Chef de Cuisine - Maroon

Sahara Las Vegas; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Sahara Las Vegas is seeking a Chef de Cuisine to lead and mentor the kitchen team, oversee all culinary activities and ensure guest satisfaction with excellence. The role emphasizes training, consistency, and high-quality production across all stations, while maintaining safety, sanitation, and cost controls.

In addition to menu planning and recipe development, you will drive profitability, schedule staff efficiently, and uphold the casino’s standards for presentation and service in a

Qualifications

• Five or more years in a supervisory role in a restaurant kitchen (Executive Chef or Sous Chef preferred).
• Must be at least 21 years old.
• Experience with Culinary Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements preferred; work cards required.
• Strong leadership to mentor and energize a diverse culinary team.
• Excellent organizational skills, able to work under time constraints and meet deadlines.
• Ability to work in a fast-paced, guest-focused environment.
• Current hospitality industry kitchen experience.

Responsibilities

• Train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise culinary activities.
• Select, develop and standardize recipes with consistent quality and presentation.
• Ensure proper food preparation, portion control, and presentation per menu.
• Conduct daily line checks and quality control across kitchen areas.
• Set kitchen objectives and support professional development.
• Oversee profitability, control labor costs, and optimize schedules.
• Plan and price menus and ensure equipment operation and maintenance.
• Maintain safety and sanitation standards in the kitchen.
• Prepare items for events as required.
• Develop recipes within budget and consumer tastes.

Skills

Leadership

Team mentoring

Operations management

Time management

Communication

Customer service

Job description

The primary role of the Chef de Cuisine will be to train and manage the kitchen personnel and supervise and coordinate all related culinary activities.

JOB FOCUS

• Has a passion for the craft and everything in the industry.
• Must love and support their TEAM.
• Must love and take care of guests.
• Must say “yes” and “thank you” often.
• Must be excited about change and an evolving environment.
• Current with culinary concepts, practices, and procedures.
• Ability to estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food.
• Will select and develop recipes; standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality and establish presentation technique and quality standards.
• Supervises and carries out the correct procedure of preparation, presentation, and portion control for all raw and cooked foods in accordance with the menu with adequate pars required for efficient service.
• Supervises all kitchen areas to ensure a consistent, high quality product is produced- daily line checks and quality control.
• Establishes result-oriented objectives for the kitchen as well as personal objectives in regard to professional development.
• Ensures the profitability and successful operation of the kitchen.
• Controls direct labor costs associated with the kitchen staff-creates weekly schedules, ensuring productivity levels are maximized through the effective utilization of all colleagues and providing hands-on support as required.
• Plan and price menus.
• Ensure proper equipment operation and maintenance.
• Ensure proper safety and sanitation in kitchen.
• Must be able to prepare selected items or for selected occasions.
• Develop recipes and portion specifications in accordance with consumer tastes, nutritional needs, product specifications, ease of preparation and established procedures and budgetary constraints.

DESIRED QUALIFICATIONS

• Has five (5) or more years of experience in a supervisory role in a restaurant kitchen; Executive Chef or Sous Chef preferred.
• Must be at least 21 years of age or older.
• Experience with Culinary Unions and Collective Bargaining Agreements preferred.Must be able to obtain all work cards.
• Must have strong leadership skills and the ability to mentor and energize a diverse team of culinary professionals.
• Must have excellent organizational skills, ability to function under time constraints, expedite and meet deadlines with attention to detail.
• Must be able to work in a fast- paced, customer service driven environment.
• Current experience in the hospitality industry in a kitchen.