What are the responsibilities and job description for the Sous Chef - Desert Pony Tavern/Hilton Hotel position at Hilton Hotel Event & Conference Center?
The Hilton North Scottsdale at Cavasson has an opening for a motivated Sous Chef to help lead our culinary team. We do everything from weddings and large events to intimate dinners and small meetings. If you have a desire to cook great food from scratch, to elevate your craft, and work with a variety of fresh seasonal products please contact us about this position. Candidates must have flexible availability on evenings, weekends, and holidays. Fine Dining, Hotel or Banquet experience is a plus.
Primary Responsibilities:
- Manages all aspects of the kitchen
- Works with executive chef to develop event menus and seasonal offerings
- Trains, teach, and mentor hourly cooks and dishwashers.
- Posts daily sheets
- Organize and execute daily production and prep lists.
- Orders products for kitchen.
- Facilitate inventory and scheduling.
- Ensures that all walk-in coolers are neat and that all products are stored properly.
- Ensures that all food products are used on a timely basis.
- Prepares food in accordance with prescribed recipes.
- Aids and assists in other areas of the kitchen.
- Sets up, maintains, breaks down, and cleans any dirty workstations.
- Serves items in accordance with established portion and presentation standards.
- Notifies the executive chef in advance of expected shortages.
- Ensures that assigned workstations and equipment are clean and sanitary.
- Maintains security and safety in work areas.
- Maintains neat, professional appearance, and always observes personal cleanliness rules.
- Adheres to state and local health and safety regulations.
- Covers, dates, and properly store all leftover products that are reusable.
- Demonstrates and promotes a safe and secure environment for guests, team members, and hotel assets in compliance with workplace policies and procedures and regulatory requirements.
- Observes and secures associate compliance with procedures and methods.
- Assists with other duties as assigned by the executive chef.
- Creates menus with recipes.
The Hilton North Scottsdale at Cavasson is managed by Columbus Hospitality Management, a company committed to providing quality service and memorable guest experiences in a positive and welcoming work environment. We are focused on supporting the needs of our team through our commitment to the family/work-life balance and by providing development opportunities.
We are proud to be a Drug-Free Workplace/EOE. All applicants will be required to submit to a background check prior to employment.
Reasonable accommodation can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the described essential functions of the position.
