Kitchen Manager

Goodfellas Pizzeria; Cincinnati (AR); On-site; USD 42,000 - 62,000; Full time

Job summary

Goodfellas Pizzeria is seeking an experienced kitchen supervisor to oversee all kitchen functions, including food purchasing, preparation, and maintaining quality standards. You will train staff, enforce sanitation and safety, and ensure menus are executed to the restaurant’s recipes and portioning guidelines.

Responsibilities include planning production schedules, monitoring food costs, supervising cooks, and coordinating with restaurant managers to price menu items and control waste.

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchen management or supervisory role.
• Familiarity with sanitation standards and food safety requirements.
• Ability to train staff and enforce recipes, portioning and presentation.

Responsibilities

• Manage kitchen sanitation schedules for floors, mats, walls, hoods and storage areas.
• Monitor sanitation practices and ensure compliance with standards.
• Check quality of raw and cooked food and maintain temperature controls.
• Estimate supplies and costs; control food cost and waste.
• Instruct cooks on preparation, cooking, garnishing and presentation.
• Collaborate with managers to price menu items and set portion sizes.
• Schedule staff to meet labor cost objectives and business needs.
• Ensure products are prepared and served per recipes and standards.
• Order supplies and ensure correct delivery and counts.
• Determine production schedules and staff requirements for timely delivery.

Skills

Sanitation standards

Food cost control

Staff training

Menu pricing

Food preparation

Inventory management

Production scheduling

Job description

Description

Responsible for all kitchen functions including food purchasing, preparation and maintenance of quality standards, sanitation and cleanliness, training of employees in methods of cooking, preparation, plate presentation, portion, cost control, and sanitation and cleanliness.

Requirements

• Promote, work, and act in a manner consistent with the mission of Goodfellas Pizzeria. The best slice and cocktail bar period while focusing on Respect of the 4 “P’s”
• Responsible for maintaining appropriate cleaning schedules for kitchen floors, mats, walls, hoods, other equipment and food storage areas.
• Monitor sanitation practices to ensure that employees follow standards and regulations.
• Check the quality of raw or cooked food products to ensure that standards are met.
• Check and maintain proper food holding and refrigeration temperature control points.
• Estimate amounts and costs of required supplies, such as food and ingredients.
• Control food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes and waste control procedures.
• Instruct cooks or other workers in the preparation, cooking, garnishing, or presentation of food.
• Work with restaurant managers to plan and price menu items, establish portion sizes, and prepare standard recipe cards for all new menu items.
• Supervise or coordinate activities of cooks or workers engaged in food preparation.
• Ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the restaurant’s recipes, portioning, cooking and serving standards.
• Schedule personnel as required for anticipated business activity while ensuring that all positions are staffed when and as needed and labor cost objectives are met.
• Inspect supplies, equipment, or work areas to ensure conformance to established standards.
• Order or requisition food, equipment, or other supplies needed to ensure efficient operation.
• Ensure that all products are ordered according to predetermined product specifications and received in correct unit count and condition.
• Ensure that deliveries are performed in accordance with the restaurant’s receiving policies and procedures.
• Determine production schedules and staff requirements necessary to ensure timely delivery of services.
• Check the quantity and quality of received products.
• Determine how food should be presented and create decorative food displays.