Chef de Cuisine - Westin Tempe

About the Role

A Chef de Cuisine takes part in servicing our food and beverages to our guests around our beautiful Restaurant. This task is to be handled in a friendly, courteous, timely, and professional manner resulting in an extremely high level of guest satisfaction. A Chef de Cuisine is responsible for overseeing all kitchen operations and supervising kitchen staff to ensure the consistent preparation of high-quality menu items. Ensures proper food handling, storage, and sanitation practices are maintained in accordance with company standards and health regulations. Coordinates food purchasing, inventory management, and menu execution while maintaining approved food and labor cost targets. Serves as the lead culinary professional in the kitchen and reports directly to the Executive Chef.

Hours & Shifts

AM/PM availability, including weekends and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all kitchen operations and supervise kitchen staff to ensure consistent preparation of high-quality menu items.
• Ensure proper food handling, storage, and sanitation practices are maintained in accordance with company standards and health regulations.
• Coordinate food purchasing, inventory management, and menu execution while maintaining approved food and labor cost targets.
• Serve as the lead culinary professional in the kitchen and report directly to the Executive Chef.

Skills & Abilities

• Must have the ability to communicate in English.
• Self-starting personality with an even disposition.
• Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times.
• Can communicate well with guests.
• Must be willing to "pitch-in" and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player.
• Ability to transport cases of received goods to the work stations; pots and pans of food from storage/prep areas to the serving line.
• Ability to work with all products and food ingredients involved.
• Ability to operate, clean and maintain all equipment required in job functions.
• Ability to plan and develop menus and recipes.
• Ability to apply basic supervisory skills to plan, organize, direct, coach, train and discipline, as necessary.
• Ability to ensure security of kitchen access, products and hotel property.
• Ability to operate with stress, time constraints, physical activity and continuous walking.
• Finger/hand dexterity in order to operate food machinery.
• Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise, move goods weighing a maximum of 100 lbs. on a continuous schedule.

Performance Standards

• Customer Satisfaction: 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. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.
• Work Habits: In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.
• Safety & Security: The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

Benefits

• Team Member and Family Room Discounts for both Crescent Hotels and Resort and Marriott Hotels
• Flexible Schedules
• Career Growth & Development
• Insurance Benefits available for both Full Time and Part Time Team Members
• 401k Plan and Company Match Program
• Vacation Pay / Sick Pay - Full Time and Part Time Team Members
• Holiday Pay - Full Time Team Members
• Amazing Recognition Programs/Giving Back - Community Outreach
• Tuition Reimbursement