About this role
Job title: Executive Sous Chef, Vinyl Room Las Vegas
About the Role Live Nation Entertainment's LN Venues is seeking an Executive Sous Chef for the Vinyl Room in Las Vegas to lead kitchen operations at a high-energy venue. This role focuses on budget management, department supervision, and operational excellence to deliver exceptional experiences while controlling costs.
What You'll Do
- Manage budgets across Food & Beverage, Labor, and Inventory; develop a menu engineering program to project trends and predict costs.
- Supervise kitchen staff and management; ensure compliance with corporate mandates, SOPs, and specifications; monitor overtime; perform opening/closing supervisory tasks; foster a positive team environment; promote open communication across departments; conduct staff evaluations and training; maintain an open-door policy.
- Maintain operation supplies: ensure staff have necessary supplies and are trained on equipment; oversee equipment maintenance; plan and execute events; uphold housekeeping standards in line with health codes; ensure consistency through tools and systems.
- Ensure all events are planned and carried out successfully.
What We're Looking For
- Passionate, motivated, and driven with an entrepreneurial spirit; resourceful, innovative, forward-thinking, and committed.
- Demonstrated ability to manage budgets and cost controls (Food & Beverage, Labor) and to develop menu engineering programs.
- Strong leadership and communication skills; ability to train, evaluate staff, and enforce SOPs; comfortable coordinating across departments and aligning with management.
- Commitment to health and safety standards and operational excellence in a fast-paced live event environment.