Banquet Chef

A beloved hotel with an enviable oceanfront location is now even better, following a $50 million renovation. Our newly redesigned Loews Miami Beach Hotel includes all-new touchpoints throughout the property. Welcome to a South Beach Icon, Reimagined.

Job Specific

• Maintains restaurant kitchen staffing levels so as to provide for optimal performance of all duties
• Administers and ensures adherence to departmental guidelines, policies and procedures
• Responsible for smooth, efficient, cost effective operation of restaurant food production activities, to include labor management, inventory control, use of product and adherence to all sanitation requirements
• Supervises / performs kitchen opening and closing operations
• Supervises / assists food handlers in the preparation and production of all hot and cold food items
• Orders raw food ingredients necessary to prepare all items on the menu for area of responsibility
• Ensures that all raw food ingredients are received and stored in the proper manner
• Supervises all aspects of food preparation and production, ensures that standardized recipes, plating and presentation guides, portion control and garnish requirements are adhered to at all times
• Organizes / assists food handlers in the performance of their duties as needed to ensure Loews standards for timely preparation / service of food cooked to order are met
• Monitors all food preparation, production, holding and storage operations to ensure adherence to all Governmental Food Service Sanitation standards
• Performs frequent inspections of all preparation and cooking equipment to ensure that they are kept clean, sanitary and in perfect operating order
• Reports all equipment maintenance needs to Engineering
• Interviews, selects, trains, appraises, coaches, counsels and disciplines departmental team members according to Loews Hotels standards
• Follows New Hire Training and onboarding program in accordance with hotel policy
• Reviews daily payroll report, controls daily labor costs by reducing staff as business activity diminishes
• Attends required hotel meetings to keep abreast of in-house activities, special promotions and upcoming events, maintain communications with other departments within the hotel
• Communicates daily with department team members to obtain / provide current information regarding daily activities / functions and upcoming events
• Evaluates individual team members performance, determines areas in need of improvement or requirements for advancement, establishes goals, objectives and training needs required to achieve same
• Conducts meeting with department team members as required, to communicate effectively with all beverage department personnel to ensure that they are kept current on pertinent hotel information and activities
• Other duties as assigned

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