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About the Role
As a Cook, you will play an important role in delivering fresh, high-quality meals and memorable dining experiences for guests across various services including restaurant, banquets, catering, and special events. This role is ideal for individuals who thrive in a fast-paced kitchen, take pride in food preparation, and enjoy collaborative teamwork. You will prepare and present menu items with consistency and efficiency, supporting smooth daily kitchen operations.
Responsibilities
- Prepare and cook menu items according to recipes, portioning guidelines, presentation standards, and food safety requirements.
- Support daily kitchen operations across restaurant dining, breakfast service, banquets, catering, room service, and special events.
- Assist with food preparation tasks including chopping, prepping ingredients, cooking, plating, and station setup.
- Maintain consistency, quality, and presentation standards across all food items and guest orders.
- Ensure kitchen workstations remain clean, organized, stocked, and operational throughout shifts.
- Follow food safety regulations, sanitation standards, HACCP guidelines, and health department requirements at all times.
- Monitor food inventory levels and communicate supply or prep needs to culinary leadership.
- Operate kitchen equipment safely and properly including grills, fryers, ovens, slicers, mixers, and prep tools.
- Support banquet and catering functions by preparing food for meetings, events, weddings, and group dining experiences.
- Collaborate closely with chefs, kitchen team members, and Food & Beverage staff to deliver exceptional guest experiences.
- Assist with minimizing food waste, maintaining kitchen efficiency, and supporting operational goals.
- Help create a positive, safe, and team-focused kitchen environment aligned with Sonesta’s People People culture.
- Perform any other duties as assigned.
Requirements
- Food handler certificate required.
- Culinary education required.
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred.
- Previous cooking, restaurant, hotel, culinary, banquet, catering, or food service experience preferred.
- Knowledge of food preparation techniques, kitchen operations, food safety standards, and sanitation procedures.
- Ability to work efficiently in a fast-paced, high-volume kitchen environment.
- Strong attention to detail with a commitment to food quality, consistency, and presentation.
- Ability to follow recipes, prep schedules, and kitchen procedures accurately.
- Strong teamwork, communication, and organizational skills.
- Flexible availability including mornings, evenings, weekends, and holidays as needed in a hospitality environment.
- A passion for hospitality, teamwork, food preparation, and creating memorable dining experiences for guests.
- To be considered, please complete the full application in addition to submitting your resume. Incomplete applications will not be reviewed.
Skills
- Food preparation
- Kitchen operations
- Food safety standards
- Sanitation procedures
- Teamwork
- Communication
- Organization
Work Type
- Full-time
Experience Level
- Previous cooking, restaurant, hotel, culinary, banquet, catering, or food service experience preferred.
Education Level
- Culinary education required
- High school diploma or equivalent preferred
Salary/Compensations
- 21.82 - 24.25/hr
Benefits
- Food and Beverage Discount
- RRSP Match
- Drycleaning
- Competitive Medical and dental benefits
- Competitive Extended health care coverage
- Various employee perks and benefits
- Tuition reimbursement
- Employee Assistance Program
- Competitive Short- and Long-term disability program
- Paid vacation
- Paid sick days
- Employee discounted hotel rate- for all Brands within the company
- Tool and shoe reimbursement
About the Company
- We’re Sonesta International Hotels—the 8th largest hotel company in the U.S. (and growing fast).
- With a dynamic mix of full-service and focused hotels across major cities, our diverse portfolio of owned, managed, and franchised properties means we’re everywhere our guests need us to be.
- We bring service with passion, loyalty with purpose, and create experiences that genuinely connect—delivering quality, value, and memorable stays across 1,000+ properties in eight countries (and counting).
Equal Opportunity
- Sonesta is proud to be an equal opportunity employer. We consider all qualified applicants without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, protected veteran status, or any other characteristic protected by law.