Banquet Cook - FT

About the role

Sage Hospitality Group is hiring a Banquet Cook at Hotel Van Zandt in Austin, Texas. Located in the Rainey Street District, Hotel Van Zandt features 319 guest rooms and over 25,000 square feet of meeting space. Enjoy live music at Geraldine’s, host pool parties, or check out pop-up events. Join us to make a difference!

Responsibilities

• To ensure proper service from the front line through quality control and ensuring proper sanitation levels.
• Check all items against the recipe cards, verify that use records are followed for all items served and that food is presented in an efficient, quality manner.
• Maintain the line set up prior to all meal functions to ensure maximum efficiency during meal periods.
• Monitor the equipment maintenance and kitchen "clean as you go" policy to ensure strict adherence.
• Prepare food of consistent quality following recipe cards and production and portion standards, per dupe from servers.
• Start food items that are prepared ahead of time, making sure not to prepare more than estimated needs.
• Date all food containers and rotate as per the SOP, making sure that all perishables are kept at proper temperatures.
• Check pars for shift use, determine necessary preparation, freezer pull and line set up.
• Note any out-of-stock items or possible shortages.
• Aid in keeping the buffet stocked.
• Return all food items not used on next shift to designed storage areas, being sure to cover and date all perishables.
• Aid in setting up plans and actions to correct any food cost problems; control food waste, loss and usage per SOP.

Requirements

• High school education or equivalent.
• Experience required by position is from one to two full years of employment in a related position with this company or other organizations.

Qualifications

• Ability to work as a team member and communicate with kitchen staff.
• Knowledge of cooking and the practices and procedures of a kitchen in order to perform non-repetitive analytical work.

Physical Demands

• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying.
• Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.
• Lifting, pushing, pulling and carrying.
• Going in the freezer temperatures can be -10 degrees.
• On the front line, temperatures can be over 100 degrees.