Room Chef

Caesars Entertainment•Chandler, OK

1d•Onsite

About The Position

The Room Chef leads the kitchen team for Arrow and Ember Restaurant, TDR, and Dash Cafe. This role involves working cooperatively with the front of house manager to ensure excellent product for guests, including seasonal menus, creative specials, and holiday/event menus. The Room Chef manages the production side of food service, creates new recipes, contributes to menu format, and conducts product tests and sales analysis. This position also coordinates with the purchasing manager for food and beverage procurement, ensuring high quality and cost-effectiveness, and enforces the use of standardized products and consistent recipes. Safety and sanitation are paramount, with adherence to HACCP guidelines during all food handling processes. The Room Chef is responsible for inspecting and tasting prepared foods, overseeing the cleanliness and repair of back-of-house areas, and ensuring the proper operation and maintenance of kitchen equipment. The role includes managing kitchen safety programs, participating in financial planning (P&L, budgeting), and maintaining food, labor, and other expenses within budgeted levels. Staff management is a key component, including hiring, training, supervising, developing, and conducting performance reviews for kitchen staff. The Room Chef is expected to foster a positive work environment, handle employee grievances, and ensure legal compliance. Adherence to the Everyone Greets Everyone (EGE) policy, participation in meetings and pre-shift sessions, and the ability to work collaboratively are also essential. The role requires strong communication skills in English, the ability to respond to visual and aural cues, and a professional appearance. Meeting attendance guidelines and working a varied schedule including holidays, nights, weekends, and overtime are necessary. Other duties as assigned will also be performed.

Requirements

Ability to read, write, speak and understand English.
Must be able to respond to visual and aural ques.
Must present a well-groomed, professional appearance.
Must be able to work a varied schedule including holidays, nights, special events and weekends as needed.
Must be able to work a reasonable amount of overtime when required.

Nice To Haves

Must be able to get along with co-workers and work as a team.

Responsibilities

Leads the Arrow and Ember Restaurant, TDR, and Dash Cafe’ kitchen team.
Works cooperatively with the front of house manager to achieve excellent product for our guests including seasonal menus, creative specials, holiday and event menus.
Manages the production side of food service in Arrow and Ember Restaurant, TDR, and Dash Cafe’.
Creates new recipes and contributes to the menu format.
Conducts non-standard product tests and selections while analyzing the menu engineering sales each month.
Coordinates with purchasing Manager the purchase/procurement of food and beverage products for use to ensure high quality while remaining cost effective.
Ensures that standardized and national-contract products are used in the kitchen.
Maintains current recipe files and enforces the consistent use of recipes by staff.
Ensures that safe and appropriate procedures are used when receiving, storing, preparing, holding, cooking, and serving food.
Uses HACCP sanitation guidelines and procedures.
Inspects and tastes prepared foods to ensure excellent quality and presentation.
Oversees the repair and cleanliness of all assigned back of house areas.
Oversees the appropriate operation and maintenance of kitchen equipment and other kitchen assets.
Oversees the kitchen safety programs for Arrow and Ember Restaurant, TDR, and Dash Cafe’.
Participates in monthly P&L’s and the budgeting and planning processes.
Maintains food, labor, and other expenses at budgeted levels, using established procedures.
Ensures that appropriate staffing levels are maintained in the kitchen.
Hires, trains, supervises and develops kitchen staff.
Develops and maintains a positive work environment.
Reports any problems to the Executive Chef and Lead Cooks.
Conducts Performance Reviews, makes or recommends wage increases, makes or recommends promotions.
Handles employees' complaints or grievances; recommends disciplinary action and/or coaching or disciplines employees.
Monitors legal compliance with federal, state, and gaming laws.
Follows the Everyone Greets Everyone (EGE) policy.
Participates in all mandatory meetings and pre-shift BUZZ sessions.
Must be able to get along with co-workers and work as a team.
Meets the attendance guidelines of the job and complies with all state, federal and regulatory policies and procedures.
Perform other duties as assigned.