Chef De Cuisine

Join Our Culinary Transformation

The Ontario Airport Hotel & Conference Center is undergoing an exciting, property-wide renovation and transformation into Hyatt Regency Ontario. With newly reimagined dining venues, including a Mediterranean-inspired restaurant, lobby bar, marketplace, banquets, poolside dining, and in-room dining, we are seeking a talented and passionate Chef de Cuisine to help bring our culinary vision to life.

This is an exceptional opportunity for a hands-on culinary leader who thrives in a high-volume hotel environment, takes pride in exceptional food quality, and enjoys developing high-performing kitchen teams.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily culinary operations across assigned kitchens and food service outlets, ensuring exceptional food quality, consistency, and presentation.

• Supervise, train, coach, and develop culinary colleagues, fostering accountability, teamwork, and operational excellence.

• Partner with the Executive Chef on menu development, recipe standardization, seasonal offerings, and new dining concepts.

• Oversee food preparation and execution for restaurant service, banquets, special events, and other hotel dining operations.

• Manage food costs, inventory, purchasing, production planning, labor scheduling, and waste reduction.

• Maintain strict compliance with food safety, sanitation, storage, and health department requirements.

• Collaborate with Food & Beverage leadership and other departments to deliver seamless guest experiences.

• Support the successful opening and ongoing development of the hotel's newly renovated culinary venues.

Qualifications

• Minimum 3–5 years of progressive culinary leadership experience, preferably in a full-service, upscale, or luxury hotel.

• Previous experience as a Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, or comparable culinary leadership position required.

• Strong background in high-volume food production, banquet operations, and multi-outlet dining preferred.

• Demonstrated ability to lead, motivate, train, and develop culinary teams.

• Strong knowledge of menu execution, food cost controls, inventory management, and kitchen operations.

• Excellent organizational, communication, and problem-solving skills.

• Current California Food Safety Manager Certification or ability to obtain certification as required.

• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, holidays, and varied schedules based on business needs.

Why Join Us?

Be part of an exciting new chapter as we transform into Hyatt Regency Ontario. You'll have the opportunity to help shape new dining experiences, develop a talented culinary team, and contribute to the successful launch of a reimagined full-service hotel.

Our culture is built on three core values: trustworthy, approachable, and visionary. We believe in empowering our colleagues, celebrating creativity, and delivering exceptional hospitality.

Bring your culinary expertise, leadership, and passion to a kitchen where you can make a lasting impact.

Equal Employment Opportunity

Manhattan Hospitality Advisors is an equal opportunity employer committed to providing employment opportunities to all qualified applicants without regard to any characteristic protected by applicable law.

Additional Duties: This posting summarizes the primary responsibilities of the position and is not intended to be an exhaustive description of all duties or requirements.