Lead Cook - High-Volume Casino Kitchen & Bar

Bally's Corporation; Evansville (IN); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive salary

Health coverage

401K Company match

Access perks and childcare discounts

Job summary

Bally’s Corporation in Evansville is seeking an experienced kitchen leader to guide cooks and manage daily kitchen operations. You will coordinate with Room Chef and Sous Chefs, oversee multiple stations, and ensure quality and efficiency.

The role emphasizes food safety, recipe execution, and training of staff. This on-site position requires flexibility, weekend availability, and a commitment to Bally’s high service standards. Competitive pay and benefits accompany the opportunity.

Qualifications

• Leads and trains kitchen staff and cooks.
• Ability to work independently when management is not present.
• Manages scheduling, evaluation and development of the culinary team.
• Reads menus to estimate requirements and orders supplies.

Responsibilities

• Guides and leads cooks and kitchen employees.
• Work with Room Chef and Sous Chefs.
• Rotate through all stations to meet business demands.
• Prepare soups, salads, gravies, sauces, and casseroles following recipes.
• Bake, roast, and steam meats and seafood as required.
• Ensure safety standards are followed at all times.
• Keep inventory and date-stamp ingredients; rotate stock.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Staff development

Menu planning

Food safety & sanitation

Independent work capability

Job description

Bally’s Corporation is a global casino-entertainment company with a growing omni-channel presence, currently owning and managing 15 casinos across 10 states, a golf course in New York, a horse racetrack in Colorado, and having access to OSB licenses in 18 states. The recent acquisition of Aspers Casino in Newcastle, UK, further expands its international footprint and enhances its diverse entertainment offerings. It also owns Bally’s Interactive International, formerly Gamesys Group, a leading, global, interactive gaming operator, Bally Bet, a first-in-class sports betting platform, and Bally Casino, a growing iCasino platform.

With 10,600 employees, the Company’s casino operations include approximately 15,300 slot machines, 580 table games, and 3,800 hotel rooms. Bally’s also has rights to developable land in Las Vegas post the closure of the Tropicana.

Upon completion of the announced merger with The Queen Casino & Entertainment Inc. (“Queen”), the above portfolio is expected to be supplemented with four additional casinos across three states, one of which will be an additional state that expands Bally’s jurisdiction of operations to include the state of Iowa. Queen will also add over 900 employees, and operations that currently include approximately 2,400 slot machines, 50 table games, and 150 hotel rooms to the Bally’s portfolio. Bally’s will also become the successor of Queen’s significant economic stake in a global lottery management and services business through its investment in Intralot S.A. (ATSE: INLOT).

Responsibilities:

• Guides and leads other cooks and kitchen employees.

• Must be able to work independently at times when Culinary Management is not present.

• Staff, schedule, evaluate, train, develop and monitor culinary team.

• Work closely with the Room Chef and Sous Chefs.

• Able to correctly work all stations in the outlet with flexibility to assess and rotate within

those areas to assist the team in keeping up with business demands.

• Reads menu to estimate food requirements and orders food from supplier or procures

food from storage.

• Date all food containers and rotate food correctly.

• Practice safety standards at all times.

• Effectively Adjusts thermostat controls to regulate temperature of ovens, broilers, grills,

roasters, and steam kettles.

• Effectively Measures and mixes ingredients according to recipe to prepare soups, salads,

gravies, desserts, sauces, and casseroles.

• Effectively Bakes, roasts, broils, and steams meats, fish, vegetables, and other foods.

• Adds seasoning to foods during mixing or cooking.

• Observes and tests foods being cooked by tasting, smelling, and piercing with fork to

determine that it is cooked.

• Effectively Carves meats, portions food on serving plates, adds gravies and sauces, and

garnishes servings to fill orders.

• Effectively Cuts, trims, and bones meat prior to cooking.

• Bakes bread, rolls, cakes, and pastry.

• Washes, peels, cut, and shreds vegetables and fruits to prepare them for use.

• Effectively Butchers chickens, fish, and shellfish.

• Prices items on menu.

• Must be able to stand and walk for prolong periods of time (7+ hours).

• Knowledgeable of the Indiana Gaming regulations as well as internal controls, policies, and procedures.

• Always follow the Company Service Standards model.

• Must be available for regularly scheduled work and be able to work a variety of hours, holidays, and weekends.

Other duties may be assigned at any time.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed are representative of the knowledge, skill, and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions. May work independently at times but still needs supervision and guidance. Must be at least 18 years of age.

What’s in it for you:

· Competitive Salary with annual performance reviews

· Comprehensive health coverage plan that includes medical, dental, and vision

· 401(K)/ Company Match

· Access Perks and Childcare discounts

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