Senior Asian Cuisine Chef - Fine Dining & Menu Innovation

Red Hawk Resort + Casino; Placerville (CA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 120,000; Full time

Job summary

Red Hawk Resort + Casino in Placerville, CA seeks an experienced culinary leader to oversee all aspects of food preparation in a fine dining environment. You will design menus, supervise cooks, ensure quality and safety standards, and drive operational performance.

The role requires a culinary degree or chef certification and at least two years of fine dining/à la carte experience, plus the ability to lead staff and maintain high presentation standards.

Qualifications

• High school diploma or GED required.
• Culinary degree or Chef Certification required.
• Minimum of two years of fine dining/à la carte experience required.
• Must be at least 21 years of age.

Responsibilities

• Prepare and cook foods of all types, either on a regular basis or for special guests or functions.
• Supervise and coordinate activities of cooks and workers engaged in food preparation.
• Collaborate with other personnel to plan and develop recipes and special menus, taking into account such factors as seasonal availability of ingredients and the likely number of customers.
• Check the quality of raw and cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Check the quantity and quality of received products.
• Demonstrate new cooking techniques and equipment to staff.
• Determine how food should be presented, and create decorative food displays.
• Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, and work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Instruct cooks and other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, and presentation of food.
• Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that team members follow standards and regulations.
• Order or requisition food and other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
• Recruit and hire staff, including cooks and other kitchen workers.
• Maintains knowledge of currently used concepts, practices and procedures associated with fine dining restaurant trends.
• Develops and documents all recipe specs, and control procedures.
• Maintains professional grooming and appearance and acts as a role model according to established grooming and appearance policy.
• Designs and implements regular menu updates
• Create and maintain on-line templates for Production, Commissary Ordering and Transfers
• Responds to guest service issues
• Monitor payroll/punch edits
• Participate in Monthly Inventory
• Inspects all food safety documentation for accuracy and consistency.
• Facilitates the flow of pertinent information from management to team members and from the team members to the Executive Chef
• Responsible for the financial performance of the venue to budget, makes course changes and recommendations to improve financial performance.
• Directly supervises the Restaurant Sous Chef and Cook 3. Indirectly supervises Cooks 2 and Cooks 1.
• Create and utilize a comprehensive and sustainable employee engagement strategy through both formal and informal feedback as well as constant communication
• Performs all other duties as assigned.

Skills

Leadership

Menu planning

Fine dining

Food safety

Staff supervision

Education

High school diploma or GED

Culinary degree

Chef Certification

Job description

Red Hawk Resort + Casino in Placerville, CA seeks an experienced culinary leader to oversee all aspects of food preparation in a fine dining environment. You will design menus, supervise cooks, ensure quality and safety standards, and drive operational performance.

The role requires a culinary degree or chef certification and at least two years of fine dining/à la carte experience, plus the ability to lead staff and maintain high presentation standards.