Banquet Cook
Crescent Hotels & Resorts · Syracuse, NY · 3 wk ago
On-siteFinanceFull-time
We need to output HTML fragment with headings for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate (EEO, legal, etc). Keep all substantive info.
Let's parse posting:
- Intro: "We Are Looking For Our Next Great Team Member To Join Us As a Banquet Cook In Our Banquets Department. We Are Committed To Providing You With Highly competitive wages An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members 401K matching program for eligible associates Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels Free Parking Free Meal during your shift Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work! Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize, prepare and cook all food items in assigned stations for banquets and restaurant meals and assists the chef in training and support of the kitchen staff."
So we have benefits: competitive wages, benefit plan, 401K matching, flexible scheduling, discounts with Crescent properties, Marriott discounts, free parking, free meal during shift, quarterly employee appreciation events.
Also mention "Full-Time". Could be schedule? Not specific schedule hours. We have "Flexible scheduling" mentioned. That could go under Schedule or Benefits. Since we have a Benefits section, we can include flexible scheduling there. Pay: "Highly competitive wages" - that's pay info but vague. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state "Highly competitive wages". That's somewhat vague but it's stating wages. Should we include Pay section? It says "Highly competitive wages" - that's a statement about pay but not specific numbers. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "Highly competitive wages" is not a specific number but it's stating that wages are competitive. Is that considered filler? It's somewhat vague but it's a statement. I'd lean to include Pay section with that sentence. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay into Benefits? But they said separate headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Could combine Pay and Benefits? The instruction: Use
for sections like About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Only include sections if posting has real specific content. We must not repeat job title as heading. No Job ID etc. Remove boilerplate (EEO, legal, etc). Keep all substantive info.
Let's parse posting:
- Intro: "We Are Looking For Our Next Great Team Member To Join Us As a Banquet Cook In Our Banquets Department. We Are Committed To Providing You With Highly competitive wages An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members 401K matching program for eligible associates Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels Free Parking Free Meal during your shift Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work! Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize, prepare and cook all food items in assigned stations for banquets and restaurant meals and assists the chef in training and support of the kitchen staff."
So we have benefits: competitive wages, benefit plan, 401K matching, flexible scheduling, discounts with Crescent properties, Marriott discounts, free parking, free meal during shift, quarterly employee appreciation events.
Also mention "Full-Time". Could be schedule? Not specific schedule hours. We have "Flexible scheduling" mentioned. That could go under Schedule or Benefits. Since we have a Benefits section, we can include flexible scheduling there. Pay: "Highly competitive wages" - that's pay info but vague. The rule: never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless posting actually states them. It does state "Highly competitive wages". That's somewhat vague but it's stating wages. Should we include Pay section? It says "Highly competitive wages" - that's a statement about pay but not specific numbers. The rule says: never emit a heading followed by filler/placeholder text (e.g. "commensurate with experience", "not specified", "N/A", "varies", "TBD") and never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them. "Highly competitive wages" is not a specific number but it's stating that wages are competitive. Is that considered filler? It's somewhat vague but it's a statement. I'd lean to include Pay section with that sentence. However they also say "Prefer a few substantive sections over many thin ones." Might combine Pay into Benefits? But they said separate headings for Benefits, Pay, Schedule. Could combine Pay and Benefits? The instruction: Use for section headings (e.g. About the role, Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule). It doesn't forbid combining but suggests those are possible headings. We can decide to include Benefits and maybe not Pay if it's too vague. But they said "never create Pay/Schedule/Benefits sections unless the posting actually states them." It does state wages (competitive). So we can include Pay.
Schedule: "Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you" - that's schedule info. So we can include Schedule section.
Now responsibilities: list of duties after "Here is what you will be doing each day as a Banquet Cook:" then bullet-like sentences. We'll put under Responsibilities .
Requirements: "Experience cooking in large scale kitchens and/or for catering, events and/or banquets required. SafeServ & Food Handling training required & provided at no cost, if you do not have a valid certificate." Also "Experience Required 2 - 5 years: Experience working as a cook/chef in a banquet, catering or restaurant setting required". Also maybe "Flexible availability is required as the Banquet Cook & team are driven by events." That's more schedule/requirement. Also "You possess a self-starting personality..." etc are more Skills/Qualifications. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So About the role could be a brief paragraph summarizing role.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details.
