Oversees the work of the banquet kitchen staff.
• Takes orders from the executive chef.
• Helps maintain a safe and sanitary kitchen cleaning up spills and other potential hazards immediately.
• Assists with training of newly hired kitchen staff.
• Makes sure adequate numbers of kitchen staff are scheduled to properly handle each banquet.
• Participates in employee evaluations and necessary disciplinary actions.
• Meets with potential banquet clients to discuss menu options.
• Develops menus based on client specifications and contracts.
• Places orders for recipe ingredients including meats, fresh fruits and produce, herbs, spices and other supplies.
• Supervises junior cooks and other members of the kitchen staff.
• Ensures that all standards of safety are strictly observed.
• Presents the finished product to the customer for approval.
• Monitors the quality of the banquet meal during the event.
• Evaluates client satisfaction.
• Looks for ways to save the facility money while still providing top quality products and services for clients.
• Possesses the ability to handle any menu ranging from breakfast buffets to corporate lunch meetings with sandwiches to formal dinners with multi-course meals that are individually plated.
• Travels to offsite areas in the event a banquet is catered at another location.