Food Truck Kitchen Manager- Wicked Weed Brewing

Anheuser-Busch; Candler (NC); On-site; USD 40,000 - 60,000; Full time

Job summary

Anheuser-Busch is seeking a passionate Food Truck Kitchen Manager for Wicked Weed Brewing in Candler, NC. The role entails leading the kitchen, preparing food, managing staff, and ensuring high standards of performance and safety in a dynamic environment. Ideal candidates have a strong background in culinary arts and a love for food and craft beer.

Qualifications

• Knowledge and love for food and craft beer.
• Punctuality is an absolute must.
• Knife handling & safety knowledge.

Responsibilities

• Acts as kitchen leader, promoting teamwork.
• Accurately prepares food to order.
• Maintains cleanliness and health standards.

Skills

Teamwork

Dependability

Effective interpersonal skills

Strong communication skills

Stress management

Multi-tasking

Adaptability

Education

Minimum two years of restaurant Back of House experience

Graduate of culinary program (preferred)

Job description

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Food Truck Kitchen Manager- Wicked Weed Brewing

Apply locations Candler, North Carolina time type Full time posted on Posted 6 Days Ago job requisition id 30082760

Dreaming big is in our DNA.It’s who we are as a company. It’s our culture. It’s our heritage. And more than ever, it’s our future. A future where we’re always looking forward. Always serving up new ways to meet life’s moments. A future where we keep dreaming bigger. We look for people withpassion,talent,andcuriosity, and provide them with theteammates, resources and opportunities to unleash their full potential. The power we create together – when we combine your strengths with ours – is unstoppable. Are you ready to join a team that dreams as big as you do?

Job Title: Food Truck Kitchen Manager Date: 5/2025

Job Type: Full-Time / Hourly

Department: Wicked Weed West

Location: Wicked Weed West 145 Jacob Holm Way Candler, NC 28715

Reports To:Pubs Director & WWW Taproom Manager

Supervisory Responsibilities: This job has direct supervisory responsibilities.

Summary:
At Wicked Weed Brewing, we Craft for Better to create moments that unite people and enrich communities. We strive continuously to create a safe and inclusive workplace while supporting our communities and reducing our environmental impact. We celebrate unique perspectives and experiences that everyone brings, fostering a culture where employees are valued and empowered.

As an important member of the Wicked Weed Brewing team, the food truck kitchen manager acts as kitchen leader and is responsible for accurately preparing dishes to order, prepping food, periodically, training new kitchen employees, ensuring follow-through on weekly schedules, performing opening and closing duties, recipe creation, inventory, data entry into inventory management program, maintaining cleanliness up to health score expectations, and a variety of other tasks typical of a restaurant kitchen.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Acts as kitchen leader, promoting an atmosphere of cooperation and teamwork within the department and the company.
• Maintains a professional and positive attitude at all times, provides solutions to problems as they arise, and promotes unity between FOH and BOH teams.
• Acts as inside and outside expo on multi-station line.
• Responsible for overseeing daily prep and reviewing product mix to adjust par levels accordingly.
• Accurately prepares food products to order and according to recipe.
• Processes payment for food truck orders
• Portions food products to standard portion sizes and recipe specifications.
• Ensures all food being prepared and sold meets our quality standards.
• Trains and assists other cooks as needed and ensures that all kitchen employees are working efficiently.
• Responsible for ensuring weekly schedules are followed and cutting labor as needed.
• Closes and opens the kitchen properly and follows appropriate checklists.
• Maintains a clean and sanitary work station.
• Stocking, storing, and organizing all food and wares by health code standards. Trains other employees in responsible food safety practices.
• Knows and complies with health code, established systems, policies, checklists, food standards, quality, consistency, and general safety standards at all times.
• Rotation of food items and communication of expired items, low inventory, waste, and any other stock issues to kitchen management.
• Works regularly scheduled shifts in the kitchen. Nights and weekends are required, both line and expo shifts are required. Labor Day and Memorial Day weekend availability is required.
• Attends scheduled monthly safety and management meetings.
• Develops initiatives that improve operational excellence.
• Upholds all policies and procedures according to handbook and department.
• Follows and promotes all safety principles of Wicked Weed Brewing.
• Supervises the line in cooperation with other BOH management and ensures maximum efficiency at all times.
• Works in cooperation with FOH management and staff to ensure an outstanding customer experience.
• Facilitates Food Safety Audits, including but not limited to daily temperature logs and inventory tracking.
• Additional duties may be assigned as necessary.

Qualifications:

To perform this job successfully, an individual must be able to perform each essential duty satisfactorily. The requirements listed below are representative of the knowledge, skill and/or ability required. Reasonable accommodations may be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Knowledge, Skills and Abilities:

• Knowledge of and love for food and craft beer
• Teamwork
• Responsibility
• Dependability. Punctuality is an absolute must.
• Effective interpersonal skills
• Strong communication skills
• Stress management
• Multi-tasking
• Adaptability
• Initiative
• Knife handling & safety
• Health code knowledge
• Friendly, positive, and approachable

Education and/or Experience:

• Minimum two years of restaurant Back of House experience is required.
• Graduate of culinary program is preferred.
• Catering experience is a plus.

Work Environment:

• Rapid changing flow of business
• That of a fast paced taproom dining area and full service food truck.
• Late nights/Early mornings
• The employee frequently must work in an environment with a moderate to high noise level and moderate to warm temperature levels.

Physical Demands:

• Ability to be on your feet for long periods of time standing and/or walking. Walking surfaces may be wet and/or slippery.
• Ability to frequently talk, hear, and smell.
• Ability to lift and/or move up to 35 lbs. safely and with proper body mechanics and occasionally life and/or move up to 55 lbs.
• Vision abilities required by this job include close vision, distance vision and the ability to adjust focus.
• Ability to work effectively in a kitchen environment with fluctuations in temperature and conditions (heat, cold, humidity) for an extended period of time.

Other Duties:

Please note this job description is not designed to cover or contain a comprehensive list of activities, duties or responsibilities that are required of the employee for this job. Duties, responsibilities and activities may change at any time with or without notice.

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