Prep Cook- AM​/PM

Overview

Hotel Vance is looking for a motivated and detail-oriented Prep Cook to join our dynamic culinary team. In this essential role, you'll be the backbone of the kitchen—preparing fresh ingredients, supporting the line team, and helping ensure smooth and efficient service.

• Following prep lists, washing and chopping ingredients, portioning and labeling items, and maintaining a clean, organized, and well-stocked work area.
• Assisting with banquet prep and upholding food safety and sanitation standards.

If you’re passionate about food, thrive in a fast-paced environment, and take pride in setting the team up for success, we’d love to meet you.

• Highly competitive wages
• An exceptional benefit plan for eligible associates & your family members
• RSP/401K matching program for eligible associates
• Discounts with our Crescent managed properties in North America for you & your family members

Prepare food items in accordance with production requirements and quality standards while maintaining a safe, sanitary work environment.

• Must have the ability to communicate in English. Self-starting personality with an even disposition. Maintain a professional appearance and manner at all times. Can communicate well with guests. Must be willing to “pitch-in” and help co-workers with their job duties and be a team player. Finger/hand dexterity to operate food machinery. Ability to grasp, lift and/or carry, or otherwise move goods weighing up to 100 lbs on a continuous schedule.
• Previous kitchen experience preferred, but not required.
• Basic knife skills and knowledge of kitchen safety.
• Current food handler’s permit (or ability to obtain).
• Ability to follow recipes and instructions accurately.
• Flexible schedule including weekends and holidays

Customer Satisfaction:
Our customers are what we are about. One of the keys to a positive guest experience is positive interaction with Crescent staff. It is essential that you remain professional at all times, and that you treat all guests and associates with courtesy and respect, under all circumstances. Every Crescent associate is a guest relations ambassador, every working minute of every day.

Work Habits:
In order to maintain a positive guest and associate experience, your work habits should always meet and strive to exceed hotel standards for work procedures, dress, grooming, punctuality and attendance. You should be adaptable to change in your work area and in hotel procedures with a willingness to learn new skills and/or improve existing ones, have the ability to solve routine problems that occur on the job and ask for help whenever you are not sure how to do something.

Safety & Security:
The safety and security of our guests and associates is of utmost importance to Crescent. Every Crescent associate should adhere to the hotel security policies and procedures, particularly regarding key controls, lifting heavy objects, using chemicals, and effectively reporting safety hazards and safety concerns.

This description excludes non-essential and…