Production Chef - Banquet - Join the Team!

Hotel Californian is a renowned luxury hotel that prides itself on fostering a creative, entrepreneurial, and energetic work environment. The hotel is committed to building a workplace culture that values family, work-life balance, and community connection. Known for its exceptional hospitality and outstanding guest experiences, Hotel Californian continually seeks passionate and motivated professionals eager to contribute to the hotel's overall success. Through continuous development and support, the hotel offers ample opportunities for its team members to grow their careers within the organization. Employee pride and dedication are highlights of the team spirit at Hotel Californian, making it an ideal place for those who thrive in dynamic and supportive professional settings. The Banquet Production Chef role at Hotel Californian is integral to the culinary operations, reporting directly to the Executive Sous Chef and Executive Chef. This position is responsible for assisting in all kitchen operations, including planning and overseeing food preparation and ensuring the highest standards of food quality and production levels. The Banquet Production Chef leads the culinary team with a focus on exceeding customer expectations related to both food quality and the overall dining experience. In this role, the chef will coordinate the safe production, preparation, and presentation of food to ensure exceptional guest satisfaction and efficient service flow. Responsibilities include managing budgets, food costs, scheduling, and maintaining kitchen equipment for optimal safety and productivity. Furthermore, the Banquet Production Chef collaborates closely with the Catering department and front-of-house teams to coordinate function menus and client interactions. Leadership and team development are key components of this role. The Banquet Production Chef is expected to train, mentor, and motivate culinary staff, empowering them to meet and surpass goals. This involves balancing operational needs with administrative duties such as payroll and scheduling, while continuously improving kitchen processes to increase safety and profitability. The ideal candidate will bring extensive knowledge of high-volume fine dining, a mastery of both a la carte and production cooking, and strong skills in managing food and labor costs. Additionally, they will exhibit excellent communication, organizational capabilities, and a keen eye for detail, all of which contribute to maintaining the impeccable standards that Hotel Californian guests have come to expect. Overall, this position offers a stimulating and rewarding opportunity for culinary professionals passionate about food production in a luxury setting. The hotel encourages innovation and quality consciousness, with a strong emphasis on maintaining effective processes that maximize operational efficiency. This role is suitable for experienced chefs who thrive in fast-paced, high-pressure environments and value the chance to make a meaningful impact within a distinguished hospitality brand. Through collaboration, leadership, and a commitment to excellence, the Banquet Production Chef at Hotel Californian plays a vital role in enhancing guests' dining experiences and supporting the hotel's reputation for world-class service.

• Ability to perform essential job duties with or without reasonable accommodation and without posing a direct threat to the safety or health of employee or others
• High volume fine dining restaurant experience
• Extensive knowledge of wine, spirits and full-service alcohol serving facility
• Outstanding management, organization, communication and leadership skills
• Minimum 4 years' experience in a luxury hotel or related field
• Proficient in both a la carte and production cooking
• Innovative, detail oriented and quality conscious
• Ability to develop and maintain effective operating and control processes designed to attain maximum operating efficiency while ensuring adherence to established operating criteria
• Ability and experience in successfully leading and coordinating staff in a high volume, time sensitive environment
• Exhibit good working knowledge of meeting or exceeding budgeting labor cost
• Strong attention to detail
• Ability to maintain sanitation procedures and organization of work area adhering to all OSHA and local health department regulations
• Computer knowledge using hospitality and restaurant software and MS Office