Banquet Chef

The Job:

As the Banquet Chef, you’ll be the culinary leader, orchestrating the creation of exceptional dining experiences for our events and banquets. You’ll design innovative, tailored menus, manage kitchen operations, and lead your team to deliver flawless service and presentation. Your creativity and attention to detail will ensure every dish exceeds expectations. If you’re passionate about food and enjoy managing a dynamic team in a fast-paced environment, this is the perfect opportunity for you!

Responsibilities:

• Lead and manage the kitchen team, fostering a collaborative, efficient, and creative work environment.
• Design and create innovative banquet menus, ensuring they reflect seasonal ingredients, culinary trends, and client preferences.
• Oversee all aspects of food preparation, ensuring the highest quality and presentation standards are consistently met.
• Maintain inventory levels, place orders for supplies, and manage food costs to maximize profitability while maintaining quality.
• Implement and enforce food safety and sanitation standards, ensuring compliance with all health regulations.
• Train, mentor, and motivate kitchen staff to enhance their skills, foster teamwork, and maintain a positive work environment.
• Collaborate with event planners and front-of-house staff to ensure smooth and seamless service during banquet events.
• Stay up-to-date with industry trends, incorporating new techniques, flavors, and innovations into banquet menus.
• Handle special dietary requests and customize banquet offerings to accommodate guest preferences and needs.
• Manage kitchen operations efficiently during large events, ensuring timely food preparation and exceptional guest satisfaction.

You:

To succeed as our Banquet Chef, we’re looking for a dynamic leader who excels at creating memorable culinary experiences for large events and banquets. You thrive in a fast-paced, high-pressure environment and have a natural ability to connect with people, inspire your team, and solve challenges on the fly. This role requires strong leadership, exceptional organizational skills, an eye for detail, and a passion for mentoring and developing your kitchen staff. If you have a genuine desire to deliver exceptional food and a seamless experience for guests, we’d love to hear from you!

The Offer:

-In return, you are rewarded with a competitive compensation package including competitive pay, health benefits, matching 401k, PTO, parking and complimentary meals

-Discounted rates in our Noble House Hotels & Resorts portfolio for you and your family

-Learning programs and career development opportunities within the company

Your team and working environment:

Nestled in our private Redondo Beach peninsula, our hotel is your haven. The Portofino Hotel offers a delightful array of amenities and activities in our prime South Bay location just a stone’s throw from the communities of Redondo Beach, Hermosa Beach, and Manhattan Beach. With 168 rooms, multiple F&B outlets, banquets, guest activities and a 181-slip marina, your days are filled with diverse operations.

Noble House Hotels & Resorts:

Noble House properties are not one-size-fits-all hotels. Each property is meticulously designed to stand on its own merits. The unifying thread that connects each and every hotel is not the architecture or the amenities but lies within the people – and the local culture – that make up Noble House Hotels & Resorts. The passion of our people is our greatest asset, we are a part of Noble House Hotels and Resorts offering a collection of luxury hotels and resorts. We provide our guests and members with exceptional service and most memorable experiences, we look for team members who share our core values of Caring, Integrity and Respect.

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EDUCATION and/or EXPERIENCE

The individual must possess a 2-year degree or related experience preferred. Must have a minimum of three (3) years culinary management experience. Must be proficient in Excel. Previous experience in food service and culinary training. Certification of previous training in liquor, wine and food service.

 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.