Kitchen Manager

Wisdells; Wisconsin; On-site; USD 45,000 - 65,000; Full time

Job summary

Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin is seeking a dedicated Kitchen Manager to enhance the culinary experience. This full-time role involves managing kitchen staff, controlling food costs, and developing innovative menu items within an established family-oriented environment.

Responsibilities

• Control and monitor food costs; negotiate with vendors.
• Conduct research on culinary trends; propose new menu items.
• Manage and motivate culinary staff; oversee daily shifts.

Job description

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Wilderness Resort in Wisconsin Dells, Wisconsin is America's Largest Waterpark Resort! The Wilderness provides a fun, safe, and memorable experience to not only our guests but our employees as well! We are a family owned resort that takes pride in ensuring guest satisfaction as well as treating our employees like family. We strive for excellence within our resort and hope to create a long lasting positive influence on the employees that join our team.

Join the Wilderness Family for a rewarding employment experience! #WeAreFamily

The Wilderness Resort is seeking a hardworking, dependable, enthusiastic, customer service driven individual to join our Food & Beverage team! The Kitchen Manager will be part chef, part artist, and 100% dedicated to an exceptional and memorable culinary experience!

The Kitchen Manager will train and manage kitchen personnel and supervise/coordinate all related culinary activities.

This is a full time position with day, night and weekend availability.

Essential duties and tasks of the position include but are not limited to:

• Control and monitor the food costs within the restaurant. Negotiate with vendors and analyze market prices to ensure high quality product, while maintaining budgeted food costs.
• Occasionally taste and inspect the food to make sure the staff is preparing it correctly. Ensure the restaurant complies with all sanitary and safety laws.
• Conduct research and analysis on new culinary trends, and lead efforts to propose new menu items and products.
• Create and develop profitable new menu items and recipes, gain approval, and implement training for effective deployment.
• Propose and execute culinary ideas/events such as private dinners, catering, and marketing events.
• Collaborate with management to develop sales strategies for existing and new locations.
• Set product standards and evaluate vendors and suppliers.
• Ensure adherence to Wilderness Resort standards, cleanliness, and service quality at all times.
• Manage and motivate culinary staff, including training, discipline, scheduling, and performance monitoring.
• Oversee daily shifts and master culinary duties.
• Communicate expectations clearly through pre-shift meetings.
• Prepare weekly staff schedules and work line shifts during low volume periods to control labor costs.

Wilderness Resort is an Equal Opportunity Employer.

Requirements

Details of required qualifications are not specified in the description.

Preferred

Details of preferred qualifications are not specified in the description.

Job Industries

• Other

Seniority level

• Mid-Senior level

Employment type

• Full-time

Job function

• Management and Manufacturing

Industries

• Travel Arrangements