Head Chef

Eureka! Restaurant Group; Seattle (WA); On-site; USD 85,000 - 95,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive Salary ($85-95K)

Quarterly Bonus Incentive

Growth Opportunities - We promote 65%从

Medical/dental/vision coverage (Full‑T

Job summary

Eureka! Restaurant Group is seeking a Kitchen Manager in Seattle to lead all daily kitchen operations, ensuring top-notch food quality, presentation, and safety. You will coach the culinary team, manage costs, and deliver an outstanding guest experience in a fast-paced environment.

The role requires strong leadership, 5+ years in culinary leadership, and a focus on excellence. This full-time position offers competitive pay, a quarterly bonus incentive, and growth opportunities within the company.

Qualifications

• Minimum of 5 years of culinary leadership experience in a high-volume restaurant.
• Strong knowledge of food quality, safety, sanitation, inventory, and kitchen operations.
• Proven ability to lead, train, coach, and develop culinary managers and team members.

Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee daily kitchen operations to ensure consistent food quality, presentation, cleanliness, and compliance with Company standards.
• Develop the culinary team, manage food and labor costs, and maintain a safe, organized kitchen.
• Deliver an exceptional guest experience through efficient, high-quality execution.

Skills

Leadership

Culinary Leadership

Communication

Problem-solving

Job description

At Eureka! we make people feel good and feel alive through our shared values of Energy, Discovery, Community. Eureka! is an expression of delight in finding, discovering, or solving something and this exclamation of joy starts with you.

Our values driven culture is full of passionate people serving those hungry to discover a local blend of America’s best. Many of our guests are joining us for the items they crave or offerings they wish to explore. Our aim is to attract and hire talent that provides an enthusiastic experience for all our guests while being a great co-worker for their teammates.

If this sounds like you, keep reading!

THE PERKS!:

• Competitive Salary ($85-95K)
• Quarterly Bonus Incentive
• Fun & Fast Paced Environment
• Company contests that include experiential trips to exciting beverage and food destinations.
• Growth Opportunities - We promote 65% from within
• Management Development
• Benefits that include access to medical, dental and vision coverage (Full Time)
• Employee Assistance Program - focusing on mental health providing licensed counseling, community support and much more

Purpose of the Position

The Kitchen Manager leads and oversees all daily kitchen operations, ensuring consistent food quality, presentation, cleanliness, and compliance with Company standards. This role develops the culinary team, manages food and labor costs, maintains a safe and organized kitchen, and delivers an exceptional guest experience through efficient, high-quality execution.

Physical Demands & Work Environment Position requires prolonged standing, bending, stooping, twisting, lifting products and supplies weighing, and repetitive hand and wrist motion; working with and around hot, cold, and hazardous equipment in a fast paced and congested environment that will occasionally be loud, hot, cold and/or physically demanding. Position requires occasional travel that may consist of driving and/or airplane flights for a period of one or more days therein requiring one or more overnight stays; notice of travel may be given with very short notice. Position requires occasional training that may take place on or off-site, by phone and/or online.

At-Will Statement & Job Description Disclaimer: This position is at-will. Kitchen Managers have the right to resign at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. Likewise, Eureka! has the right to terminate employment at any time, for any reason, with or without notice, with or without cause. This at-will employment relationship will remain in full force and effect notwithstanding any changes that may occur in position, title, pay or other terms or conditions of my employment with Eureka!. This job description is intended to convey information essential to understanding the scope of the job and the general nature and level of work performed by job holders within this job. However, this job description is not intended to be an exhaustive list of qualifications, skills, efforts, duties, responsibilities or working conditions associated with the position. Nonessential functions of the job may be required to perform other related duties as assigned.

Location(s)

2614 NE 46th St, Seattle , Washington 98105 , United States

Requirements

• Demonstrates strong leadership and passion for Eureka!’s culture — EDC!
• Must be at least 21 years of age.
• Minimum of 5 years of culinary leadership experience in a high-volume restaurant.
• Proven ability to lead, train, coach, and develop culinary managers and team members.
• Strong knowledge of food quality, safety, sanitation, inventory, and kitchen operations.
• Experience managing food costs, labor, ordering, production, and waste.
• Strong communication, organization, decision-making, and problem-solving skills.
• Ability to maintain consistency, accountability, and operational excellence.
• Consistent attendance, punctuality, and flexibility to support business needs.

This Company is an Equal Opportunity Employer, and does not discriminate on the basis of race, gender, ethnicity, religion, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, or on any other basis prohibited by law. Information on race, gender and national origin will only be used for statistical and recordkeeping purposes, and will not be used in making any employment decisions. All information provided will be kept separate from your expression of interest. Providing this information is strictly voluntary, and you will not be subjected to any adverse action or treatment if you choose not to provide this information. If you do not choose to answer these questions, we ask that you select "Decline to Identify" for each question. Thank you for your voluntary cooperation.

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