The Banquet Sous Chef for The Ojai Valley Inn, is serving the needs of the business, our guests, and our colleagues by planning, organizing, controlling, and directing the work of employees in the Banquet Kitchen Department. Overseeing the food preparation of all banquet and catering events while ensuring superior quality and consistency at all times. Additionally responsible to assist and develop new banquet menus with the Executive Banquet Chef, prepare, test, taste and control out new menu items. Maintain updated and accurate recipes and costing of all dishes prepared for banquet functions.
Responsibilities
- Review Banquet Event Orders (BEOs) on a daily basis and make note of any changes.
- Brief the banquet kitchen staff daily about the upcoming and current functions.
- Supervises and coordinates all activities of cooks and banquet kitchen staff who are engaged in food preparation.
- Establish the day’s priorities and assign production and preparation tasks for the banquet kitchen staff/chefs to execute.
- Take physical inventory of food items for daily inventory, and be responsible for ordering, receiving, and storage of all banquet food items.
- Responsible for assisting with managing all day-to-day operations of the banquet kitchens and associate cafeteria, including their cleaning.
- Ensure that recipe cards, production schedules, plating guides, photographs are current and posted.
- Ensure that all staff prepare menu items following recipes in accordance with the hotel’s operating standards.
- Review sales and expenses with the Executive Banquet Chef to ensure that the banquet kitchen is meeting budgeted costs.
- Maintains food preparation handling and correct storage standards according to the DOH standards.
- Reviews staffing levels to ensure that guest service, operational needs, and financial objectives are met.
- Able to assist with planning and executing multiple banquet functions, across multiple locations.
- Able to continually enhance the culinary experience of banquet or event guests.
- Able to help in cooking and food preparation, as and when required.
- Able to perform other duties as assigned by the management.
More Information
- Salary Offer $65,000 - $75,000 a year
- Address 905 Country Club Road, Ojai, CA 93023