Assistant Sous Chef — Lead High-Volume Kitchen

Caesars Entertainment; California (MO); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

The Assistant Sous Chef at Gordan Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen oversees the assigned food preparation area on each shift, ensuring quality, yield tests, and recipe adherence while leading junior cooks.

Caesars Entertainment operates Harrah’s and Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe; this role requires a 2-year Culinary Arts degree or equivalent, and a minimum 2 years in a high-volume kitchen with strong leadership and English communication.

Qualifications

• 2 year Culinary Arts Degree from an accredited program required or completion of approved ACF apprentice program
• Minimum of 2 years of cooking in a high quality/high volume establishment
• Ability to understand and respond to written orders, recipes and directs in English
• Ability to work flexible time periods in a resort environment and in multiple outlets
• Knowledge of breads, pastries, bakery production
• Demonstrated expert skill level on all cook stations
• Demonstrated leadership skills with coaching for success; ability to mentor
• Ability to oversee daily kitchen operations in the absence of a Chef
• Uphold the highest level of integrity and compliance with standards

Responsibilities

• Provides superior customer service, interactions with customers and team members, and resilience with difficult customers.
• Ensures staff understanding of menu items and monitors food quality.
• Ensures all items are prepared from recipes as specified, maintains cost effectiveness and quality.
• Prepares yield tests and requisitions for food ordering.
• Assists in developing new menu items and daily specials
• Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of tools and equipment
• Maintains sanitary kitchen condition and equipment in good condition
• Protects company assets against waste and theft
• Provides leadership and training to lower level cooks
• Communicates effectively with service and maintenance personnel
• Keeps cooking knowledge updated through reading and discussions with Executive Chef

Skills

Leadership skills

Mentoring

Quality control

Menu knowledge

English comprehension

Yield testing

Recipe adherence

Operations oversight

Education

Culinary Arts Degree

Job description

The Assistant Sous Chef at Gordan Ramsay's Hell's Kitchen oversees the assigned food preparation area on each shift, ensuring quality, yield tests, and recipe adherence while leading junior cooks.

Caesars Entertainment operates Harrah’s and Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe; this role requires a 2-year Culinary Arts degree or equivalent, and a minimum 2 years in a high-volume kitchen with strong leadership and English communication.