Kitchen Ops & Guest Experience Lead — Growth Path

Taste Buds Kitchen; Bellevue (WA); On-site; USD 34,000 - 41,000; Part time

Job summary

Taste Buds Kitchen Bellevue is seeking a dynamic, hands-on leader to help manage our growing culinary studio. You will oversee kitchen operations, safety, purchasing, and guest experiences while guiding a team of culinary assistants and hosts.

You’ll coordinate classes and events, monitor costs, and contribute to growing a profitable local business with an emphasis on hospitality and community engagement.

Qualifications

• Have at least 2–3 years of food service, catering, hospitality, or kitchen operations experience, including leadership responsibilities.
• Understand food safety, sanitation standards, and commercial kitchen operations.
• Have experience managing inventory, purchasing, and food costs.
• Are exceptionally friendly, outgoing, organized, and dependable.
• Enjoy training and motivating others.
• Have strong business judgment and take initiative without needing constant direction.
• Are comfortable working with both children and adults.
• Can work evenings and weekends.
• Have a current food worker card and preferably a Certified Food Protection Manager credential, or are willing to obtain required credentials.

Responsibilities

• Run a safe, organized kitchen: Oversee food safety, sanitation, inventory, purchasing, equipment maintenance, and inspections.
• Manage purchasing and costs: Plan grocery shopping, track ingredient usage, minimize waste, manage vendors, and budgets.
• Lead and develop our team: Train culinary assistants and hosts, coordinate schedules, give feedback, ensure performance.
• Deliver exceptional guest experiences: Welcome guests, oversee classes and events, resolve concerns, create a warm atmosphere.
• Keep events running smoothly: Coordinate prep, staffing, setup, cleanup, ensure on-schedule.
• Think like a business owner: Monitor labor costs, improve processes, identify sales opportunities, grow profitability.
• Jump in wherever needed: Assist with culinary prep, support classes, host events when trained, help team succeed.

Skills

Food service

Leadership experience

Hospitality skills

Team training

Budget awareness

Job description

Taste Buds Kitchen Bellevue is seeking a dynamic, hands-on leader to help manage our growing culinary studio. You will oversee kitchen operations, safety, purchasing, and guest experiences while guiding a team of culinary assistants and hosts.

You’ll coordinate classes and events, monitor costs, and contribute to growing a profitable local business with an emphasis on hospitality and community engagement.