Room Chef - Sports Bar

Hollywood Casino Penn National Race Course; Pennsylvania; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Hollywood Casino Penn National Race Course is seeking a culinary supervisor who will oversee kitchen operations, develop menus, and ensure high standards of service. This role requires strong supervisory experience, excellent communication, and ability to manage budgets and schedules.

Based in Pennsylvania, the position offers a full-time schedule with shifts including holidays and weekends, and opportunities for growth within the Penn Entertainment organization.

Qualifications

• Associates Degree in culinary or related field with 4+ years of culinary experience.
• Minimum of three years supervisory experience.
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Proficient with Excel, Word, and Outlook.
• Flexible to work all shifts including holidays, nights, weekends, and overtime.
• Ability to write reports and procedures and manage budgets.

Responsibilities

• Supervise staff and manage a designated shift daily.
• Create schedules while controlling labor costs and staffing objectives.
• Develop and prepare menu items for the restaurant.
• Ensure prep lists are followed and kitchens are stocked for service.
• Support budgeting processes and report budget concerns.
• Promote superior customer service and station standards.
• Maintain health, safety and quality standards across operations.
• Coach and develop team members; participate in interviewing and scheduling.

Skills

Supervisory experience

Communication skills

Microsoft Excel

Budgeting

Staff development

Scheduling

Education

Associates Degree in culinary or related field

Tools

Microsoft Office

Job description

Overview

We’re always looking for talent that believes in having fun. At PENN Entertainment, you’ll get to be a part of an exciting industry, where the days and nights are fast paced. You’ll work with an incredibly diverse set of coworkers driven by their enthusiasm for helping people find and have more fun. You’ll also get to work at a company that cares about your career growth and will help you get the support you need to expand your possibilities.

Initial placement within the salary range is based on an individual’s relevant knowledge, skills, and experience. Base salary is just one component of our competitive Total Rewards package, which includes wellness programs designed to support our team members’ financial, physical, and mental well-being. Specific benefits—such as day-one medical coverage, 401(k) matching, and annual performance bonus—may vary by position. Paid time off is earned according to the local policy and increases with the length of employment.

Click HERE to discover how we empower team members to grow, thrive, and advance in their careers.

Responsibilities

• Achieve desired results through established methods, procedures and guidelines to maintain desired standards, and high quality service. Monitor results through inspection, evaluation and analysis. Makes changes if necessary to achieve end result.
• Responsible for supervising staff and the overall daily management of a designated shift.
• Supports, administers and manages operational goals and monitors achievements of performance and profit objectives.
• Create effective and efficient schedules, while maintaining labor costs, meeting staffing objectives and achieving guest satisfaction.
• Develops and producesmenu items as listed in each restaurant.
• Follows all prep lists and ensurekitchens are stocked and ready for service.
• May be responsible for assisting in the budget process for the department by providing recommendations; supports compliance to departmental budget initiatives; reporting budget concerns to manager.
• Enthusiastically supports, actively promotes, and demonstrates superior customer service in accordance with department and company standards and programs.
• Ensures customer service standards are followed by all team members and addresses issues as they arise.
• Responsible for maintaining of cost control methods and procedures by monitoring consistent pars and inventory.
• Responsible for maintaining established quality assurance procedures to ensure acceptable health department and customer service standards.
• Responsible for ensuring the compliance with all regulatory compliance within area of responsibility and reporting potential issues to management. Maintains strict confidentiality in all departmental and company matters.
• Responsible for staff development and training programs.
• Responsible for rewards and recognition program to maximize employee engagement. Evaluates team members within department and delivers constructive feedback to employees in regards to performance. Provides recommendation for staffing (including interviewing and hiring) and scheduling (planning, assigning and directing work) to meet business needs.
• Manages work procedures and expedites workflow. Provides recommendation for employee performance (disciplining, coaching, and counseling).

Requirements

• Associates Degree (A.A.) in culinary or related field; minimum of four years culinary experience in multiple venues, or equivalent combination of education and experience.
• Minimum of three years previous supervisory experience required.
• Must have excellent verbal and written communication skills.
• Must be proficient in Microsoft applications (Excel, Word, and Outlook).
• Flexible to work all shifts including holidays, nights, weekends, and overtime as business needs dictate.
• Ability to write reports, business correspondence, and procedure manuals.
• Ability to effectively present information and respond to questions from groups of managers, clients, customers, and the general public.
• Ability to add, subtract, multiply, and divide in all units of measure, using whole numbers, common fractions, and decimals.
• Ability to compute rate, ratio, and percent and to draw and interpret bar graphs.
• Must have the ability to interact with guests, staff and colleagues and resolve problems and conflicts in a diplomatic and tactful manner.
• Ability to read and interpret documents in English, such as safety rules, operating and maintenance instructions and procedure manuals.
• Ability to read and communicate verbally in English. Written communication skills in English may also be required.
• Ability to apply commonsense understanding to carry out instructions furnished in written, oral, or diagram form.
• Ability to deal with problems involving several concrete variables in standardized situations. Must qualify for a license with the Pennsylvania State Racing Commission and meet any credentialing requirements of the Pennsylvania Gaming Control Board. While performing the duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and use hands to finger, handle, or feel objects, tools, or controls.
• The employee frequently is required to reach with hands and arms and talk or hear. Specific vision abilities required by this job include close vision, color vision, and peripheral vision.
• The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds, frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds, and occasionally lift and/or move up to 50 pounds, and must have the ability to push, pull, reach, bend, twist, stoop, stack, crouch, kneel and balance when performing job duties in varying work areas such as confined spaces
• Employee could be exposed to fluctuating temperatures and an environment containing unrestricted second hand tobacco smoke toxic fumes and/or chemicals.