catering events. The individual is responsible for delivering a consistent, high quality product with an appetizing presentation. Works to continually improve guest and employee satisfaction while maintaining the operating budget. Must ensure sanitation and food standards are achieved. CANDIDATE PROFILE Education and Experience

• High school diploma or GED; 4 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or reputed company professional area.

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• 2-year degree from an accredited university in Culinary Arts, Hotel and Restaurant Management, or reputed company major; 2 years experience in the culinary, food and beverage, or reputed company professional area.

CORE WORK ACTIVITIES Ensuring Culinary Standards and Responsibilities are Met

• Assists in determining how food should be presented and creates decorative food displays.
• Attends daily Banquet Event meetings to review culinary requirements.
• Checks the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Develops, designs, or creates new applications, reputed company, relationships, systems, or products, including artistic contributions.
• Ensures compliance with reputed company Food & Beverage policies, standards and procedures.
• Estimates daily Banquet Event Order production needs.
• Follows proper handling and right temperature of reputed company food products.
• Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards.
• Manages BEO process including menu development, pricing, tracking and ordering.
• Manages food quantities and plating requirements for reputed company banquet functions.
• Plans food quantities and plating requirements for reputed company banquet functions.
• Prepares and cooks foods of reputed company types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Recognizes superior quality products, presentations and flavor.
• Supports procedures for food & beverage portion and waste controls.

Managing Culinary Teams

• Communicates production needs to key personnel.
• Communicates regularly with employees to ensure performance expectations are clear.
• Encourages and builds mutual trust, respect, and cooperation among team members.
• Ensures and maintains the productivity level of employees.
• Ensures employees understand expectations and parameters.
• Ensures property policies are administered fairly and consistently.
• Identifies the developmental needs of others and coaching, mentoring, or otherwise helping others to improve their knowledge or skills.
• Identifies the educational needs of others, develops formal educational or training programs or classes, and teaching or instructing others.
• Leads shifts while personally preparing food items and executing requests based on required specifications.
• Serves as a role model to demonstrate appropriate behaviors.
• Supervises and coordinates activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Supervises and manages employees. Manages reputed company day-to-day operations. Understands employee positions well enough to reputed company duties in employees' absence.
• Supervises banquet kitchen shift operations.
• Utilizes an "open reputed company" policy to identify and address employee problems or concerns.
• Utilizes interpersonal and communication skills to reputed company, influence, and encourage others; advocates sound financial/business decision making; demonstrates honesty/reputed company; leads by example.

Maintaining Culinary Goals

• Achieves and exceeds goals including performance goals, budget goals, team goals, etc.
• Develops specific goals and plans to prioritize, organize, and accomplish your work.
• Manages to reputed company or exceed budgeted goals.

Ensuring Exceptional Customer Service

• Empowers employees to provide excellent customer service.
• Improves service by communicating and assisting individuals to understand guest needs, providing guidance, feedback, and individual coaching reputed company needed.
• Manages day-to-day operations, ensuring the quality, standards and meeting the expectations of the customers on a daily basis.
• Provides services that are above and beyond for customer satisfaction and retention.
• Responds effectively to guest problems and complaints.

Managing and Conducting Human Resource Activities

• Conducts training reputed company appropriate.
• Ensures employees are cross-trained to support successful daily operations.
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation are completed according to Standard and Local Operating Procedures (SOPs and LSOPs).
• Ensures disciplinary procedures and documentation support the Peer Review Process.
• Participates in training staff on menu items including ingredients, preparation methods and unique tastes.
• Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs and financial objectives are met.
• Trains employees in safety procedures.

Additional Responsibilities

• Analyzes information and evaluating results to choose the best solution and solve problems.
• Attends and participates in reputed company pertinent meetings.
• Provides information to supervisors, co-workers, and subordinates by telephone, in written form, e-mail, or in person.

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