Kitchen Manager

Sardi’s Pollo A La Brasa; New Carrollton (MD); On-site; USD 42,000 - 60,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

PTO- Paid Time Off

Free meals

Health Insurance contribution

Holiday Pay

Weekly Pay

Job summary

Sardi’s in Maryland is hiring a Kitchen Manager to supervise daily kitchen operations, ensure food safety, manage inventory and costs, and lead a back-of-house team.

You will interact with customers, set standards, train staff, and schedule shifts while maintaining high quality and service. This full-time role offers benefits and growth opportunities within a fast-paced dining environment.

Qualifications

• Experience in kitchen operations and staff supervision.
• Strong communication and conflict-resolution abilities.
• Ability to manage costs, inventory, and scheduling.

Responsibilities

• Interact with customers in a friendly and courteous manner.
• Maintain food standards, costs, and safety across shifts.
• Lead back‑of‑house staff, resolving conflicts and ensuring tasks are completed.
• Manage costs, pricing, and create work schedules.
• Keep schedules, shipments, and cleaning plans organized.
• Resolve problems quickly and communicate cooking standards to staff.
• Speak clearly to staff and customers to ensure quality service.
• Stand for long hours and work on busy shifts.

Skills

Customer service

Attention to detail

Leadership

Management

Organizational skills

Speaking skills

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.