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Banquet Chef

Renaissance Reno Downtown

One South Lake Street
Reno, NV 89501

Hotel with 214 Rooms
Managed By HHM Hotels
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Full-Time

Opportunity: Banquet Chef

Plan, organize, and direct the work of associates in the banquet kitchen department, ensuring quality food preparation for banquet and catering events. Develop creative and trendy banquet menus and corresponding recipes that result in a high level of guest satisfaction, while meeting food and labor cost metrics.

Your Growth Path

Executive Chef –Food and Beverage Director

Your Focus

  • Interview, select, train, schedule, coach and support associates, ensuring they perform in accordance with established brand or hotel standards and consistent with HHM core values.
  • Supervise the production and preparation of food items for banquet functions as stated on banquet event order forms (BEO’s).
  • Requisition and order food and other products required to meet BEO specifications.
  • Create recipes for banquet and catered functions and train staff to accurately produce banquet food.
  • Maintain budgeted food cost.
  • Manage staffing levels in accordance with food preparation demands to ensure guest satisfaction and labor cost objectives are met.
  • Maintain proper inventory by establishing and enforcing inventory control procedures that enable staff to meet food production requirements.
  • Ensure the safe storage of food products to minimize waste and meet food safety standards.
  • Maintain cleanliness of all banquet kitchen facilities.
  • Ensure kitchen staff has appropriate required certification, licensing and training.
  • Practice safe work habits, wear protective safety equipment and follow MSDS and OSHA standards.
  • Perform other duties as requested by management.

Your Background and Skills

  • Culinary degree preferred.
  • Minimum four years’ banquet production experience with supervisory

HHM Hotels Benefits and Perks

  • Competitive wages for full time and part time opportunities
  • Medical, Dental and Vision Health Insurance
  • Paid Time Off
  • 401k Company Match
  • Daily Pay
  • Free Basic Life Insurance
  • 24/7 access to TELUS Health, a confidential work-life resource.
  • Travel Discounts
  • Commuter Transit and Commuter Parking Benefits
  • Employee Assistance and Wellness Program
  • Educational/Professional Development
  • Referral Bonus Program

Work Environment and Context

  • Work schedule varies and will include working on holidays, weekends and alternate shifts.
  • Requires standing for extended periods, walking, pushing, lifting up to 50 pounds, bending and reaching, stooping, kneeling, or crouching.

What We Believe

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Posted January 12, 2026

Renaissance Reno Downtown

Our Hotel

Find everything you need for work or play when you stay at Renaissance Reno Downtown Hotel & Spa. Boasting a prime downtown location just over three miles from Reno-Tahoe International Airport, our spa hotel provides easy access to top attractions such as the Reno-Sparks Convention Center and the Reno Events Center. After exploring downtown Reno, NV savor a delicious Mediterranean meal at our hotel restaurant. Wind down with a night of fun at our full-service bar or the bocce courts, complemented by darts, shuffleboard, air hockey, pool tables and arcade games. Our 24-hour fitness center and seasonal outdoor pool make it easy for you to stay on top of your workout routine. Guests hosting meetings and events love our contemporary venues. Our waterfront hotel in Reno, NV features stylish décor, upscale bedding, plug-in media panels, flat-screen TVs and high-speed Wi-Fi. Expect a rewarding stay at Renaissance Reno Downtown Hotel & Spa.

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