Kitchen Manager: Lead Culinary Team & Guest Experience

Kids for the Future; San Bernardino (CA); On-site; USD 42,000 - 66,000; Full time

Job summary

Kids for the Future in San Bernardino, CA seeks a Kitchen Manager to lead BOH operations and deliver exceptional dining experiences. You will supervise cooks, ensure food safety, train staff, and manage shift tasks with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities include scheduling, controlling food costs, enforcing SOPs, and collaborating with management to meet guest expectations. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred; availability for holidays and weekends required.

Qualifications

• 1-3 years of kitchen management required.
• Culinary arts degree preferred.
• Food Managers Certification required.
• Advanced knowledge of Food, Health and Safety Regulations.
• Availability to work during holidays, nights, and weekends with increased hours during peak times.

Responsibilities

• Provide direction, coaching and leadership for all BOH employees (including food preparation and production, safety and sanitation and company policies and procedures).
• Hires, coaches, and trains the kitchen staff to perform various assignments and handle the equipment.
• Responsible for training kitchen and concessions personnel in cleanliness and sanitation practices
• Ensures employee adherence to company policies and procedures.
• Utilizes all tools necessary to ensure quality food is prepared to recipe specification within company approved ticket times.
• Ensure the freshness of food product through proper purchasing and product rotation by following company SOP.
• Checks food storage and temperatures daily, records the temperatures on the log sheet and notifies maintenance of any issues.
• Communicates, implements, and follow up on all changes for food products and kitchen systems and procedures.
• Ensures that daily opening, mid and closing operation duties are being completed daily
• Delivers exceptional guest experience through execution of great food.
• Assist managers and General Manager with FOH duties, as necessary.
• Responsible for weekly scheduling of kitchen staff in accordance business needs, and employees' availability.
• Control food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes, and waste control procedures.
• Ensure successful delivery of the daily and weekly budgets, goals, and objectives.
• Other duties as assigned.

Skills

Kitchen Management

Team Leadership

Food Safety

Bilingual English/Spanish

HACCP

Education

High School Diploma

Culinary Arts Degree (preferred)

Job description

Kids for the Future in San Bernardino, CA seeks a Kitchen Manager to lead BOH operations and deliver exceptional dining experiences. You will supervise cooks, ensure food safety, train staff, and manage shift tasks with a focus on quality and efficiency.

Responsibilities include scheduling, controlling food costs, enforcing SOPs, and collaborating with management to meet guest expectations. Bilingual English/Spanish preferred; availability for holidays and weekends required.