Chef - Garrison Oak

Oak Grove Racing · Gaming · Hotel; Hensleytown (KY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel seeks a Chef de Cuisine to lead the Garrison Oak Steakhouse kitchen and drive diverse food offerings in Oak Grove, Kentucky.

The role requires 5–7 years in senior kitchen roles, a 4-year related degree, and Kentucky racing and gaming license eligibility. Strong leadership, budgeting, and food safety focus are essential.

Qualifications

• Five to seven years’ experience as a Sous chef, pastry chef, or specialty chef with a 4-year degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Valid health certifications, if required
• Able to obtain and maintain a valid Kentucky racing and gaming license

Responsibilities

• Lead the Garrison Oak Steakhouse kitchen and staff.
• Establishes menu forecasts based on customer counts or business forecasts and holidays.
• Manage staffing to maintain budgeted labor and delegate duties to staff.
• Train and develop staff; interview new hires and evaluate performances.
• Improve service execution, ticket times, and production schedules.
• Ensure portion sizes and quality standards are maintained by kitchen staff.
• Maintain sanitation and nutrition practices across the kitchen.
• Ensure safety and security of employees and guests; implement loss-reduction programs.
• Enforce company policies; work with marketing for events and promotions.
• Coordinate with vendors and analyze sales data.
• Meet with departmental directors and managers as necessary.

Skills

Leadership

Interpersonal skills

Oral & written communication

High-pressure deadlines

Education

4-year degree in related field

Job description

Oak Grove: Oak Grove Racing, Gaming & Hotel (the “Property”) is a newer facility in a high traffic area in the heart of Oak Grove, Kentucky, and across the street from a large Army post, Ft. Campbell. The Property is 10 miles from Clarksville, TN and less than 60 miles northwest of downtown Nashville, TN.

JOB SUMMARY

A Chef de Cuisine is to lead our kitchen team and create a diverse food offering. The Chef de Cuisine contributes to the success of the Food & Beverage department by directing and guiding the restaurant operations to ensure positive guest experience while ensuring company profitability.

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ESSENTIAL DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES

• Successful management of the Garrison Oak Steakhouse
• Establishes menu forecasts based on customer counts or business forecasts, previous experience of dates and holidays. Responsible for posting the menu forecast for all kitchen team members to review.
• Reviews staffing levels to maintain budget levels of employment and delegates’ authority or assigns duties to all staff as necessary.
• Assists and advises upper management in training and developing staff, interviewing new hires, completing the hiring process, and evaluations.
• Reviews and improves service execution, ticket times, and production schedule.
• Review staffing levels and maintain budgeted labor
• Verifies that all portion sizes, quality standards, departmental rules, policies, and procedures are maintained by kitchen staff, and supervises the production of all food items.
• Verifies that all sanitation and nutrition practices are maintained by kitchen staff.
• Ensure the safety and security of employees and guests. Implements programs and processes to reduce loss time injuries.
• Responsible for the enforcement of company policies and procedures.
• Works with marketing team to prepare for events and promotions.
• Maintains a cooperative relationship with vendors.
• Computer literacy and ability to analyze sales data.
• Meets with departmental directors and managers as necessary.
• Other duties as assigned.

REQUIRED SKILLS AND ABILITIES

• Management abilities demonstrated in managing the kitchen effectiveness.
• Maintaining interpersonal working relationship among all personnel.
• Oral and written communication skills.
• Willingness to assume overall responsibility relative to the performance of the kitchen in the absence of the upper management staff, work flexible hours and handle high pressure deadlines.

EDUCATION AND EXPERIENCE

• Five to seven years’ experience as a Sous chef, pastry chef, or specialty chef with a 4-year degree in a related field or equivalent work experience.
• Valid health certifications, if required
• Able to obtain and maintain a valid Kentucky racing and gaming license

PHYSICAL REQUIREMENTS & WORKING CONDITIONS

The physical demands described here are representative of those that must be met by an employee to successfully perform the essential functions of this job. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is frequently required to sit or stand; walk; use hands to finger reach, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls; reach with hands and arms; climb or balance; stoop, kneel, crouch, or crawl; and talk or hear. The employee may also be required to lift, push, and pull up to 50 lbs. Reasonable accommodations may he made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. The noise level in the work environment is usually moderate to loud. The employee is subjected to circulate throughout the assigned areas, including the smoking area, actively observing players and functioning of machines.

All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, or disability.