Senior Sous Chef – High-Volume Casino Kitchen

Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel; Highland (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel is seeking a Sous Chef – F&B to supervise daily kitchen operations within a specific venue. You will train and direct cooks, manage scheduling, and collaborate with Food & Beverage management to forecast menus based on events and guest counts.

You will ensure health and safety compliance, manage costs, and lead culinary staff to uphold the property’s standards and values in a fast-paced, high-volume casino environment.

Qualifications

• Associate’s degree in Culinary, Food Service, Hospitality, Business Management or related field required.
• Culinary degree from an accredited culinary institute preferred.
• Minimum two (2) years’ experience working in a large hotel or similar Casino operation which includes high volume production, catering, multi-unit aspects and larger staff management required.
• Management training and/or culinary education experience preferred.
• Related, relevant, and/or direct experience may be considered in lieu of minimum educational requirements indicated above.

Responsibilities

• Maintains and ensures all recipes, flavor profiles, consistency in quality, appearance and production timeframes are adhered to for all menu/food items being produced, and that all food items needed for production are available to team members.
• Monitors and works with venue management and culinary management to control all financial aspects of the kitchen operations of designated venue(s); including, but not limited to, food cost, labor cost, food purchasing and other expenses.
• Ensures safe working conditions are in place at all times for kitchen and food service staff; investigates and reports all employee injuries or accidents according to policy.
• Responsible for cleanliness, organization and preparedness of immediate workspace and adjacent areas.
• Schedules kitchen line staff within budgeted labor cost; approves vacation requests ensuring that staffing levels are still met.
• Performs other duties as assigned to support the efficient operation of the department.

Skills

High-volume kitchen ops

Staff training & supervision

Menu development & forecasting

Education

Associate degree in Culinary, Food Service, Hospitality, Business Management

Culinary degree preferred

Job description

Yaamava' Resort & Casino at San Manuel is seeking a Sous Chef – F&B to supervise daily kitchen operations within a specific venue. You will train and direct cooks, manage scheduling, and collaborate with Food & Beverage management to forecast menus based on events and guest counts.

You will ensure health and safety compliance, manage costs, and lead culinary staff to uphold the property’s standards and values in a fast-paced, high-volume casino environment.