Sous Chef

Lucky Strike Entertainment, formerly known as Bowlero Corp, is a premier location-based entertainment company with a strong presence across North America, operating over 360 locations. The company provides a unique blend of experiential offerings that include bowling, amusements, water parks, and family entertainment centers, catering to a diverse range of customers seeking fun and engaging recreational activities. Lucky Strike Entertainment also owns the Professional Bowlers Association, the major league of bowling, which is a significant media property attracting millions of fans globally. This extensive network and robust entertainment platform make Lucky Strike a dynamic and exciting company to be a part of, focused on delivering great times and memorable experiences to its patrons. Join Lucky Strike Entertainment as a Sous Chef and become an integral part of a vibrant team dedicated to culinary excellence within the entertainment industry. This part-time role offers a competitive hourly wage of $21-$23 and is perfect for culinary professionals who thrive in high-energy, fast-paced food and beverage environments. As a Sous Chef, you will play a crucial role in maintaining and elevating the company’s nationally recognized menus, ensuring quality, consistency, and innovation across all food operations. This position involves management responsibilities, kitchen supervision, and collaboration with operations and sales teams to deliver outstanding food service for daily dining as well as special banquet events. In this role, you will adhere strictly to company-mandated food and beverage menu and purchasing programs, manage budgets that include revenue, costs of sales, labor, and supplies, and optimize operating cash flow related to food operations by reviewing monthly financial statements and making appropriate adjustments. When the Kitchen Manager or Chef is unavailable, you will lead banquet planning and execution, supervise food preparation and service, and coordinate clean-up efforts alongside the operations and sales teams. Additionally, you will handle estimating food consumption, purchasing inventory, scheduling staff to meet fluctuating business demands, and fostering a positive and hardworking team environment. Ensuring that food quality, freshness, and presentation meet the company’s high standards is essential, as is overseeing kitchen sanitation and equipment maintenance in compliance with local Department of Health regulations. Lucky Strike values safety and cleanliness, expecting all kitchen staff to maintain a safe working environment at all times, proactively addressing any hazards and reporting critical issues promptly to management. This role requires a minimum of one to three years of kitchen supervisory experience in settings such as retail, entertainment, hospitality, or restaurants, along with relevant experience or a comparable combination of education and work background. Current ServSafe certification is mandatory to uphold the highest food safety standards. The position is ideal for individuals passionate about culinary arts who seek to grow their career within a reputable and supportive entertainment company that offers performance-based incentives, a competitive total rewards package including healthcare coverage, and a range of other benefits tailored to enhance employee satisfaction and well-being. Shift availability includes evening and night times, with a focus on weekend work, reflecting the nature of the entertainment venue’s busy periods. This is a hands-on role in a typical entertainment environment requiring physical activity including walking, bending, standing for extended periods, and occasional lifting with assistance.