Kitchen ManagerShoreline

Fortune Casinos; La Center (WA); On-site; USD 52,000 - 70,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Medical/Dental/Vision

Paid Vacation

Accrued Flex Time

Job summary

Fortune Casinos is seeking a Kitchen Manager to lead daily back-of-house operations in our dining venues. You will oversee food prep, ordering, inventory, and ensure compliance with sanitation standards while delivering consistent, high-quality meals.

You will guide a diverse kitchen team, supervise execution, and strive to improve service and daily operations. Flexibility for evenings, weekends, and holidays is expected to maintain guest satisfaction.

Qualifications

• Proven work experience in kitchen leadership roles.
• Experience planning menus and ordering ingredients.
• Knowledge of a wide range of recipes.
• Familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety regulations.
• Conflict management skills.
• Ability to manage a team in a fast-paced work environment.
• Flexibility to work during evenings, weekends and holidays when needed.
• ANSI recognized Food Protection Manager Certification (ie Servsafe).

Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen staff.
• Supervise food prep and cooking.
• Schedule kitchen staff, and covering when needed.
• Price menu items based on product cost goals.
• Order food, supplies and kitchen equipment, as needed.
• Train kitchen staff on prep work and food plating techniques.
• Store food products in compliance with safety practices.
• Maintain high sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen.

Skills

Kitchen leadership

Menu planning

Recipes knowledge

Sanitation and safety

Conflict management

Team management

Evenings/weekends flexibility

ServSafe certification

Job description

We are looking for a Kitchen Manager to lead daily back of house Restaurant operations. Some of the Kitchen Manager responsibilities include: overseeing food prep, execution, ordering, inventory, complying with local and federal sanitation and safety standards, as well as meeting our own business standards.

To be successful in this role, you should be comfortable managing a diverse kitchen staff and guide them to deliver quality food efficiently and consistently. Ultimately, you will ensure all menu items are properly cooked and served, and that our guests have an excellent dining experience. Leadership and a willingness to continually improve service and daily operations are some of the key skills we are searching for.

Responsibilities include, but are not limited to:

• Lead the kitchen staff
• Supervise food prep and cooking
• Schedule kitchen staff, and covering when needed
• Price menu items based on product cost goals
• Order food, supplies and kitchen equipment, as needed
• Train kitchen staff on prep work and food plating techniques
• Store food products in compliance with safety practices
• Maintain high sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen

Skills we are looking to find in a candidate:

• Proven work experience in kitchen leadership roles.
• Experience planning menus and ordering ingredients.
• Knowledge of a wide range of recipes.
• Familiarity with kitchen sanitation and safety regulations.
• Conflict management skills.
• Ability to manage a team in a fast-paced work environment.
• Flexibility to work during evenings, weekends and holidays when needed.
• Would need to have, or be able to obtain an ANSI recognized Food Protection Manager Certification (ie Servsafe)

Benefits

• Medical/Dental/Vision after 60 day period.
• Paid Vacation Time
• Accrued Flex Time