Oak View Group is the global leader in venue development, management, and premium hospitality services for the live event industry. Offering an unmatched, 360-degree solution set for a collection of world-class owned venues and a client roster that includes the most influential, highest attended arenas, convention centers, music festivals, performing arts centers, and cultural institutions on the planet.

OVG has an immediate opening for a Sous Chef at Wintrust Arena and McCormick Place Convention Center.  This position reports to the Director of Culinary Innovations with responsibilities to include purchasing, inventory control, scheduling and managing culinary staff, food safety program, cost of goods accountability, labor management, food production and quality control.

This role will pay a salary of $55,000 to $65,000.

Benefits for FT roles: Benefits: Health, Dental and Vision insurance, 401(k) savings plan, 401(k) matching, and paid time off (vacation days, sick days, and 12 holidays).

This position will remain open until December 31, 2024

McCormick Place located in downtown Chicago is the largest and most flexible convention center in North America., With over 2.6 million square feet of exhibition space, the campus proudly hosts some of the world’s largest and most prestigious conventions, meetings, and trade shows, welcoming approximately 3 million visitors to Chicago every year.

• Create the production schedule to meet business demands.
• Lead, plan and execute Restaurant and Concession Operation
• Recipe development
• Continually manage, monitor and seek labor efficiencies to reduce costs, improve product output and enhance overall guest experience.
• Maintain and manage Union culinary and stewarding personnel to meet labor and production objectives.
• Inspect recipe compliance and quality control are met throughout the production process.
• Maintain health department score of 90 or above and OVG’S party audit score of 95 or above.
• Maintain food costs and budget goals.
• Attend internal event-related meetings and relay immediate changes to other internal departments.
• Coordinate with the Director of Food and Beverage Retail and the Director of WINTRUST Arena to verify and reconcile production and sellable items.
• Carry out supervisory responsibilities in accordance with company policies and applicable laws.
• Maintain brand standard for operations to include WINTRUST Arena, LaBrea, Starbucks, 23^rd Street Café and company’s internal brands.
• Support, train and implement company’s sustainability objective and goals.
• Develop a solid understand and comply with unit’s Collective Bargaining Agreements

• High School Diploma or equivalent (i.e. GED)
• Minimum of 4 years as a Sous Chef in a high-volume location and or Culinary Degree
• Prior experience in a Union environment a plus
• Strong Computer literate (i.e. Word, Excel, PowerPoint, Access)
• Must be flexible, have a sense of urgency, be able to respond quickly and resourcefully to internal and external issues.
• Physical demands including walking and standing 8 to 10 hours.

At OVG, we understand that to continue positively disrupting the sports and live entertainment industry, we need a diverse team to help us do it. We also believe that inclusivity drives innovation, strengthens our people, improves our service, and raises our excellence. Our success is rooted in creating environments that reflect and celebrate the diverse communities in which we operate and serve, and this is the reason we are committed to amplifying voices from all different backgrounds.

Oak View Group is committed to equal employment opportunity. We will not discriminate against employees or applicants for employment on any legally recognized basis (“protected class”) including, but not limited to veteran status, uniform service member status, race, color, religion, sex, national origin, age, physical or mental disability, genetic information or any other protected class under federal, state, or local law.