Kitchen Operations Lead: Team Leadership, Recipe Excellence

Villbrosis Realty Inc.; Quezon City; On-site; PHP 391,000 - 614,000; Full time

Job summary

Elyong’s Ihaw-Ihaw and Restaurant in North Fairview, Quezon City, is seeking a hands-on Back-of-the-House Supervisor to oversee kitchen operations during daily service and events.

You will supervise cooks and kitchen staff, ensure recipes, portions, and plating meet standards, manage inventory, and coordinate with the Restaurant Manager to maintain quality and efficiency.

Strong leadership, food-safety knowledge, and experience with high-volume casual dining are preferred.

Qualifications

• At least 3–5 years of professional kitchen experience.
• Preferably 2 years in a Kitchen Supervisor, Senior Cook, Chef de Partie, Kitchen Lead, BOH Supervisor, or comparable leadership role.
• Strong practical knowledge of food safety and sanitation.
• Experience in recipe standardization, portion control, food costing, and inventory management.
• Ability to manage multiple kitchen stations during busy service periods.

Responsibilities

• Supervise and coordinate all kitchen and back-of-the-house personnel during daily operations.
• Organize kitchen assignments, stations, preparation schedules, and workflow before and during service.
• Ensure all dishes are prepared according to approved recipes, portions, cooking procedures, and plating standards.
• Monitor food quality, taste, temperature, portioning, and presentation before dishes are released.
• Lead kitchen operations during busy periods and assist with expediting and food production when necessary.
• Maintain proper mise en place and adequate preparation before each service period.
• Maintain standardized recipes and assist in recipe development, product testing, and menu improvement.
• Maintain accurate food-cost information and help Management identify opportunities to improve food-cost performance.
• Monitor ingredient usage, yield, portion control, wastage, spoilage, and overproduction.
• Conduct or supervise kitchen inventories and verify stocks against records.
• Maintain FIFO/FEFO, storage, labeling, dating, and temperature-control procedures.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Staff training

Food safety

Inventory management

Recipe costing

Portion control

Budgeting

Tools

Microsoft Excel

Job description

Elyong’s Ihaw-Ihaw and Restaurant in North Fairview, Quezon City, is seeking a hands-on Back-of-the-House Supervisor to oversee kitchen operations during daily service and events.

You will supervise cooks and kitchen staff, ensure recipes, portions, and plating meet standards, manage inventory, and coordinate with the Restaurant Manager to maintain quality and efficiency.

Strong leadership, food-safety knowledge, and experience with high-volume casual dining are preferred.