Lead Cook | Full Benefits Included

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Grand Hyatt DFW is seeking an experienced and motivated Lead Line Cook – Culinary Supervisor to join our Culinary team.

Located inside Terminal D at Dallas Fort Worth International Airport, Grand Hyatt DFW is a luxury, high-volume hotel serving business and leisure travelers, airline crews, groups, international guests, and corporate travelers. The property features approximately 297 guestrooms and more than 34,000 square feet of meeting and event space.

The Culinary team supports Grand Met Restaurant, Grand Met Lounge, private dining, in-room dining, banquet operations, and other hotel food and beverage outlets. Grand Met features an inventive, internationally inspired menu with locally sourced ingredients, while the hotel describes its kitchen as a scratch kitchen.

The Lead Line Cook – Culinary Supervisor is a hands-on culinary leader responsible for supporting daily kitchen operations while providing direction, coaching, and training to culinary colleagues. This position is designed for an experienced cook who demonstrates strong culinary technique, sound judgment, consistency, and the leadership skills necessary to progress into a Culinary Supervisor role.

Awards & Recognition

Grand Hyatt DFW and Hyatt are proud to be recognized for excellence in hospitality, service, guest experience, and workplace culture, including\:

• #3 in Customer Service across the Americas for all Hyatt brands
• TripAdvisor Travelers’ Choice Award 2025
• Texas’s Leading Airport Hotel 2025
• Fortune 100 Best Companies to Work For 2025
• PEOPLE Companies That Care 2025
• U.S. News Best Hotels 2025
• Equality 100 Award\: Leader in LGBTQ+ Workplace Inclusion
• AAA Four Diamond Award

Grand Hyatt DFW is also recognized as an award-winning on-airport luxury hotel serving international and executive corporate travelers.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead daily line operations and support culinary production to ensure timely, consistent, and high-quality food preparation.
• Work hands-on alongside cooks during breakfast, lunch, dinner, banquet production, in-room dining, and other assigned service periods.
• Set up and maintain assigned stations, including mise en place, equipment, ingredients, and production levels.
• Prepare and cook menu items according to recipes, production standards, portion guidelines, and plating expectations.
• Provide direction and daily guidance to cooks and culinary colleagues during assigned shifts.
• Serve as a culinary resource for colleagues by demonstrating proper cooking techniques, knife skills, sanitation practices, station organization, and recipe execution.
• Monitor food quality, taste, temperature, presentation, consistency, and timing throughout service.
• Communicate production needs, product shortages, equipment concerns, and operational issues to the appropriate culinary leader.
• Review prep lists, production schedules, banquet event orders, and anticipated business levels to ensure proper preparation and staffing.
• Assist with coordinating daily production for Grand Met Restaurant, Grand Met Lounge, private dining, in-room dining, banquet operations, and other culinary outlets as assigned.
• Support high-volume banquet production, including plated meals, buffets, receptions, breaks, and special events.
• Ensure food is prepared and stored according to food safety, sanitation, labeling, dating, and rotation standards.
• Assist with training and onboarding new culinary colleagues.
• Coach colleagues on proper recipes, cooking techniques, equipment operation, sanitation, safety, and department procedures.
• Monitor station cleanliness and ensure kitchen areas, equipment, reach-ins, walk-ins, and prep areas remain organized and sanitary.
• Assist culinary leadership with inventory counts, receiving, product rotation, ordering needs, and waste reduction.
• Help maintain labor productivity and communicate staffing needs based on business levels.
• Support culinary leadership with daily checklists, production records, temperature logs, and other required documentation.
• Assist with opening and closing procedures and ensure assigned kitchen areas are properly secured and prepared for the next shift.
• Maintain a professional and positive working environment focused on teamwork, accountability, and guest satisfaction.
• Perform other culinary duties within the scope of the position as assigned by Culinary leadership.

We Offer Excellent Benefits\:

• Free room nights, Discounted and Friends & Family Room Rates
• Medical, Prescription, Dental and Vision Insurance
• 401K with company match
• Paid Vacation, sick days, new child leave, and personal day
• Paid Family Bonding Time and Adoption Assistance
• Tuition Reimbursement
• Free colleague meals during shift
• Employee Stock Purchase Plan
• Discounts at various retailers- Apple, AT&T, Verizon, Headspace and many more

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