Kitchen Manager

Socket.dev; Destin (FL); On-site; USD 62,000 - 75,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Training program

Career development

Employee discounts on dining

Health benefit plans

Dental & vision

Life insurance

Short term disability

401(k)

Paid time off

Monthly discretionary bonus

Job summary

Joe’s Crab Shack is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead daily kitchen operations and mentor a hands-on culinary team. You will focus on food quality, safety, and guest satisfaction while driving performance and staff development in a fast-paced setting.

In this role you will support the Executive Chef, manage labor and costs, and ensure sanitation standards. This position offers growth within a dynamic hospitality brand and a strong emphasis on training and development.

Qualifications

• 2+ years of Kitchen Management in a high-volume, full-service setting.
• Strong supervision, inventory controls, and food/labor cost awareness.
• Excellent communication, leadership, and conflict-resolution skills.

Responsibilities

• Ensure excellence in guest satisfaction with a hands-on leadership style.
• Assist the Executive Chef in managing back-of-house staff, training, and follow-up.
• Achieve or exceed budgeted labor and costs through planning and execution.
• Oversee inventories and ordering of food and supplies.
• Maintain sanitation and OSHA-compliant work areas.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Staff supervision

Communication

Conflict resolution

Operational discipline

Education

Accredited culinary program

Job description

Overview

Lead the Kitchen. Develop Your Team. Grow Your Career.

Joe’s Crab Shack is looking for a motivated, hands-on Kitchen Manager ready to take the next step in their culinary leadership career. If you thrive in a fast-paced kitchen, take pride in delivering great food, and enjoy developing people, this is an opportunity to build your leadership skills while being part of a high-energy restaurant environment. As Kitchen Manager, you’ll play a key role in leading daily kitchen operations while developing a team focused on quality, consistency, safety, and execution. From coaching and mentoring culinary team members to managing kitchen performance, food quality, and operational standards, you’ll have the opportunity to make a meaningful impact on both the team and the guest experience. This is more than your next Kitchen Manager position—it’s an opportunity to strengthen your culinary and leadership expertise, expand your operational knowledge, and prepare for the next chapter of your hospitality career. We’re looking for a leader who is ready to take ownership, embrace new challenges, and grow alongside a dynamic organization.

Lead the kitchen. Build great talent. Deliver great food. Grow your career with Joe’s Crab Shack.

Benefits:

• Extensive and well-rounded training program
• Continued career development and growth opportunities
• Generous employee discounts on dining, retail, amusements, and hotels
• Multiple health benefit plans to suit your needs
• Dental, vision, voluntary life, short term disability, flexible spending accounts and 401 (k)
• Paid time off
• Monthly discretionary bonus potential

Responsibilities

• Ensuresexcellence in guest satisfaction through commitment to a "Do Whatever It Takes Attitude" and a hands-on, lead by example management style
• Assist the Executive Chef in the management of all back of house staff in a high-volume kitchen, including ongoing training, development, and follow up
• Achieve or exceed budgeted labor and other cost centers through proper planning and execution
• Assist in overseeing weekly and monthlyinventories, and ordering of food and supplies
• Maintain sanitation procedures and organization of work area adhering to all OSHA regulations

Qualifications

• At least 2years of Kitchen Management experiencein a full-service, high-volume dining establishment
• Strong knowledge and attention to detailon back of the house operations including staff supervision, inventory controls and food/labor cost, and product quality
• Strong communication, leadership, and conflict resolutionskills
• Stable and progressive work history; Strong work ethic
• Graduate of an accredited culinary program is a plus

EOE

Pay Range

USD $62,000.00 - USD $75,000.00 /Yr.