Banquet Cook

Job Overview

The Banquet Cook is responsible preparing and producing meals for hotel banquet events while maintaining safety and sanitation standards in line with local regulations and hotel expectations. A commitment to high-quality food standards is essential, alongside responsibilities for stocking refrigerators, discarding expired products, and completing daily cleaning tasks. Collaboration with culinary teams and engagement with guests is crucial to ensure a smooth and efficient service experience. 

Duties and Responsibilities

• Prepare and produce meals for Hotel banquet events.
• Maintain safety and sanitation standards in accordance with local and state laws, as well as Hotel standards and expectations.
• Uphold a high-quality standard of food.
• Ensure expired product is discarded.
• Ensure the refrigerators are stocked and in working order.
• Prep as needed to ensure smooth and efficient service.
• Complete daily cleaning tasks.
• Assist with all culinary needs and steward functions as necessary.
• Engage with guests and fellow associates using D.A.R.E. to Connect behaviors.

Specific job knowledge, skills, and abilities

• Ability to cook in large format/batch cooking; produce soups, sauces, proteins, large quantities of cut vegetables and fruits, creating displays for buffets.
• Communication skills, written and verbal, in the primary language(s) used in the workplace.
• Basic technology and computational skills.
• Ability to work independently or as part of a team.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule including, nights, weekends and/or holidays.
• Ability to read and follow recipes.
• Ability to navigate and use necessary software and applications.
• Ability to perceive and detect uncleanliness and soiled surfaces.
• Knowledge of, or ability to learn, basic food safety practices and abide by them.
• Efficient knife skills and ability to prepare food using the necessary equipment.

Physical demands:

• Must be able to exert well-paced mobility for up to 8 hours in limited space.
• Ability to position self to fulfill work tasks, cleaning duties, and use required equipment; requires manual dexterity, hand-eye coordination, and performing repetitive motions.
• Must be able to position self to fulfill cleaning tasks.
• Frequently requires transporting or lifting items weighing up to 75 pounds, and maneuvering carts and equipment weighing up to 200 pounds on a regular and continuing basis.
• Work tasks are performed indoors. Temperature is moderate and controlled by hotel environmental systems; however, must be able to work in extreme temperatures like freezers (-10 F) and kitchens (+110 F).

Qualifications and Requirements

• A high school or equivalent education is preferred. Minimum of six months of prior food service experience is required. 
• Due to the cyclical nature of the hospitality industry, associates may be required to work varying schedules to reflect the business needs of the hotel. In addition, attendance at all scheduled training sessions and meetings are required.
• Upon employment, all associates are required to fully comply with Crowne Plaza Lansing rules and regulations for the safe and effective operations of the Hotel’s facilities. Associates who violate Hotel rules and regulations will be subject to disciplinary action, up to and including, separation.

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of job-related responsibilities, duties, skills, efforts, requirements or working conditions. While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to review the job or to require that other or different tasks be performed as assigned.

All job requirements are subject to possible revision to reflect changes in the position requirements or to reasonably accommodate individuals with disabilities. Some requirements may exclude individuals who pose a threat or risk to the health and safety of themselves or other employees. This position description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties which will be required in this position. Employees will be required to follow other job-related duties as requested by their supervisor/manager (within the guidance and compliance with Federal and State laws). Continued employment remains on an “at-will” basis.