Creative Kitchen Manager: Menu Innovator & Team Leader

Muchacho Reynoldstown; Decatur (GA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 100,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Pay

Employee Discounts on Food and Bevar?e

Job summary

Electric Hospitality in Atlanta is seeking a highly skilled Kitchen Manager to lead our culinary team and daily kitchen operations. You will drive menu development, supervise staff, manage inventory, and enforce health and safety standards to deliver exceptional guest experiences.

Ideal candidates excel in high-volume environments, possess strong leadership and financial acumen, and can collaborate across departments to maintain quality and efficiency in a fast-paced, dynamic restaurant group.

Qualifications

• Culinary leadership with menu development and cost control.
• Experience ensuring health and safety compliance in a kitchen.
• Ability to lead a high-volume, fast-paced culinary team.

Responsibilities

• Build and maintain a positive environment that fosters a loyal team and happy guests.
• Recruit, interview, and hire team members who represent our core values and culture.
• Develop and implement creative, innovative, and high-quality menus; review and change menus as needed.
• Oversee all food preparation, production, and presentation; ensure recipes are followed, and preparation and presentation are consistent.
• Standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality; plan production schedules and supervise the production line.
• Manage maintenance of all kitchen equipment.
• Assist staff with job functions as needed to ensure optimum service to all guests.
• Resolve all complaints related to the food dishes prepared and served to the guests.
• Maintain food and beverage history including but not limited to sales mix and history, actual/potential costs, and production time.
• Maintain a thorough understanding of the industry and stay abreast of trends; communicate and incorporate information to keep the kitchen current.
• Possess and maintain thorough knowledge of wines offered in the restaurant and wine/food pairings.
• Represent the restaurant at outside functions as needed.
• Ensure all kitchen and food operations comply with all legislated health and licensing guidelines; ensure adherence to all health and safety regulations and procedures.
• Create requisitions and/or purchase all food products, complete food production records, and cost menus regularly.
• Partner with the GM to complete weekly inventory and food orders to ensure proper product levels are available and ready for each shift.
• Review monthly profit and loss statements and identify a plan to correct any areas needing improvement.

Skills

Cooking techniques

Menu development

Food safety

Leadership

Financial acumen

Fast-paced environment

POS systems

Inventory management

Communication skills

Spanish (bilingual)

Tools

POS systems

Inventory management software

Job description

Electric Hospitality in Atlanta is seeking a highly skilled Kitchen Manager to lead our culinary team and daily kitchen operations. You will drive menu development, supervise staff, manage inventory, and enforce health and safety standards to deliver exceptional guest experiences.

Ideal candidates excel in high-volume environments, possess strong leadership and financial acumen, and can collaborate across departments to maintain quality and efficiency in a fast-paced, dynamic restaurant group.