General Manager

Hudson Table; Stamford (CT); On-site; USD 100,000 - 105,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Growth into new locations

AI tools training and workflows

Job summary

Hudson Table in Stamford is seeking a motivated hospitality leader to serve as General Manager for our culinary studio. You will manage every aspect of the operation, lead 2–3 classes or events weekly, and collaborate with management to deliver memorable experiences for guests.

We emphasize tech-forward practices, with in-house platforms, Slack, and AI tools to schedule staff, build orders, and handle admin tasks. Compensation includes class/event pay, tips, and incentives.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of food and beverage leadership experience (Kitchen Manager/Lead Chef or similar)
• Current food-safety certification (ServSafe Manager or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience with purchasing, receiving, inventory and cost control
• Experience building staff schedules and managing labor and overtime
• Comfortable with technology: Google Workspace, scheduling and inventory/purchasing platforms, Slack, and a willingness to use AI tools daily
• Detail-oriented with strong professional integrity
• Great people skills and ability to lead a team in a fast-paced setting
• Available evenings and weekends

Responsibilities

• Hire, onboard and train Chef Instructors, Kitchen Assistants, Hosts and Dishwashers, working with leadership.
• Build and publish the location’s staff schedule and assign shifts fairly.
• Manage real-time coverage, timecards, and overtime minimization.
• Oversee food cost, inventory and spending; review chef purchases and reimbursements.
• Run weekly close-out reviews of events (food cost, tips, timecards, closing duties).
• Use AI tools (Claude) and automated workflows for scheduling, ordering and reporting.

Skills

Leadership & team management

Staff scheduling

Purchasing & cost control

Food safety & ServSafe

Tech-savvy (AI tools, Google Workspace

Attention to detail

People skills

Flexible hours

Tools

Google Workspace

Slack

Inventory/purchasing platforms

Job description

About the role

Hudson Table is hiring a motivated, experienced hospitality leader and chef, to run every part of our Stamford culinary studio as General Manager. You’ll make sure every guest has a memorable culinary experience, and you’ll build a team culture most hospitality workers only dream of. You’ll work closely with our management team and operations leadership, but your attention to detail will drive its success.

We currently run five locations (Hoboken, Philadelphia, Brooklyn, Stamford and Princeton), and Morristown opening in 2027. As we grow, there’s opportunity to grow your career here too.

This role suits an Executive Chef, Restaurant GM or Executive Sous Chef who wants more work-life balance without giving up the energy of a kitchen. You’ll lead at least 2-3 classes or events a week. Event pay plus tips is combined with your administrative salary to make up your total compensation, plus revenue based incentives.

We’re a tech-forward operation. Our GMs use our in-house event platform, Slack and AI tools like Claude every day to schedule staff, build orders, review events and handle the admin, so you spend less time at a desk and more time with your team and guests.

• Growth into new locations as we expand
• Training on the AI tools and automated workflows we use across the company

Duties and Responsibilities

Team & Staff Scheduling

• Hire, onboard and train Chef Instructors, Kitchen Assistants, Hosts and Dishwashers, working with leadership.
• Build and publish the location’s staff schedule. Match staffing to each event’s type and size, collect staff availability, and assign shifts fairly.
• Handle shift switches, call-outs and coverage in real time so every event is fully staffed.
• Watch scheduled hours to keep overtime down, and check that timecards are accurate and that staff clock-out on time.
• Work closely with Chef Instructors so they have what they need to deliver great classes.

Operations & Purchasing

• Build and submit the location’s twice-weekly food and supply orders, including orders from our fulfillment center. Receive deliveries, store everything to food-safety standards, and keep storage areas clean.
• Track delivery discrepancies and product quality, and report them back through our weekly feedback process.
• Own food cost, inventory and spending, including reviewing chef purchases and reimbursements.
• Run a weekly close-out review of completed events (food cost, tips, timecards and closing duties) and follow up on anything that’s off.

AI & Systems

• Use AI assistants (such as Claude) and our automated workflows for scheduling, ordering, reporting, menu and recipe checks, and team communication. Be curious and open to adopting new tools as we roll them out.
• Keep event details, shift reports and staffing records accurate.

Facility & Standards

• Empower the team to own the location’s look, cleanliness and safety standards.
• Log equipment problems and repairs through our repair-tracking process. Handle small fixes yourself or bring in local tradespeople, and escalde bigger issues to leadership quickly. You may sometimes assemble flat-pack furniture or equipment.
• Manage trash and recycling pickups, and coordinate pest control and other vendor visits.

Guests & Growth

• Work with leadership to manage beverage stock and grow beverage sales.
• Give prospective private-event and corporate clients engaging tours of the location, and help turn those visits into bookings.
• Live Hudson Table’s values by showing respect, courtesy and kindness to staff and guests.

Qualifications

• 5–10 years of food and beverage experience as a Kitchen Manager, Lead Chef or in a similar leadership role
• Current food-safety certification (ServSafe Manager or equivalent)
• Hands-on experience with purchasing, receiving, inventory and cost control
• Experience building staff schedules and managing labor and overtime
• Comfortable with technology: Google Workspace, scheduling and inventory/purchasing platforms, Slack, and a willingness to use AI tools day to day (no prior AI experience needed, however curiosity and quick learning is a must)
• Detail-oriented, with strong professional integrity
• Great people skills and the ability to lead a team in a fast‑paced setting
• Available evenings and weekends

Compensation

$100,000–$105,000 per year (class/event pay and tips included in the package)