Senior Sous Chef

Career Opportunities with Multipurpose Arena Fort Worth

SENIOR SOUS CHEF (Full Time)
Trail Drive Management Corporation – Dickies Arena of Fort Worth, TX
Dickies Arena is a 14,000 seat, spectacular multipurpose venue located adjacent to the Will Rogers Memorial Center campus in Fort Worth, Texas. The arena will be owned by the City of Fort Worth and managed by the not-for-profit operating entity, Trail Drive Management Corp (TDMC). The state-of-the-art arena, scheduled to open in November 2019, will host concerts, sporting events and family entertainment, and will be the new home to Fort Worth Stock Show rodeo performances.

Reports to: EXECUTIVE CHEF

Supervisory responsibility: Exercises general supervision over culinary managers, supervisors, full time & part time administrative and operations-based team members

A Senior Sous Chef will assist in overseeing the staffing of all culinary team members in their respective areas of direct accountability;
Concessions/Commissary, Club/Restaurants & Catering or Suite and Loge Boxes, along with menu development & event-based planning for all Food & Beverage outlets. Each Senior Sous Chef will work closely with all Culinary, Purchasing and front of house leadership counterparts to ensure quality selections are executed and served impeccably on an event by event basis with consideration to the anticipated guest demographic.

This position is also responsible for ensuring that exceptional hospitality is received throughout the operation by our external, as well as, our internal guests, that all alcoholic beverages are served safely, and that food quality and sanitation standards are always maintained. They will be responsible for the establishment and achievement of financial targets including, but not limited to labor and food cost.

This position reports to the Executive Chef. In-person and predictable attendance.

Essential Duties (Include, but are not limited to the following):
Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential duties.

• Partner with Dickies Arena & Food and Beverage department leadership to ensure a successful arena opening and establishment of the F&B operation
• Assist with the establishment and enforcement of Dickies Arena policies
• Work closely with other team members and other departments to ensure department specific procedures, tasks and goals are met, consistent and effective communication occurs, efficient operational performance and a positive reputation of venue within the market/ industry is maintained
• Support the concept development and overall operating plan establishment for all food and beverage areas with specific focus on culinary elements
• Assist in driving menu and recipe development throughout the venue
• Responsible for ensuring exceptional and consistent food quality in presentation and production
• Follow and enforce policies associated with the safe service of all alcoholic beverages
• Assist in the hiring, training, staffing and scheduling of culinary team members
• Ensure all culinary team members have the tools necessary to complete their jobs
• Ensure consistent execution of all menus and recipes, training and accountability of the culinary team in execution
• Engage with venue guests, as well as, team members to ensure exceptional hospitality is always received
• Build and maintain strong relationships with venue staff, sponsors, clients, guests, subcontractors, etc.
• Responsible for enforcing, executing and maintaining all safety, security and sanitation standards throughout the venue
• Regularly obtain feedback from clients and guests to improve operations
• Respond and assist in any departmental guest service issues deriving from and/or relating to culinary elements
• Conduct routine staff meetings to discuss procedures, problems, policy changes, daily & event activity and any other department specific items.
• Oversee and support the mentorship and development of culinary supervisors and team members on a daily basis
• Ensure that daily walkthroughs are being conducted throughout the venue with consideration to sanitation, safety, inventory levels, etc.
• Thoroughly and accurately use all…