Assistant Sous Chef - Friday's Station Steak House

The Assistant Sous Chef supports the Sous Chef and Executive Chef in overseeing daily kitchen operations at Friday’s Station Steakhouse, ensuring high-quality food production, consistency, and exceptional guest satisfaction. This role is responsible for assisting with kitchen leadership, food preparation, inventory control, and maintaining strict standards of cleanliness, safety, and compliance.

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• Supervises the preparation of food in assigned areas of responsibility.
• Performs frequent checks of assigned food preparation areas and assist in food production when volume requires.
• Assists in the maintenance of prescribed standards for quality, quantity and appearance of food prepared in assigned food preparation area through effective guidance, counseling and instruction of assigned personnel.
• Assigns stations and breaks for subordinate personnel and directs their work activity.
• Maintains an adequate supply of food stock for the needs of assigned kitchens; controls ordering to eliminate waste; and keeps sanitary conditions at acceptable standards.
• Encourages cooperation between assigned food preparation personnel and food service personnel to insure quick and efficient service from the kitchen.
• Maintains facilities and equipment in clean and operable condition.  Performs inspections of assigned areas as directed.
• Prepares and presents periodic performance appraisals of assigned personnel.
• Counsels, coaches and guides assigned personnel in the performance of their duties.

• 2 year Culinary Arts Degree from an accredited program preferred 
• Minimum of 4 years of cooking in a high quality/high volume establishment
• Ability to understand and respond to written order, recipes and directs in English        
• 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
• 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

ADDITIONAL REQUIREMENTS

• 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.  Also, 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.