Banquets - Sous Chef

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"I believe successful people are the ones who take the initiative to learn, unlearn and relearn. It’s important to constantly challenge your knowledge and step out of your comfort zone."

"I believe successful people are the ones who take the initiative to learn, unlearn and relearn. It’s important to constantly challenge your knowledge and step out of your comfort zone." Peggy Focheux Duval:
Director of Learning & Development, France

Bring your culinary leadership skills to the Thompson Denver.

When you stay at the Thompson Denver, you are welcomed as a resident. With intuitive service, each guest is provided a tailored experience, enhancing personal travel journeys and bridging connections to the local perspective. Thompson Hotels are located in timeless destinations, creating the kind of distinct experiences that can transform your day, your tripor even your life.

This is not your typical career opportunity. At Thompson Denver, a member of the Hyatt collection, we believe our team members can thrive in an empowered, supportive, creative and energetic environment.

We’re looking for an individual who embodies the luxury lifestyle experience. An ideal Thompson team member has enthusiasm for creating unique experiences in a culture of great design and superlative service, with a sharp sense of humor. This candidate will have a passion for exceptional hotel service and can express that belief in an atmosphere of spontaneity and authenticity.

At Thompson, we believe our guests select our hotel because of our caring and attentive colleagues who are focused on providing intuitive service and meaningful experiences tailored to each guest experience.

We are a place where high expectations aren't just met-they're exceeded. It's a place of outstanding rewards, where talent opens doors to exciting challenges in the hospitality industry. It's a place where career opportunities are as unlimited as your imagination. Discover your place to shine in our warm, respectful, and inclusive culture.

The Banquet Sous Chef is to manage the Banquet Kitchen and work with the Events team to create, implement and maintain quality menus and food for meetings and events hosted at the hotel. The Sous Chef will be expected to be responsible for the entire Banquet Kitchen operation including cooking, cleaning, organizing, ordering, and menu planning. The ideal Sous Chef will accomplish their tasks by monitoring the daily functions of the banquet’s kitchen team, including providing support and guidance to the culinary team, ending in a positive guest experience.

This role will embody our leadership expectations:
Championing Hyatt’s Purpose & Values, Experiment to Improve, Drive for Impact and Develop Diverse Talent. This leader will also demonstrate our values of empathy, wellbeing, respect, integrity, experimentation and inclusion.

Responsibilities include:

Assume the role of liaison between Banquets and all other hotel departments.

Oversee the preparation and cooking of food items for hotel Banquet functions and activations, hotel cafeteria, hotel coffee shop and any additional culinary needs.

Develop and implement creative menu items that adhere to Thompson Hotels brand standards.

Ensure food quality and presentation is up to property standard and meets/exceeds client expectation.

Responsible for managing banquet steward scheduling and training.

Be present and active for all EO Meetings and Pre-Cons.

Plan, coordinate & implement special events and holiday functions.

Manage hourly kitchen colleagues through scheduling, payroll, training, coaching, evaluating and hiring.

May manage other key culinary leadership rolls including supervisors and leads

Lead and coach the team towards…