Assistant Kitchen Manager

Position Information:

The Cook/Assistant Kitchen Manager is responsible for a variety of duties and responsibilities including assisting the Kitchen Manager in the oversight of the entire kitchen operations with General Manager, prepares food, arranges, prepares and breaks down the kitchen while maintaining the upmost hygienic standards. The Cook/Assistant Kitchen Manager is a confident decision-maker, able to assist in motivating people, eager to please the customer and strong in communication skills.

Duties and Responsibilities:

· Follow food safety procedures according to policy and health/sanitation regulations

· Maintain a high level of customer care

· Follows all recipes and portion servings

· Assist in ensuring all food service employees in preparing/serving food and cleaning facilities/utensils

· Work with Kitchen Manager in forecasting the purchase of food, supplies and equipment

· Communicate inventory levels to Kitchen Manager to ensure product availability

· Maintain safe working conditions

· Assist in training kitchen employees in a manner that ensures product consistency

· Anticipate and identify problems and communicate to the Kitchen Manager

· Maintain fast, accurate service, positive guest relations, and ensure products are consistent with quality standards

· Assists Kitchen Manager with Menu development

· Set up stations and collect all necessary supplies to prepare menu for service

· Prepare a variety of foods; meat, seafood, poultry, vegetable, and cold food items

· Arrange sauces and supplementary garnishes for allocated stations

· Cover, date and correctly store all food and food prep items

· Notify in advance of likely shortages to Kitchen Manager

· Serve menu items compliant with establishment standards

· Use food preparation tools in accordance with manufactures instructions

· Close the kitchen correctly and follow the closing checklist for kitchen stations

· Maintain a prepared and sanitary work area at all times

· Keep the work area fresh throughout the shift

· Make sure all storage areas are tidy and all products are stored appropriately

· Constantly use safe and hygienic food handling practices

· Returns dirty food preparation utensils to the appropriate areas to assist with dishwashing

Qualifications:

· A laser sharp focus on hospitality

· Fluent English-speaking and writing skills

· Strong skills in multitasking, kitchen organization, cleanliness

· Two years prior food service experience minimum

· Excellent communication skills (must effectively convey information)

· Flexibility to handle multiple tasks and keep multiple jobs running and organized

· Full availability for any shift, five (5) days per week, including nights, weekends, and holidays

· Serve Safe Certification

· Must be able to handle weights up to 30 lbs

· Must be able to handle weights up to 150 lbs. with assistance

Notes:

This is not necessarily an all-inclusive list of responsibilities, skills, duties, requirements, efforts, or working conditions associated with this job. While this list of intended to be an accurate reflection of the current job, the company reserved the right to revise the functions and duties of the job or require that additional or different tasks be performed when circumstances change.

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: $18.00 - $20.00 per year

Benefits:

• 401(k) matching
• Employee discount
• Health insurance

Experience level:

• 2 years

Restaurant type:

• Bar
• Fast casual restaurant

Shift:

• Day shift
• Evening shift

Weekly day range:

• Every weekend
• Monday to Friday

License/Certification:

• Driver's License (Required)

Work Location: In person