Kitchen Production Supervisor

My Healthy Penguin; Rancho Cucamonga (CA); On-site; USD 55,000 - 70,000; Full time

Job summary

My Healthy Penguin in Rancho Cucamonga is seeking a Kitchen Production Supervisor to lead kitchen operations efficiently. This hands-on leadership position involves supporting the Head Chef, managing kitchen staff, maintaining food safety standards, and ensuring production quality during shifts.

The ideal candidate has experience in high-volume food production, strong leadership skills, and an understanding of food safety practices. Join our fast-paced kitchen environment to direct and train a dedicated team.

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a commercial kitchen or high-volume food production environment.
• Prior experience leading or supervising staff is preferred.
• Strong understanding of food safety and sanitation standards.

Responsibilities

• Lead cooks and kitchen production staff during shifts.
• Execute daily production plan and keep the team on schedule.
• Train and support new kitchen employees.

Skills

Food safety understanding

Team leadership

Problem-solving

Communication skills

Job description

My Healthy Penguin is hiring a Kitchen Production Supervisor to help lead our day-to-day kitchen production operations.

This role is responsible for keeping the kitchen floor organized, productive, clean, and on standard during assigned shifts. The Kitchen Production Supervisor will support the Head Chef / Director of Culinary Operations by supervising cooks, helping execute the daily production plan, enforcing recipe and portioning standards, maintaining food safety procedures, and stepping into a floor leadership role when the Head Chef is not present.

This is a hands‑on leadership position. The right person is comfortable cooking, directing a team, holding standards, solving problems in real time, and keeping production moving in a fast‑paced commercial kitchen.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead cooks and kitchen production staff during assigned shifts
• Execute the daily production plan and help keep the team on schedule
• Ensure recipes, portioning standards, quality standards, and plating expectations are followed
• Monitor food quality, consistency, and presentation throughout production
• Train, coach, and support new and existing kitchen employees
• Enforce food safety, sanitation, HACCP, PFR, and company kitchen procedures
• Conduct line checks, quality checks, and end‑of‑shift kitchen inspections
• Help maintain FIFO, product rotation, labeling, storage, and organization standards
• Support receiving, storage, and inventory organization as needed
• Communicate production issues, staffing concerns, shortages, equipment problems, or quality concerns to leadership
• Maintain a clean, organized, safe, and efficient work environment
• Participate in prep and cooking as needed to support production
• Step into floor leadership when the Head Chef / Director of Culinary Operations is not present

Qualifications

• Previous experience in a commercial kitchen, commissary kitchen, catering kitchen, meal prep kitchen, or high-volume food production environment
• Prior experience leading, training, or supervising kitchen staff preferred
• Strong understanding of food safety, sanitation, labeling, storage, and production standards
• Ability to follow and enforce recipes, portioning standards, and written procedures
• Strong communication and problem‑solving skills
• Ability to stay calm, organized, and productive in a fast‑paced kitchen
• Reliable, punctual, hands‑on, and comfortable holding others accountable
• ServSafe Food Manager certification preferred

Physical Requirements

• Ability to stand for extended periods of time
• Ability to lift and carry up to 50 pounds
• Ability to work in hot, cold, refrigerated, and fast‑paced kitchen environments
• Ability to bend, reach, push, pull, and move throughout the kitchen as needed

Reports To

Head Chef / Director of Culinary Operations