SOUS CHEF-BANQUETS

Ameristar Casino Resort Spa St. Charles; Saint Charles (MO); On-site; USD 55,000 - 75,000; Full time

Job summary

A premier casino resort in Missouri seeks a Sous Chef to supervise the culinary team and ensure exceptional food quality and guest satisfaction. Responsibilities include overseeing cooking operations, managing staff schedules, and maintaining food safety standards. Ideal candidates have a culinary degree, supervisory experience, and strong communication skills. Join a dynamic team dedicated to culinary excellence.

Qualifications

• Completion of a culinary arts degree or accredited apprenticeship and/or four years of progressive food preparation experience.
• Minimum of one year in a supervisory capacity or equivalent training/experience.
• Possession of a valid gaming license and ability to maintain it.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all cooking operations and ensure high-quality food preparation.
• Monitor and advise on food storage to comply with health requirements.
• Assist Restaurant Chef with recipe controls and operational guidelines.
• Monitor and advise on storage of food items to ensure quality and health compliance.
• Maintain kitchen equipment and working conditions; manage HotSos entries.
• Assist with recipe cost controls and develop a recipe collection.
• Ensure staff adherence to health regulations and cleanliness; address issues with management.
• Assist in developing policies and procedures to promote compliance with guidelines.
• Schedule Lead Cooks, Cooks, and Assistant Cooks within the outlet.
• Collaborate with senior management to ensure seamless front and back of house communication.
• Assist in pre-shift briefings to communicate specials and dish presentations.
• Maintain high team member engagement and performance feedback.

Skills

Food preparation

Supervisory skills

Team building

Communication

Education

Culinary arts degree or accredited apprenticeship

4+ years progressive food preparation experience

Tools

Excel Spreadsheet

Word

Job description

Job Description

Provide direct and general supervision to culinary team in assigned shift to ensure quality food preparation and guest satisfaction while supporting the company’s vision, mission, and values. The Sous Chef must have the ability to effectively interact and communicate with guests and team members. The Sous Chef must also act as a leader in the development and motivation of the culinary staff while creating an environment that encourages ownership and accountability.

Responsibilities

• Oversee all cooking operations, including methods of preparation, portion control, monitoring timeliness of food delivery and garnishing; ensure high-quality preparation and attractive presentation of all food to exceed the company’s standards.
• Staff, schedule, evaluate, train, develop and monitor culinary team; including by not limited to initiatives with Ecosure, on-boarding, etc.
• Understand department objectives, standards, guidelines and budget to achieve effective supervision of the department; monitor labor costs, including staffing levels, and adjust to sales levels, business volumes, etc.
• Monitor and advise on storage of food items to ensure quality of food and compliance with health requirements.
• Ensure all kitchen equipment and working conditions are well-maintained; responsible for HotSos entries.
• Assistant Restaurant Chef with writing and cost-control of recipes, as well as developing a collection of recipes in a recipe book.
• Oversight of monitoring staff adherence to health department regulations regarding food handling, storage, temperature, and cleanliness of work; control cleanliness and maintenance of assigned area; review any health department issues with Management team and Restaurant Chef to correct any problems.
• Assist Restaurant Chef in developing and implementing policies, procedures and rules including operations manuals, to promote compliance with company and regulatory guidelines.
• Responsible for scheduling of Lead Cooks, Cooks, and Assistant Cooks.
• Collaborate with Assistant General Manager, General Manager, and Restaurant Chef to ensure communication between the front and back of house is seamless while taking ownership of all assigned areas.
• Responsible for multiple guest service aspects, including but not limited to table touches, nightly special postings, menu changes, and Front-of-House/Back-of-House communication.
• Assist Restaurant Chef with Server and Culinary pre-shifts to ensure communication of specials and dishes are excellently presented to our guests.
• Ensure team member engagement is maintained at a high level.
• Lead all aspects of team member relations including, but not limited to, hiring, coaching, recognizing, and evaluating team members and leaders.
• Provide ongoing direct and honest feedback to team members regarding individual performance.
• Establish operational guidelines for the recruitment and retention of outlet team members.

Qualifications

• Ideally, completion of a culinary arts degree or accredited apprenticeship and/or four (4) years of progressive food preparation experience.
• Minimum of one year in a supervisory capacity or an equivalent combination of training, education and experience which demonstrates the ability to perform the duties of the
• Computer literacy to include Excel Spreadsheet and Word experience.
• Possession of, and ability to obtain and maintain a valid drivers and gaming license within assigned state of employment and other jurisdictions
• Must successfully pass background check
• Must successfully pass an alcohol and drug screening
• Must be 21 years of age

Additional Information

All your information will be kept confidential according to EEO guidelines. Boyd Gaming is proud to be an Equal Opportunity Employer and does not discriminate against any employee or applicant for employment because of race, color, sex, age, national origin, religion, sexual orientation, gender identity, veteran status, disability, or any other protected class.

Seniority level

• Entry level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• General Business

Industries

• Gambling Facilities and Casinos