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Hilton Santa Barbara Beachfront Resort
Stunning beachfront Hilton looking for culinary talent in Santa Barbara
Short description
4-Diamond Hilton in Santa Barbara seeks a talented demi chef to join their team! Train in Garde Manger, Saute, and Meat/Grill (Hotline) Station!
Detailed description
The beautiful property stretches across 24-acre of stunning beachfront! Enhance your current leadership skills to manage staff, work with other departments, schedule, coach and counsel employees. Explore the city, nearby wineries, wharf, aquarium, or travel into Los Angeles!
Placement Remarks
Salary: $20/hr
Benefits:
Coat and pants will be offered. Candidate will need to bring their own slip resistant shoes.
The hotel will provide you with 14 days of FREE accommodations, including room and taxes. All incidentals are at your own cost.
Complimentary meal per shift is offered in the team member dining room.
Candidate will accrue PTO based on the hotel's standard accrual factors per hour they work up to certain maximums.
Hotel will not provide airport pick-up. It is recommended that the candidate fly into Los Angeles International Airport (LAX) and book transport via Santa Barbara Airbus – www.sbairbus.com. It will cost $55-65 depending on when the ride is booked.
Housing will not be provided beyond the 14 days. Candidates will need to be diligent in looking for housing before they arrive in Santa Barbara. A few recommended sites are www.apartments.com, www.trulia.com/rent, www.furnishedfinder.com (this is best for short-term rentals but apartments are fully furnished and will give time to find something longer term).
A car is highly recommended. There is public transportation and the area where the hotel operates is fairly bike-friendly.
Salary
$20.00 per hour
Requirements
Eligibility criteria for our Career USA programs:
- You are enrolled in a post secondary ministerially recognized academic institution in the hospitality industry OR have a hospitality degree and at least 1 year of recent relevant work experience in the (ultra) luxury hotel industry (outside of the USA) OR have 5 years recent relevant work experience in the (ultra) luxury hotel industry (outside the USA)
- You have shown consistent career growth over the last years
- You have shown serious commitment to your most recent employers
Local info
Transportation: Santa Barbara Transportation - The rail, ferry, and bus system for Santa Barbara is very reasonably priced and efficent. Owning a vehicle or buying a bike may be options too. Check this link for Santa Barbara trip planner.
The hotel recommends the J1's to buy an E-bike, bike or scooter to get around locally.
Housing: In Santa Barbara and the surrounding areas, like Hope Ranch, is moderately expensive but it is still recommended that you start reviewing housing in the area prior to your arrival. The average one-bedroom apartment starts around $2550 per month, unfurnished, not including utilities. Keep in mind without any credit it the USA you will need to pay first and last month rent as a deposit. It is advised as a J-1 exchange visitor that you look into options of sharing housing with other locals and/or J-1 exchange visitors. By doing so, you can reduce the costs per month, however the costs can also be reduced if you are willing to live outside the city and take public transportation. Below are some resources regarding housing in the area: forrent.com, parkeastrentals.com, hotpads.com, roomies.com, easyroommate.com, roommates.com, essexapartmenthomes.com
Many local J1's stay at Lyon Living and share accommodations.
Climate: Santa Barbara experiences a warm-summer Mediterranean climate characteristic of coastal California. In the winter, storms reach California, some of which bring heavy rainfall. Summers in Southern California are mostly rainless. Annual rainfall totals are highly variable snow sometimes covers higher elevations of the Santa Ynez Mountains but is extremely rare in the city itself.
Start date
April 2026