SOUS CHEF - SPORTSBOOK

L'Auberge Lake Charles; Lake Charles (LA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 64,000; Full time

Job summary

L'Auberge Lake Charles is seeking an experienced kitchen supervisor to lead daily culinary operations in a fast-paced casino resort.

You will oversee food preparation, budgets, and staff training while ensuring quality and hygiene across dining outlets. This role requires strong leadership and a deep understanding of kitchen processes.

Candidates with eight years of progressive food prep experience or culinary degree/apprenticeship and supervisory experience are encouraged to apply.

Qualifications

• Knowledge of stocks, soups, mother sauces, and all varieties of meat including veal, pork, beef, lamb, poultry, game and seafood.
• Complete understanding of kitchen operations.
• Must have own tools.
• Demonstrated organizational skills, budgeting experience and full understanding of financials.
• Previous supervisory experience.
• Eight years progressive food preparation experience, or culinary arts degree/accredited apprenticeship with four years of progressive food preparation and at least one year supervisory.

Responsibilities

• Actively build and retain customer relations and mentor employees to provide superior service.
• Hire, train, motivate, evaluate and supervise staff to achieve objectives.
• Establish and maintain training and development procedures for service standards.
• Maintain department objectives, standards, guidelines and budget.
• Monitor food purchasing, staffing, preparation and inventory to control costs and waste.
• Evaluate food preparation to ensure quality and consistency.
• Assist in developing menu changes to ensure variety and quality.
• Monitor storage of food items to ensure quality and health compliance.
• Assist Chef in other kitchen areas on a relief basis as necessary.

Skills

Stock and sauce knowledge

Budgeting experience

Organizational skills

Supervisory experience

Food preparation

Education

Culinary arts degree

Accredited apprenticeship

Tools

Own culinary tools

Job description

WE’RE CHANGING ENTERTAINMENT. COME JOIN US.

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.

WE LOVE OUR WORK.

General Accountabilities

(The following statements are intended as general illustrations of the work in this job class and are not all-inclusive for this position.)

• Responsible for actively building and retaining customer relations and acts as a mentor to employees in order to provide superior customers service level.
• Hires, trains, motivates, evaluates and supervises staff to ensure that employees receive adequate guidance and resources to accomplish established objectives.
• Establishes and maintains training and development procedures to ensure superior customer service standards are achieved.
• Maintains department objectives, standards, guidelines and budget to ensure proper management of department.
• Monitors food purchasing, staffing, food preparation and food inventory in order to control food and labor cost and waste, ensuring adherence to the budget.
• Monitors and evaluates food preparation by observing cooking techniques and tasting results to ensure food quality and consistency according to standards.
• Assists in developing menu changes to ensure variety and food quality.
• Monitors and advises on storage of food items to ensure quality of food and compliance with health requirements.
• Assists Chef in other kitchen areas on a relief basis as necessary.

BRING US YOUR BEST.

Job Qualifications

Knowledge of and ability to prepare stocks, soups, mother sauces, all varieties of meat including veal, pork, beef, lamb, poultry, game and seafood.

Complete understanding of kitchen operations.

Must have own tools.

Demonstrated organizational skills, budgeting experience and full understanding of financials.

Previous supervisory experience.

These skills are typically acquired through a minimum of eight years progressive food preparation experience, or through the completion of a culinary arts degree or accredited apprenticeship and four years of progressive food preparation experience with at least one year in a supervisory capacity.

STAY IN THE GAME. FOLLOW US.

We’ve grown to become the leading provider of integrated entertainment, sports content, and casino gaming experiences thanks to our 43 destinations across North America, online sports betting and iCasino via theScore Bet Sportsbook and Casino.

Being an industry leader means more than being a purveyor of fun. We are also committed to values like diversity and sustainability — for our community, our team members, our vendors, and our planet.

We're changing entertainment.

Equal Opportunity Employer