Assistant Kitchen Manager: Lead, Train & Optimize Kitchen

Dave & Buster's; New York (NY); On-site; USD 65,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

Dave & Buster's Inc. in New York, NY seeks an Assistant Kitchen Manager to lead the kitchen team and uphold high standards of food safety and quality.

You will select and motivate a BOH group, drive department goals, and ensure adherence to company standards across opening to closing procedures. The AKM role emphasizes team energy, labor optimization, and continuous development of staff, with responsibilities spanning recipe validation, training program oversight, and performance coaching to

Responsibilities

• Consistently meet or exceed the standard of food safety and food quality to insure the guest experience
• Assist in hiring, training, retaining and developing promotable people
• Optimize financial results by controlling costs (i.e. food waste, food production)
• Execute Flight plan when scheduled to be Kitchen Manager on duty
• To insure the execution of Dave and Buster's operating standards and philosophies in the kitchen.
• Supervise the kitchen during a shift, creating the energy, teamwork and morale needed to provide an excellent guest experience
• Have a game plan for the shift to include goals for ticket times, staff development and profitability
• Execute opening, pre-closing, and closing procedures according to the standard
• Hold staff accountable for performance by providing feedback throughout the shift and by checking people out
• Manage the labor goals for the shift by recommending to BOH Managers cuts as volume dictates in order to maximize productivity
• Maintain a safe (physical plant and food hygiene) and secure environment for all staff
• Insure the freshness of all food product through proper purchasing and product rotation
• Insure the quality of all product to the guest through recipe adherence, quality control and ticket timelines
• Assist Kitchen Manager in setting department goals
• Oversee the execution and administration of the MIT training program
• Oversee the execution and administration of the staff hat program
• Conduct recipe and station validation daily
• Oversee the development of certified trainers in the kitchen
• Assist KM with staff performance evaluations
• Make wage increase and termination recommendations to Kitchen Manager as needed
• Follow purchasing guidelines to insure overall financial accountability for product and supply inventory, etc.
• Complete all required paperwork in a timely and accurate manner
• Communicate regularly with staff members using all available communications tools (i.e. one on ones)
• Communicate weekly with the Kitchen Manager regarding progress on departmental goals and/or area of responsibility
• Complete projects as established by the Kitchen Manager in a timely fashion
• Assist in the follow up on all changes to Dave and Buster's food products, kitchen systems, staff training and procedures
• Insure the timely completion of all repairs to kitchen equipment and facility

Job description

Dave & Buster's Inc. in New York, NY seeks an Assistant Kitchen Manager to lead the kitchen team and uphold high standards of food safety and quality.

You will select and motivate a BOH group, drive department goals, and ensure adherence to company standards across opening to closing procedures. The AKM role emphasizes team energy, labor optimization, and continuous development of staff, with responsibilities spanning recipe validation, training program oversight, and performance coaching to