Lead Steward

Lead Steward of Ownership Kitchen at Tropicana Field

The Lead Steward is responsible for overseeing steward operations and ensuring the cleanliness, sanitation, and organization of the Ownership Kitchen. This hands-on role leads the stewarding staff, maintains health and safety standards, supports food and beverage operations, and helps ensure a safe, efficient, and productive work environment.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Lead and oversee daily stewarding activities in the Ownership Kitchen while actively participating in daily stewarding duties as operationally needed.
• Perform and support daily dishwashing operations, including washing, sanitizing, drying, organizing, and properly storing china, glassware, platters, utensils, cookware, and kitchen equipment.
• Maintain adequate inventory of cleaning supplies, chemicals, and stewarding equipment, and communicate replenishment needs to leadership in a timely manner.
• Ensure proper handling, storage, organization, and inventory of kitchen equipment, Platters, China, glassware, and utensils.
• Partner with the Lead Runner to ensure the daily polishing schedule is completed and that all required China, glassware, and other service items are polished, organized, and ready for service.
• Ensure Gelato Cart machines are cleaned and maintained according to the established cleaning schedule and procedures.
• Partner with the Ownership Kitchen Executive Chef to establish, maintain, and execute the overall kitchen cleaning schedule.
• Ensure compliance with all food safety, sanitation, and workplace safety regulations.
• Maintain required temperatures and chemical levels according to established standards.
• Partners with all Ownership Kitchen Chefs, Cooks, The Food Safety and Sanitation Manager, the Stewarding Manager and the General Manager for all service needs and flow.
• Perform other duties as assigned.