Banquet Cook

Description

WE ARE

Kona Kai San Diego Resort is a boutique urban resort located on Shelter Island. With 170 guestrooms, Kona Kai Resort is home to Vessel Restaurant + Bar, SpaTerre, a marina and a private club, all located just minutes from downtown San Diego. We are excited to welcome a new Banquet Cook to our island-inspired resort. Someone who wants to be part of the Kona Kai culture, to stay a while and serve with a purpose. Come out and be part of the serenity of peaceful waterfront views at our friendly full-service San Diego harbor view hotel, surrounded by eleven acres of lush tropical gardens and calm water scenery!

OUR CULTURE | INDIVIDUAL DISTINCTIVE, COLLECTIVE SOUL

The Kona Kai San Diego is part of Noble House Hotels & Resorts: a curated collection of 20 unique hotels around the USA, distinctly unique in location and soul. Our best performers are independent thinkers, get creative and make decisions without too many corporate SOPs. They tend to be goal-oriented, financially sound, with a fair amount of grit. We look for people with high integrity and a positive, flexible mindset. Our properties are not one-size-fits-all. And neither are our people.

THE JOB:

This role will report to: Executive Chef & Banquet Chef

We are looking for positive, hard-working, self-motivated individuals to join our fantastic team and assist us in making things better.

Why This Job is Awesome:

• Meeting fun people, making new friends

• Meal provided every shift--save an extra $10/day

• Great travel discounts at hotels across CA and throughout US

• Entry level position into the hospitality industry

• Career advancement opportunities

• Get your daily steps/exercise in, no need to join a gym!

• Pay before Payday!

• Travel discounts at partner Noble House Hotels around the country

Requirements

YOU:

As a Banquet Cook, you are the heart of our resort, using your skills and expertise to delight our guests with your culinary creations. You will be responsible for the preparation, production, and plating of high-quality food. Our menu features seasonally inspired cuisine crafted with only the freshest and finest ingredients. Working alongside some of the most innovative Chefs, you will learn from the best.

Qualifications:

• Must be able to work standing for long periods of time

• Have an open work schedule

• Are reliable, have a flexible mind-set and enjoy smiling

• 1 or more years of volume cooking in a similar size operation or larger

• Ability to demonstrate a good knowledge of cooking techniques, preparation, storage and sanitation

• Thorough knowledge of food and beverage industry, current market trends, and federal, state and local laws pertaining to the hospitality industry (e.g. OSHA, County Regulations, Department of Health regulations, etc.).

• Ability to communicate effectively and professionally with other departments, guests, and vendors.

• Ability to deal with difficult situations and people while exhibiting a consistent level of professionalism.

• Must be able to regularly lift and/or move up to 25 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 50 pounds.

• Servesafe certification required

Are you ready to join the excitement?

If you enjoy being a part of a team providing an excellent experience for our guests and meeting new people, we invite you to apply.

At Kona Kai San Diego, we take pride in supporting our initiatives towards Diversity, Equity, Inclusion and Accessibility. We have established a hotel committee to bring together a variety of thoughts, perspectives, and expressions – and we would love for you to share yours with the team!

Noble House Hotels & Resorts are proud to encourage and support an environment where everyone can be a successful team member (come as they are) as their true authentic self. We are an equal opportunity workplace and employer that does not discriminate based on race, color, disability, gender/sex, sexual orientation, religion, national origin, age, veteran status, or any other protected status. We are committed to building a team (rooted in family) and a workplace where we are all able to be successful based solely on our individual qualifications, experience, abilities and job performance.