Let's extract:
Intro paragraph: "We Are Looking For Our Next Great Team Member To Join Us As a Banquet Cook In Our Banquets Department. We Are Committed To Providing You With Highly competitive wages An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members 401K matching program for eligible associates Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels Free Parking Free Meal during your shift Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work! Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize, prepare and cook all food items in assigned stations for banquets and restaurant meals and assists the chef in training and support of the kitchen staff."
We could split: About the role: maybe the sentence about Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize... plus the intro about looking for team member. But we must not repeat job title as heading; that's fine.
Responsibilities list:
- Prepare and cook food according to recipes quality standards, presentation standards and food preparation checklist.
- Date all food containers and rotate.
- Inspects, selects and uses food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items.
- Check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull and line set up.
- Note any items out of stock or shortages.
- Keep buffet items stocked.
- Prepare food for banquets as required following specifications of banquet event orders.
- Work banquet food stations as scheduled by chef.
- Operate, maintain and properly clean deep fryer, broiler, stove, steamer, food processor, mixer, slicer, oven steam table, tilt kettle, waffle iron and flat top grill.
- Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Experience cooking in large scale kitchens and/or for catering, events and/or banquets required.
- SafeServ & Food Handling training required & provided at no cost, if you do not have a valid certificate.
- Experience Required 2 - 5 years: Experience working as a cook/chef in a banquet, catering or restaurant setting required.
- Flexible availability is required as the Banquet Cook & team are driven by events.
Qualifications/Skills: The paragraph about personality etc:
"You possess a self-starting personality with an even disposition and can maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. You can communicate well with guests and are willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. You understand & believe that every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day."
That's more about Qualifications/Skills/Attributes. Could be Qualifications.
We could have Qualifications section covering those attributes.
Skills maybe not needed separately; we could combine Qualifications and Skills but we need to follow instruction: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have content for Qualifications (personal attributes). Could also have Skills (maybe cooking skills). But we already have responsibilities covering cooking skills. Might be redundant. Better to have Qualifications for personal attributes, and maybe Skills not needed.
Benefits: list:
- Highly competitive wages
- Exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & family members
- 401K matching program for eligible associates
- Flexible scheduling (though we might move to Schedule)
- Discounts with Crescent managed properties in North America for you & family members
- Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels
- Free Parking
- Free Meal during your shift
- Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work
Pay: "Highly competitive wages" (maybe we already have in Benefits). To avoid duplication, we could put Pay section with that phrase only, but then Benefits would not include wages. However the posting says "Highly competitive wages" as part of benefits list. It's ambiguous. Could treat wages as Pay, and other items as Benefits. Let's do that.
Schedule: "Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you" (maybe also mention Full-Time). We'll put Schedule section with that.
Now we must not include boilerplate: EEO, Protected Veterans, etc. Remove those lines.
Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities" and the following sentences about rights.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
.
Requirements: "Experience cooking in large scale kitchens and/or for catering, events and/or banquets required. SafeServ & Food Handling training required & provided at no cost, if you do not have a valid certificate." Also "Experience Required 2 - 5 years: Experience working as a cook/chef in a banquet, catering or restaurant setting required". Also maybe "Flexible availability is required as the Banquet Cook & team are driven by events." That's more schedule/requirement. Also "You possess a self-starting personality..." etc are more Skills/Qualifications. We need to decide sections: About the role (maybe intro paragraph), Responsibilities, Requirements, Qualifications, Skills, Benefits, Pay, Schedule.
We must not repeat job title as heading. So About the role could be a brief paragraph summarizing role.
We need to preserve all substantive info, not invent or summarize away detail. So we need to include all details.
Let's extract:
Intro paragraph: "We Are Looking For Our Next Great Team Member To Join Us As a Banquet Cook In Our Banquets Department. We Are Committed To Providing You With Highly competitive wages An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members 401K matching program for eligible associates Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels Free Parking Free Meal during your shift Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work! Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize, prepare and cook all food items in assigned stations for banquets and restaurant meals and assists the chef in training and support of the kitchen staff."
We could split: About the role: maybe the sentence about Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize... plus the intro about looking for team member. But we must not repeat job title as heading; that's fine.
Responsibilities list:
- Prepare and cook food according to recipes quality standards, presentation standards and food preparation checklist.
- Date all food containers and rotate.
- Inspects, selects and uses food items of the highest quality in the preparation of all menu items.
