Lead Kitchen Manager — High-Volume Dining Excellence

Landed; Irvine (CA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 90,000; Full time

Job summary

Landed is seeking a Restaurant Manager in Irvine to lead daily kitchen operations, ensure food quality, and deliver exceptional guest experiences. You will oversee kitchen workflow, training, and performance management while maintaining safety standards.

Responsibilities include opening/closing procedures, coordinating with suppliers, managing inventory, and driving menu execution with a high-energy, guest-focused team.

Qualifications

• Bachelor's/Associates Degree in Hospitality, Restaurant Management, Culinary or equivalent education and work experience.
• Minimum 3 years cooking in a high-volume restaurant preferred
• Demonstrated leadership skills, including coaching, directing and motivating a team
• Proficient in MS Office, Google Docs
• Excellent written and verbal communication with a positive and outgoing personality
• Customer service focused and solution oriented
• Capable of delegating multiple tasks
• Must enjoy and be able to succeed in a fast-paced and high stress work environment
• Ability to work a flexible schedule based on restaurant needs
• Ongoing current Food Safety Manager certification

Responsibilities

• Leading kitchen team members by exemplifying leadership competencies and fostering an enthusiastic and positive environment.
• Conducting the training of kitchen team members using the certification process.
• Ensuring kitchen team members adhere to established policies and procedures.
• Working with Kitchen Team Members on any employee related issues.
• Providing regular coaching and feedback to team members.
• Ensuring performance management and documentation of performance issues are handled in a timely manner.
• Participating in weekly management meetings.
• Leading the rollout and training for new menu items recipe changes and communication.
• Ensuring product quality, freshness and presentation meets Tender Greens standards and expectations.
• Planning and directing the rollout of the Limited Time Offer (LTO) including, communication, item preparation and managing food production schedules.
• Ensuring that salad, grill, carve stations are set up for service
• Ensuring dish and prep stations are cleaned and organized to standard
• Leading morning pre-shift meetings
• Leading opening and/or closing procedures and daily kitchen operations including daily decision making, staff support while upholding standards, product quality and cleanliness
• Ensuring safety kitchen practices are demonstrated by: enforcing food safety compliance, safety training, safety standards, dress code, Covid protocols, and health department visits
• Managing ordering of food items including grocery, meat, fish, produce
• Verifying, approving, and uploading inventory into the system; managing budget-related transfers
• Reviewing P&L notes and supporting operations with other duties as assigned

Skills

Leadership

Team coaching

Food safety

Communication

Customer service

Delegation

Problem solving

Education

Bachelor's/Associate in Hospitality or Restaurant Management

Tools

MS Office

Google Docs

Job description

Landed is seeking a Restaurant Manager in Irvine to lead daily kitchen operations, ensure food quality, and deliver exceptional guest experiences. You will oversee kitchen workflow, training, and performance management while maintaining safety standards.

Responsibilities include opening/closing procedures, coordinating with suppliers, managing inventory, and driving menu execution with a high-energy, guest-focused team.