Kitchen Manager: Lead Culinary Team & Growth Opportunities

HMSHost; Denver (CO); On-site; USD 60,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Dental insurance

Vision insurance

Paid time off

Holiday pay

Meal and transportation benefits

401(k) with company match

Life insurance paid by company

Tuition reimbursement

Employee assistance program

Training and career growth

Referral program

Job summary

HMSHost is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead a restaurant kitchen with medium sales and moderately complex operations. You will supervise non-management associates, implement culinary changes, and report to the Restaurant Manager per local requirements.

Responsibilities include staffing and inventory control, training, recipe compliance, and ensuring top-notch customer service and product quality daily.

Qualifications

• Requires a High School diploma or GED.
• Provincial Red Seal certification in cooking preferred; brand certification a plus.
• Requires 2+ years in medium volume and/or multi-unit kitchen operations; 3+ years preferred.
• Demonstrates knowledge of product, customer service, services and quality standards, equipment and operations standards.
• Demonstrates team management, delegation, issue resolution, coaching skills and ability to motivate others and act as a change agent.
• Demonstrates organization and multi-project time/issue management.
• Ability to speak, read and comprehend instructions, short correspondence and policy documents.

Responsibilities

• Ensures the kitchen is staffed, clean, inventory levels are appropriate, and equipment works daily.
• Supervises day-to-day kitchen staff and assigns responsibilities.
• Continually monitors and updates prep, par and pull sheets.
• Trains cooks and prep cooks.
• Ensures recipe compliance and completes self-inspection reports.
• Ensures expediting is performed correctly.
• Maintains planograms for walk-ins.
• Identifies hiring, firing, advancement, or promotion needs of kitchen staff.
• Complies with company and regulatory standards; ensures products meet brand standards.
• Provides highest quality customer service and supports staff to assure customer satisfaction and product quality.

Skills

Team management

Coaching

Time management

Customer service

Food safety

Kitchen operations

Staff scheduling

Recipe compliance

Education

High School diploma or GED

Provincial Red Seal certification (cooking)

Brand certification a plus

Job description

HMSHost is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead a restaurant kitchen with medium sales and moderately complex operations. You will supervise non-management associates, implement culinary changes, and report to the Restaurant Manager per local requirements.

Responsibilities include staffing and inventory control, training, recipe compliance, and ensuring top-notch customer service and product quality daily.