Cafe Kitchen Lead: Line & Quality Excellence

Haymarket; Louisville (KY); On-site; USD 21,000 - 30,000; Full time

Job summary

Haymarket Café is seeking an organized, quality-driven Café Culinary Supervisor to lead back-of-house kitchen operations at Haymarket Café, upholding culinary quality, workplace safety, and hospitality.

You will train and coach BOH team members, ensure recipes are followed, monitor inventory and waste, and partner with management to deliver consistently exceptional dining experiences.

Qualifications

• Minimum 1 year of culinary supervisory or kitchen management experience in a high-volume café, restaurant, or fast-casual setting.
• High School diploma or equivalent (GED).
• ServSafe or equivalent food safety knowledge preferred.

Responsibilities

• Lead BOH team, hire, train, mentor, and provide feedback to drive performance and retention.
• Oversee day-to-day kitchen prep, line execution, inventory, waste, and labor targets.
• Ensure compliance with health regulations, sanitation standards, and recipe/portion control.
• Maintain recipes, portioning, taste and presentation aligned with current trends.
• Plan daily prep, ordering, station assignments, and volume with operations management.
• Perform administrative duties such as cycle counts and shift reporting.

Skills

Team leadership

Food safety awareness

Communication

Coaching

Education

High School diploma or equivalent

ServSafe certification (preferred)

Job description

Haymarket Café is seeking an organized, quality-driven Café Culinary Supervisor to lead back-of-house kitchen operations at Haymarket Café, upholding culinary quality, workplace safety, and hospitality.

You will train and coach BOH team members, ensure recipes are followed, monitor inventory and waste, and partner with management to deliver consistently exceptional dining experiences.