Assistant Sous Chef — Lead Prep & Menu Innovation

Caesars Entertainment; Stateline (NV); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

Caesars Entertainment’s Harrah’s and Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe seek an Assistant Sous Chef to supervise the food prep area, ensuring quality, cost control, and strong team leadership on a busy, on-site kitchen.

You will mentor junior cooks, maintain high standards of cleanliness and food safety, and collaborate with the Executive Chef to develop new menu items and daily specials in a resort environment.

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 order, recipes and directs in English
• Ability to work flexible time periods as required of a cook in a resort environment as well as be flexible enough to work in multiple outlets as needed
• Knowledge of breads, pastries, bakery production
• Demonstrated expert skill level on all cook stations
• Demonstrated leadership skills with a focus on coaching for success; ability to mentor
• Ability to oversee the daily operations of the kitchen in the absence of a Chef
• Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business
• Acts as a role model to other Team Members and always presents oneself as a credit to Caesars Entertainment and encourages others to do the same.

Responsibilities

• Supervises the activities of assigned food preparation area on assigned shift.
• Provides superior customer service, positively effects interactions with customers and team members, and has the resiliency to deal with difficult customers in all types of business conditions.
• Ensures full staff understanding of menu items and monitors food quality.
• Ensures all items are prepared from recipes as specified, maintain cost effectiveness and overall quality.
• Prepares and performs appropriate yield tests.
• Prepares requisitions for food ordering.
• Assists in the development of new menu items and daily specials
• Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of all tools and equipment.
• Demonstrates competent product knowledge by correct storing and handling of all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value and integrity.
• Maintains adequate supply of menu items.
• Maintains assigned facility in a sanitary condition and equipment in operational condition.
• Inspects assigned areas and coordinates cleaning activities with the Kitchen Steward.
• Protects company assets against stealing, breakage and waste.
• Provides leadership and training to lower level cooks.
• Effectively communicates with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel.
• Continues to update cooking knowledge through books, magazines and discussions with the Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef.

Job description

Caesars Entertainment’s Harrah’s and Caesars Republic Lake Tahoe seek an Assistant Sous Chef to supervise the food prep area, ensuring quality, cost control, and strong team leadership on a busy, on-site kitchen.

You will mentor junior cooks, maintain high standards of cleanliness and food safety, and collaborate with the Executive Chef to develop new menu items and daily specials in a resort environment.