- Check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull and line set up.
- Note any items out of stock or shortages.
- Keep buffet items stocked.
- Prepare food for banquets as required following specifications of banquet event orders.
- Work banquet food stations as scheduled by chef.
- Operate, maintain and properly clean deep fryer, broiler, stove, steamer, food processor, mixer, slicer, oven steam table, tilt kettle, waffle iron and flat top grill.
- Perform any other job-related duties as assigned.
Requirements:
- Experience cooking in large scale kitchens and/or for catering, events and/or banquets required.
- SafeServ & Food Handling training required & provided at no cost, if you do not have a valid certificate.
- Experience Required 2 - 5 years: Experience working as a cook/chef in a banquet, catering or restaurant setting required.
- Flexible availability is required as the Banquet Cook & team are driven by events.
Qualifications/Skills: The paragraph about personality etc:
"You possess a self-starting personality with an even disposition and can maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. You can communicate well with guests and are willing to “pitch-in” and help co- workers with their job duties and be a team player. Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. You understand & believe that every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day."
That's more about Qualifications/Skills/Attributes. Could be Qualifications.
We could have Qualifications section covering those attributes.
Skills maybe not needed separately; we could combine Qualifications and Skills but we need to follow instruction: Use headings only when posting has real specific content. We have content for Qualifications (personal attributes). Could also have Skills (maybe cooking skills). But we already have responsibilities covering cooking skills. Might be redundant. Better to have Qualifications for personal attributes, and maybe Skills not needed.
Benefits: list:
- Highly competitive wages
- Exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & family members
- 401K matching program for eligible associates
- Flexible scheduling (though we might move to Schedule)
- Discounts with Crescent managed properties in North America for you & family members
- Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels
- Free Parking
- Free Meal during your shift
- Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work
Pay: "Highly competitive wages" (maybe we already have in Benefits). To avoid duplication, we could put Pay section with that phrase only, but then Benefits would not include wages. However the posting says "Highly competitive wages" as part of benefits list. It's ambiguous. Could treat wages as Pay, and other items as Benefits. Let's do that.
Schedule: "Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you" (maybe also mention Full-Time). We'll put Schedule section with that.
Now we must not include boilerplate: EEO, Protected Veterans, etc. Remove those lines.
Also remove "Equal Opportunity Employer/Protected Veterans/Individuals with Disabilities" and the following sentences about rights.
Now produce HTML fragment.
Structure:
About the role
... (intro paragraph)
Responsibilities
- ... each duty
Requirements
- ... each requirement
Qualifications
... the personality paragraph
Benefits
- Exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & family members
- 401K matching program for eligible associates
- Discounts with Crescent managed properties in North America for you & family members
- Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels
- Free Parking
- Free Meal during your shift
- Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work
Pay
Highly competitive wages
Schedule
Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you
Check for duplication: We included flexible scheduling also in Benefits? No we removed from Benefits. Good. Check that we didn't miss any substantive info: The line "Marriott Syracuse Downtown seeks Banquet Cook (Full-Time) to organize, prepare and cook all food items in assigned stations for banquets and restaurant meals and assists the chef in training and support of the kitchen staff." That's in About the role. Also "We Are Looking For Our Next Great Team Member To Join Us As a Banquet Cook In Our Banquets Department." That's also in About. Now ensure we didn't include any boilerplate like "We Are Committed To Providing You With Highly competitive wages..." we split wages into Pay, rest into Benefits. Check that we kept "exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members" (we have "Exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & family members"). Check that we kept "401K matching program for eligible associates" (yes). Check that we kept "Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members" (yes). Check that we kept "Additional hotel discounts with Marriott International brand hotels" (yes). Check that we kept "Free Parking" (yes). Check that we kept "Free Meal during your shift" (yes). Check that we kept "Quarterly employee appreciation events to celebrate all your hard work!" (yes). Check that we kept "Flexible scheduling to allow you to focus on what is important to you" (Schedule). Check that we kept "Experience cooking in large scale kitchens and/or for catering, events and/or banquets required." (Requirements). Check that we kept "SafeServ & Food Handling training required & provided at no cost, if you do not have a valid certificate." (Requirements). Check that we kept "Experience Required 2 - 5 years: Experience working as a cook/chef in a banquet, catering or restaurant setting required" (Requirements). Check that we kept "Flexible availability is required as the Banquet Cook & team are driven