CHEF - EE-TO-LEET-KE

Job Location(s) US-FL-Immokalee
Seminole Property
Seminole Casino Immokalee
Position Type
Full Time
Shift
Varies
Category
Food & Beverage - Culinary
Requisition ID
2024-58257

Overview

Immokalee Casino Facade

SEMINOLE CASINO HOTEL IMMOKALEE

Hiring smiling faces and happy personalities!  Only a 30-minute drive from Daniels & SR 82, a 25-minute drive from LaBelle, or a 40-minute drive from I-75 and Immokalee Rd.  At Seminole Immokalee Casino and Hotel, we have 3 restaurants, 4 bars, 24/7 hours, no last call, the party never stops! 

*All employees eat free on shift in our dining room!

*Weekly pay, bonus eligibility, and the best benefit package in SWFL!

*Advancement and training opportunities galore, where 1 out of every 12 employees are promoted each year!

Seminole Hard Rock ranked #20 of 500 Best Places to Work by Forbes in 2021.  We believe in making “More in Paradise” for our guests that travel to us from all over the world.  Come see why our team members stay for 7 years on average, experience our family environment, and positive and fun work culture!  “Feel the Vibe” is one of our core values; does your current job offer all this and more?!  With casino's and hotels in over 70 countries, this is your foot in the door to the Seminole Hard Rock family of companies, transfer anywhere in the world, Get In and Get Moving!

 

OUR COMMITMENT TO SERVICE:

 

We don’t have customers, we have Guests. Each visitor is our Guest, just as you have a Guest in your home. You take a certain level of pride when you have an invited Guest in your home. You should take the same pride with every Guest who visits one of our properties. Unparalleled Service isn’t just a part of our mission statement at Seminole Gaming; it’s a commitment to each and every one of our current and future Guests.

Responsibilities

Responsibilities

The Grill Chef is responsible for overseeing all of the kitchen operations in the restaurant outlet. This includes menu concepts, recipes, costs and production, training of personnel, management of the progressive disciplinary system, health and sanitation standards and preparation and presentation of food.

 

Essential duties include, but are not limited to:

  • Directly communicates with all supervisors, sous chefs and line employees on a daily basis regarding needs, requirements and expectations.
  • Institutes cost control procedures and standards of performance.
  • Counsels, guides, trains, and instructs assigned personnel in the proper performance of their duties.
  • Develops and implements operating standards, requirements, and expectations, where necessary.
  • Provides project leadership and project management as assigned.
  • Interacts with guests as much as possible creating a memorable experience.
  • Monitors on a daily basis all aspects of food service in assigned area to ensure quality, sanitary preparation and presentation.
  • Schedules all kitchen employees in assigned area.
  • Orders and supplies outlet as needed.
  • Implements and adheres to all sanitation guidelines.
  • Promotes positive guest relations; handles customer complaints.
  • Promotes positive guest/employee relations at all times.
  • Maintains a clean, safe, hazard-free work environment within area of responsibility.
  • Must adhere to the Seminole Tribe's Policies and Procedures.
  • Other duties as assigned.

#gotoworkhappy

Qualifications

  • Minimum of three (3) to five (5) years of culinary management experience in a high-volume kitchen required.
  • Culinary Arts degree preferred.
  • Culinary experience in a casino, large hotel or resort preferred.
  • Must be able to analyze Food and Beverage data and have proven ability to reduce food costs.
  • Must possess strong leadership skills to coach, counsel, guide, train, and instruct assigned personnel in the proper performance of their duties.
  • Must have strong administrative skills and computer skills.
  • Must be able to demonstrate and deliver a high quality of product and a high level of service to our guests.
  • Must have clear, effective, strong verbal and written communication skills.
  • Can interface effectively with FOH staff to produce a positive guest experience.

Qualifications

WORK ENVIRONMENT

  • While performing the duties of this job, team member is regularly required to stand, walk, and demonstrate high-mobility for a majority of the shift.
  • Will also regularly: speak and listen to internal and external customer directions or orders in an atmosphere of varying background noise; transit across surfaces that may alternate between carpeted and hard surfaces; walk through slippery surfaces and/or sloping floors or stairs; use hands to finger, handle or feel small objects such paper or cloth; and reach with hands and arms overhead and from side to side.
  • Specific vision abilities required by this job include close, distance, color, peripheral vision and depth perception. Will often transit between brightly lit and dimly lit areas, including flashing lights and computer or TV screens.
  • Position requires bending, lifting and carrying supplies and equipment up to 20 pounds, will be required to use, push and pull wheeled hand-carts or other equipment weighing in excess of 100 lbs.
  • Will regularly bend, stoop, kneel, and twist at the waist. May occasionally be exposed to bodily fluids, pet or service animals, and strong odors.
  • Will regularly be exposed to tobacco and other second hand smoke.
  • May occasionally use de-escalation techniques to resolve customer conflict.
  • Will be required to assist in customer evacuation in case of emergency.

 

CLOSING

 

The Tribal Council gives preference in all of its employment practices to Native Americans. First preference in hiring, training, promoting and in all other aspects of employment is given to members of the Seminole Tribe who meet the job requirements. Second preference is given to members of other federally recognized Native American Tribes who meet the job requirements.

As part of Seminole Gaming’s employment process, final candidates will be required to obtain gaming licensure by completing a background check with Seminole Gaming Compliance and Regulations, prior to an offer being extended. These background checks may include, but are not limited to:

  • Credit Check
  • Criminal Background Check
  • Drug Screen

 

DISCLAIMER

 

While this is intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, management reserves the right to revise the current job or to require that other or different tasks be performed when circumstances change, (e.g. emergencies, changes in personnel, workload, rush jobs or technical developments).

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