General Manager & Lead Cooking Teacher

Taste Buds Kitchen; Greenlawn (NY); Sur place; USD 52 000 - 76 000; Plein temps

Avantages offerts par ce poste

Bonus based on performance

Company parties

Competitive salary

Employee discounts

Free uniforms

Paid time off

Profit sharing

Training & development

Tips

Résumé du poste

Taste Buds Kitchen is seeking a General Manager & Lead Culinary Instructor to drive success in our Kitchen Studio. You will teach cooking classes, oversee daily operations and staff, and create an outstanding client experience while leading a close-knit team.

You will play a pivotal role in events, classes and guest interactions, ensuring top-notch service and branding across all activities. This position blends teaching with business leadership in a vibrant culinary setting.

Qualifications

• Ability to lead and train staff.
• Experience working in events business.
• 1-3 years in a management role.
• Strong customer service mindset and guest focus.
• Formal culinary education or equivalent experience is a plus.

Responsabilités

• Open availability including nights and weekends as events occur 7 days a week.
• Spend initial 50-75% of time instructing classes; grow team and business over time.
• Instruct cooking classes, camps, and parties for a wide age range.
• Provide exceptional customer service to clients and guests.
• Assist in hiring, training, scheduling and developing the team.
• Ensure policies, systems and cleanliness standards are maintained.

Connaissances

Leadership

Staff training

People management

Customer service

Event coordination

Formation

Culinary education

Description du poste

Benefits:

• Bonus based on performance
• Company parties
• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts
• Free uniforms
• Paid time off
• Profit sharing
• Training & development

Company Overview:

Taste Buds Kitchen has taken the country by storm with a refreshingly simple concept. We provide culinary entertainment to kids, families, and adults in a fun, beautiful, and state-of-the-art Kitchen Studio. Kids ages 2 to teen love our hands-on cooking classes, camps, birthday parties, and field trips. Adults love our BYOB date night cooking classes, birthday parties, bachelorettes, showers, and corporate events. Our innovative programs are as entertaining as they are educational! We always strive to engage and delight our guests.

Benefits/Perks:

• Competitive pay
• Paid Time Off
• Profit Sharing
• Tips

Job Description:

We are looking for a General Manager & Lead Culinary Instructor to play a critical role in the success of Taste Buds Kitchen! You will have the skills and experience to teach our cooking classes, manage the day-to-day operations and staff in our Kitchen, create an exceptional client experience and be a natural leader. This is the perfect opportunity to interact with clients on a daily basis to create a supportive and meaningful community.

Responsibilities:

• Open availability is required, including nights and weekends. Taste Buds Kitchen hosts events 7-days a week.
• This role will assist the owner in the setup and running of this new business. You can expect to spend 50-75% of your time instructing classes initially. The time spent instructing classes will decrease over time as our business and our team grows.
• Instruct Classes - Instruct cooking classes, camps, and parties for ages 2-99. Engage and teach guests about various cooking/baking skills related to the class menu. Interact with all guests to ensure customer satisfaction. Be the perfect example and role model of what is expected of a Culinary Instructor. As part of your training, you will learn all aspects of event operations.
• Customer Service - Ensure all clients have a great experience
• Human Resources - Assist in/responsible for, hiring, training, managing, scheduling, and developing the employee team. Act as an emergency substitute if an employee cannot attend their shift.
• Operations - Ensure all company policies, systems, and laws are followed and ensure that all classes, staff, and facilities are meeting Taste Buds Kitchen standards. Improve and streamline systems for efficiency.
• Admin/Sales - Assist in responding to sales inquiries from clients and bookings to find the “right fit” for our clients and meet sales goals.
• Facility - Maintaining high cleanliness & branding standards in the kitchen.

Qualifications:

• Great leader capable of recruiting and training staff as well as managing and maintaining a motivated team
• Comfortable with a range of cooking techniques. Formal culinary education or equivalent experience a plus.
• Experience working with people of all ages
• Experience working in an events business
• 1-3 years experience in a management position
• Strong customer service skills. A business or management degree is a plus
• Must enjoy the atmosphere of a small business