Sous Chef

Golden Nugget Las Vegas; Las Vegas (NV); On-site; USD 70,000 - 95,000; Full time

Job summary

Golden Nugget Las Vegas is seeking a Sous Chef to lead a diverse kitchen team and deliver high-quality dishes in a fast-paced casino environment.

You will supervise chefs, cooks, and kitchen staff, ensure brand standards, manage inventories, and uphold health and safety regulations while optimizing labor costs.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in kitchen management within a casino or high-volume restaurant.
• Strong leadership abilities to guide kitchen staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills; fluent English.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage day-to-day kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and adherence to brand standards.
• Lead and manage kitchen staff, including chefs, cooks, and kitchen assistants, providing training, guidance, and support.
• Monitor and manage food inventory levels, minimizing waste, and ensuring optimal stock levels.
• Ensure all dishes meet high standards for taste, presentation, and consistency.
• Enforce strict adherence to health and safety regulations, maintaining a clean and organized kitchen environment.
• Work with management to control food and labor costs without compromising quality.

Skills

Leadership

Kitchen management

Communication

Problem solving

Multitasking

Organization

Fluent English

Job description

Overview

The Sous Chef leads a diverse team while delivering high quality food. This culinary professional possesses leadership skills with a strong background in kitchen management.

The Sous Chef leads a diverse team while delivering high quality food. This culinary professional possesses leadership skills with a strong background in kitchen management.

Responsibilities

• Oversee and manage day-to-day kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency, quality, and adherence to brand standards.
• Lead and manage kitchen staff, including chefs, cooks, and kitchen assistants, providing training, guidance, and support.
• Monitor and manage food inventory levels, minimizing waste, and ensuring optimal stock levels.
• Ensure all dishes meet high standards for taste, presentation, and consistency.
• Enforce strict adherence to health and safety regulations, maintaining a clean and organized kitchen environment.
• Work with management to control food and labor costs without compromising quality.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in kitchen management within a casino or high-volume restaurant setting.
• Strong leadership and management abilities to inspire and guide kitchen staff.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills to work effectively with kitchen staff, management, and other departments.
• Strong problem-solving skills to address challenges in a fast-paced environment.
• Excellent analytical, problem solving, administrative, multi-tasking, organization and prioritization skills.
• Excellent interpersonal and communication skills (verbal and written), fluent English and articulate.
• Ability to work efficiently, independently and cohesively, consistently producing quality results.

Disclaimer

The above information is intended as a high-level overview of the responsibilities and qualifications for the position and does not represent the full job description which will include all responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, and working conditions associated with the job. For more information or to see the full job description, contact the Human Resources department at the location in which you are applying.

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