About this role
Assist the Sr. Chef Tournant and Chef de Cuisine with day-to-day department operations and maintain outlet food quality. Lead large-team execution in a high-volume employee cafeteria while ensuring food safety and operational compliance.
Key Responsibilities
- Assist Sr. Chef Tournant and Chef de Cuisine with day to day running of the department
- Ensure outlet and overall quality of products produced
- Maintain ServSafe, HACCP, sanitation, proper chemical usage, and fire procedures compliance
- Lead large teams and streamline operations to improve productivity
- Assume responsibilities in absence of Chef de Cuisine and Senior Chef Tournant
Technical Overview
Role focuses on back-of-house (BOH) kitchen operations with strict food safety compliance, including ServSafe and HACCP, plus sanitation, proper chemical usage, and fire procedures. Requires strong kitchen equipment operation knowledge and ability to run high-volume production consistently.
Ideal Candidate
The ideal candidate is an experienced Chef Tournant who has 5+ years of cooking experience and at least 1 year in a similar tournant role, thriving in fast-paced, high-volume operations. They are ServSafe Certified with strong HACCP, sanitation, proper chemical usage, and fire procedure knowledge, and can lead very large teams while maintaining Caesars Entertainment 5-star standards.
Must-Have Skills
Minimum of 5 years of cooking experience requiredexperience operating in a similar role for minimum of 1 yearExperience working in a fast-pacedhigh volume environmentExperience and proven track record within the 5-star framework of deluxe hotels or reputable free-standing restaurantsServSafe CertifiedKnowledgeunderstandingand compliance of policies and proceduresjob descriptionsdaily memorandumsstatutory requirements regarding health and safetysanitationproper chemical usagefire proceduresand HACCPKnowledge of all kitchen equipment operationsAbility to readwriteand understand EnglishAbility to perform basic/intermediate math skillsLicense Certificate: Food Safety Employee Training required and Food Handler's CardAble to manage team of up to 100 managers and supervisors and 600 hourly employeesRequires mobilityAbility to work in confined spacesMust be able to work any shift and long hours when necessaryAssume responsibilities in the absence of Chef de Cuisine and Senior Chef Tournant
Nice-to-Have Skills
Bachelor's Degree preferredCulinary school or apprenticeship preferred
Tools & Platforms
ServSafe
Required Skills
cooking experiencefast-pacedhigh volume environment5-star framework of deluxe hotelsServSafe CertifiedHACCPsanitationproper chemical usagefire proceduresknowledge of all kitchen equipment operationsEnglish reading writing understandingbasic/intermediate math skillsFood Safety Employee TrainingFood Handler's Cardmanage team up to 100 managers and supervisors and 600 hourly employeesBOH operationsculinary creativityinternational cuisinepastry
Hard Skills
cooking experienceoperating in a similar rolefast-pacedhigh volume environment5-star framework of deluxe hotelsreputable free-standing restaurantsServSafe Certifiedpolicies and procedures compliancejob descriptions compliancedaily memorandums compliancestatutory requirements regarding health and safetysanitationproper chemical usagefire proceduresHACCPknowledge of all kitchen equipment operationsEnglish readingwritingand understandingbasic/intermediate math skillsFood Safety Employee TrainingFood Handler's Cardmanage a team of up to 100 managers and supervisors and 600 hourly employeesstreamline operational proceduresincrease productivity of departmentcommunication and administration skillsmaintain and further develop standards set by Caesars Entertainmentup to date culinary trendsculinary creativitycreative thinkingproblem solvingconsistently well executed food productmarket trends and latest developments in international cuisine and pastryknowledge of all kitchen equipment operationsknowledgeunderstandingand compliance of policies and proceduresjob descriptionsdaily memorandumschemical labelsand other instructionsmobilitygraspliftmoveor push goods on cart/truck weighing a maximum of 100 poundswork in confined spaceswork any shift and long hours when necessaryassume responsibilities in the absence of Chef de Cuisine and Senior Chef TournantRun all aspects of daily BOH operatio
Soft Skills
establish and maintain an effective working relationship with managementstaffand guestsexcellent communicationadministration skillspassionate approach to streamline operational proceduresability to manage teamprofessionalismintegrityaccountabilityexcellencecreative thinkingproblem solving
Certifications
Required
Food Safety Employee TrainingFood Handler's CardServSafe
Keywords for Your Resume
Chef TournantEmployee CafeteriaSr. Chef TournantChef de Cuisineday to day running of the departmentoutlet and overall quality of products producedMinimum of 5 years of cooking experience requiredexperience operating in a similar role for minimum of 1 yearfast-pacedhigh volume environment5-star framework of deluxe hotelsServSafe CertifiedHACCPsanitationproper chemical usagefire proceduresknowledge of all kitchen equipment operationsAbility to readwriteand understand Englishbasic/intermediate math skillsFood Safety Employee TrainingFood Handler's Cardmanage team of up to 100 managers and supervisors and 600 hourly employeesstreamline operational proceduresincrease productivity of departmentculinary creativityinternational cuisinepastrychemical labelsBOH operatiowork any shift and long hours when necessary
Deal Breakers
Minimum of 5 years of cooking experience required, ServSafe Certified, License Certificate: Food Safety Employee Training required and Food Handler's Card, experience operating in a similar role for minimum of 1 year, Knowledge of all kitchen equipment operations, Ability to read, write, and understand English, Able to manage team of up to 100 managers and supervisors and 600 hourly employees
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