Asian Specialty Chef

We are seeking a highly skilled and experienced Asian Specialty Chef to lead our culinary team at the Grand Sierra Resort and Casino. As a key member of our kitchen staff, you will be responsible for overseeing the preparation and presentation of our Asian-inspired dishes, ensuring the highest quality standards are met at all times.

• Team Management: Directly manage a team of sushi cooks, ensuring they are properly staffed and engaged in preparing and cooking food to meet our high standards.
• Culinary Leadership: Train and oversee sushi cooks in preparation, portioning, and garnishing of food to ensure methods meet specifications, and coach the team towards improved performance.
• Inventory Management: Ensure all raw ingredients are available and prepared for use in recipes, and audit food storeroom items for quality, consistency, food cost, and revenues.
• Cost Control: Control cost of goods and place orders for food and products needed, and create schedules for the sushi cooks to optimize labor costs.
• Quality Assurance: Oversee staff performance, product quality, and production flow, and foster improvements where needed.
• Sanitation and Safety: Enforce daily sanitation, hand washing, safety codes, and operational standards, and assist the chef and sous chef with requisitions for materials as needed.
• Customer Service: Provide exceptional customer service, answer guest inquiries, and offer assistance to provide guest satisfaction.

• Experience: 3-5 years of leadership experience in a high-volume sushi restaurant.
• Certifications: Health Department certified and Alcohol Awareness certified.
• Skills: Strong knowledge of food service industry, cuisines, and beverages, and ability to work in a productive and cohesive team environment.
• Physical Demands: Ability to maintain physical stamina and proper mental attitude to work under pressure in a fast-paced, casino-restaurant environment.

The work environment characteristics described here are representative of those a team member encounters while performing the essential functions of this position. Reasonable accommodation may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.