Sous Chef, Food Hall (Caesars New Orleans)

Caesars Entertainment•New Orleans, LA

13d•Onsite

About The Position

The Sous Chef administers the overall activities of the restaurant operation. This role involves providing superior customer service, positively impacting interactions with customers and team members, and demonstrating resilience in handling difficult customers under various business conditions. The Sous Chef ensures full staff understanding of menu items, monitors food quality, and ensures all items are prepared from recipes as specified, maintaining cost-effectiveness and overall quality. This position also involves preparing and performing appropriate yield tests, preparing requisitions for food ordering, and assisting in the development of new menu items and daily specials.

Requirements

2 year Culinary Arts Degree from an accredited program required or completion of approved ACF apprentice program.
Minimum of 2 years of cooking in a high quality/high volume establishment.
Ability to understand and respond to written order, recipes and directs in English
Ability to work flexible time periods as required of a cook in a resort environment as well as be flexible enough to work in multiple outlets as needed
Knowledge of breads, pastries, bakery production
Ability to implement a la carte desserts
Demonstrated expert skill level on all cook stations
Demonstrated leadership skills with a focus on coaching for success; ability to mentor
Ability to oversee the daily operations of the kitchen in the absence of a Chef
Good communication skills
Ability to uphold and demonstrate the highest level of integrity in all situations and recognize standards required by a regulated business
Ability to correctly lift and transport objects weighing up to 50 lbs.
Ability to work a minimum of 8 hours with appropriate mobility and endurance
Ability to stand for 8 hours
Visual range must include immediate environment
Auditory range must include near and medium distances.
Dexterity to use food preparation machinery
Ability to use repetitive hand motion, holding and grasping
Ability to tolerate extreme temperatures
Positions that have contact with the public require the ability to work in a noisy environment, and may be exposed to guests who use tobacco products.
Non-public contact positions may be required to enter public areas from time to time, in connection with their duties, and may be subject to the same environment.

Responsibilities

Provides superior customer service, positively effects interactions with customers and team members, and has the resiliency to deal with difficult customers in all types of business conditions.
Ensures full staff understanding of menu items and monitors food quality.
Ensures all items are prepared from recipes as specified, maintain cost effectiveness and overall quality.
Prepares and performs appropriate yield tests.
Prepares requisitions for food ordering.
Assists in the development of new menu items and daily specials
Demonstrates proper care, storage, use and cleaning of all tools and equipment.
Demonstrates competent product knowledge by correct storing and handling of all perishables, maintaining quality, security, value and integrity.
Maintains adequate supply of menu items.
Maintains assigned facility in a sanitary condition and equipment in operational condition.
Inspects assigned areas and coordinates cleaning activities with the Kitchen Steward.
Protects company assets against stealing, breakage and waste.
Provides leadership and training to lower level cooks.
Effectively communicates with other team members, including service and kitchen maintenance personnel.
Continues to update cooking knowledge through books, magazines and discussions with the Executive Chef and Executive Sous Chef.
Acts as a role model to other Team Members and always presents oneself as a credit to Caesars Entertainment and encourages others to do the same.
Adheres to all regulatory, company and department policies and procedures.