Kitchen Manager

Ontario Trillium Foundation; Alexandria (VA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 56,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO- Paid Time Off

Free meals

Health Insurance contribution

Holiday Pay

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Sardi’s is seeking Kitchen Managers to lead the back-of-house, supervise staff, and ensure high standards of food quality and customer service. You will manage shifts, schedules, and costs while promoting a positive dining experience for guests.

The role requires hands-on leadership in a busy kitchen, clear communication, and the ability to handle long hours on your feet. Benefits include PTO, free meals, health insurance contribution, and more.

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchen management or food service preferred.
• Strong leadership and customer-service skills.
• Ability to manage costs and schedules.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers and staff to uphold standards.
• Maintain food standards, costs, safety.
• Lead back-of-house team during shifts.
• Create work schedules and manage costs.
• Keep schedules, shipments, and cleaning schedules organized.
• Resolve conflicts and communicate cooking methods clearly.
• Maintain stamina during long shifts.

Skills

Customer Service

Attention to Detail

Leadership

Management

Organizational Skills

Problem-Solving

Communication

Stamina

Job description

We're hiring Kitchen Managers!

Responsibilities

• Customer-Service: Kitchen managers might have to interact with customers. Being friendly and courteous will help keep customers coming back
• Attention to Detail: Kitchen managers have to keep their eyes on a lot of elements: food standards, costs, safety, etc.
• Leadership: Kitchen managers must be leaders in the back of house, rallying their team during heavy shifts, resolving conflicts and getting the job done
• Management Skills: Kitchen managers not only deal with food, they also have to deal with costs, pricing, creating work schedules and more.
• Organizational Skills: Keeping work schedules, shipments, cleaning schedules and more organized is crucial to the job
• Problem-Solving Skills: Dealing with employee conflict, irate customers and wrong stock orders is part of a kitchen managers job. Being able to come up with a solution quickly is a needed skill
• Speaking Skills: Kitchen managers need to accurately and easily communicate standards and cooking methods to staff, give orders and speak with customers clearly
• Stamina: Kitchen managers can expect long days around hot cooking elements, much of it on their feet

Why work with us?

We offer great benefits to our team members including:

• PTO- Paid Time Off
• Free meals
• Health Insurance contribution
• Holiday Pay
• Weekly Pay

Sardi’s is an equal opportunity employer and does not discriminate against any applicant or employee because of race, color, religion, sex, national origin, disability, age, or military or veteran status in accordance with federal law. In addition, Sardi’s complies with applicable state and local laws governing non discrimination in employment in every jurisdiction in which it maintains facilities. Sardi’s also provides reasonable accommodation to qualified individuals with disabilities in accordance with applicable laws.

Disclaimer - Sardi's values diversity among our team members and the unique perspective this brings to the Company

Disclaimer - It is unlawful in Maryland to require or administer a lie detector test as a condition of employment or continued employment. An employer who violates this provision is guilty of a misdemeanor and subject to a fine not exceeding $100.