Executive Kitchen Lead, Food Hall

Hard Rock Casino Rockford; Rockford (IL); On-site; USD 80,000 - 117,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Comprehensive benefits package

Job summary

Hard Rock Casino Rockford is seeking a senior culinary operations leader to oversee back-of-house and kitchen operations in the Food Hall. You will ensure adherence to Hard Rock culinary standards, proper cooking, correct portions, and fast service.

The role requires extensive hospitality experience, strong budgeting skills, and proven kitchen management ability to build and motivate an hourly team while maintaining safety and sanitation excellence.

Qualifications

• Minimum 10 years of experience in the hospitality industry inclusive of restaurant culinary operations.
• Five (5) years of kitchen management experience.

Responsibilities

• Demonstrate financial comprehension regarding the Food Hall budget.
• Effectively control costs of food and related purchases in alignment with budgeted expectations.
• Manage staff schedules in accordance with the Food Hall’s budget and forecast models.
• Maintain the highest standards of brand, local health, safety, and food preparation hygiene requirements.
• Support the team in consistent execution of all systems and processes to consistently deliver all products and services to brand standards.
• Support senior management in building a highly functional hourly team who share a common vision and values surrounding the overall success of the Food Hall.
• Develop the kitchen team in all aspects of kitchen execution from 100% recipe adherence to banquet service.
• Foster is an environment of customer service in which all team members put the guest first in every situation.
• Hires, trains, motivates, evaluates, and supervises staff to ensure that employees receive adequate guidance and resources to accomplish established objectives.
• Understands vision and department objectives, standards, guidelines, and budget to achieve effective supervision of department.
• Responsible for storage of food items to ensure quality of food and compliance with health requirements.
• Actively involved with purchasing department to ensure high quality of food products.
• Required to meet budgetary guidelines for food cost, labor cost and miscellaneous costs.
• Attend and participate in meetings, completing follow-up as assigned.
• Perform work regularly and predictably.
• Responsible for cleaning and sanitizing work and public spaces.

Skills

Kitchen management

Budgeting

Staff management

Food safety

Brand standards

Job description

Hard Rock Casino Rockford is seeking a senior culinary operations leader to oversee back-of-house and kitchen operations in the Food Hall. You will ensure adherence to Hard Rock culinary standards, proper cooking, correct portions, and fast service.

The role requires extensive hospitality experience, strong budgeting skills, and proven kitchen management ability to build and motivate an hourly team while maintaining safety and sanitation excellence.