Kitchen Manager
Job Description Job Description Job Summary: It all began with a group of people who dreamt of starting something completely new. Together, we established La Bonanza Hospitality Group, a company dedicated to finding cutting-edge solutions and providing great services. As a Kitchen Manager with La Bonanza, you are responsible for the preparation, presentation and service of all menu items, as well as developing and training all hourly back of the house staff. You are also responsible for completing kitchen performance, quality, health, and safety documentation as required, and work closely with the General Manager to ensure the department is working as a cohesive team. La Bonanza Hospitality Group offers a competitive salary, great benefits, and a 401(K)-match! Our eligible managers also enjoy paid vacation and sick days, a competitive bonus structure, cell phone reimbursement, company vehicle, and company meals. Supervisory Responsibilities • Ability to supervise multiple levels of workers. • Provides useful and real-time coaching gives feedback and aligns development goals with organizational objectives. • Promote the company’s safety programs and enforce safety guidelines. • Reviews Time and Attendance in Toast POS and follows up on any discrepancies for the department. • Operate with the highest level of conduct, integrity, and confidentiality, setting an example for leaders and associates. Duties and Responsibilities • Enforce company procedures and policies. • Maintain weekly budgets and financial reports according to company standards. • Ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the restaurant’s recipes, portioning, cooking, and serving standards. • Supervise kitchen team. • Make employment and termination decisions including interviewing, hiring, evaluating, and disciplining kitchen personnel as appropriate. • Provide orientation of company and department rules, policies and procedures and oversee training of new kitchen employees. • Prepare all required paperwork, including forms, reports and schedules in an organized and timely manner. • Ensure that all equipment is kept clean and kept in excellent working condition through personal inspection and by following the restaurant’s preventative maintenance programs. • Control food cost and usage by following proper requisition of products from storage areas, product storage procedures, standard recipes, and waste control procedures. • Schedule labor as required by anticipated business activity while ensuring that all positions are staffed when and as needed and labor cost objectives are met. • Responsible for training kitchen personnel in cleanliness and sanitation practices. • Responsible for maintaining appropriate cleaning schedules for kitchen floors, mats, walls, hoods, other equipment, and food storage areas. • Maintaining and upholding our company's vision and values. • Demonstrating a passion for details and a willingness to learn. • Taking part in pre-service duties and applicable closing duties. • Exhibiting a familiarity with daily menus. • Maintaining a safe, sanitary, and organized work environment. • Performs other duties as required or assigned. Required Skills and Abilities • Three to five years of kitchen management experience is required. • Expertise with kitchen sanitation and safety regulations. • Excellent organizational and conflict management skills. • Ability to manage a team is a fast-paced stressful work environment. • Certification from a culinary school or degree in restaurant management is a plus. • Ability to work long shifts including nights and weekends • The average manager schedule is 50-55 hours a week depending on business needs • Must be fluent in English, Spanish preferred. Education and preferred. • Certification from an accredited culinary school or degree in restaurant management is a plus • ServSafe Manager certification, or the ability to obtain one within 90 days of employment. Physical Requirements • Ability to climb stairs and lift to 50 lbs. daily is required. • Standing for long periods of time. • Ability to work with commercial equipment including stand mixers, ovens, torches, etc. • Ability to reach, bend, stoop, climb up and down stairs, walk, and carry multiple objects. • Working various shifts including weekend and holiday. An Equal Opportunity Employer La Bonanza Group, LLC is an equal opportunity employer and administers all personnel practices without regard to race, color, religious creed, sex, gender, age, ancestry, national origin, mental or physical disability or medical condition, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, marital status, military or veteran status, genetic information, or any other category protected under federal, state, or local law. La Bonanza Group, LLC is a drug-free workplace and participates in E-Verify. All offers of employment are contingent upon the completion and passing of the compliance process.
