Kitchen Manager - Midlothian

We are looking for a highly organized and skilled Kitchen Manager at our Midlothian to oversee our kitchen operations. The successful candidate will be responsible for food costing, managing staff, and ordering supplies, ensuring that our kitchen operates efficiently and effectively.

Duties include, but not limited to:

• Meet monthly food and labor targets that the owners have set. Consistently tracking kitchen finances to identify areas of potential waste.
• Comparing pricing between different purveyors on a regular basis.- Cost new recipes.- Follow and implement all state and county health and safety standards. Setting regular cleaning standards for the kitchen and verifying that the staff is maintaining sanitation levels.
• Managing inventory (ordering product) to ensure that all necessary ingredients are stocked for service.
• Participates in hiring process by conducting interviews and making hiring recommendations. Oversee and approve training and development of kitchen staff.
• Exhibit leadership skills and assist in the implementation and management of kitchen and restaurant policies and procedures throughout scheduled shifts.
• Must be easily accessible and be willing to fill in or find coverage for call outs.- Ensures products are stored at the correct temperatures and the recipe book is up to date with current menu items, and ingredients.
• Create and manage weekly schedules.
• Maintain a healthy work environment for all employees.
• Utilize daily prep sheets. Participate in monthly inventory process.
• Anticipates, identifies, and corrects any issues with inventory, systems, and staffing.

Experience:

• 2 to 3 years of experience in a leadership role, preferably in a restaurant or hotel setting.
• Strong knowledge of food production techniques and culinary trends.
• Excellent leadership and communication skills.
• Ability to multitask and work in a fast-paced environment.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations and best practices.

We offer competitive pay and benefits packages for qualified candidates. Pay is negotiable. If you are a motivated individual with a passion for the culinary arts, we would love to hear from you.

It is our intention and focus to brew classic styles of beer that feature our modern approach and process control. We seek the complex, but not by way of complication, and have long felt that less is often so much more. Our catalog of mostly approachable, elegant, and understated beers is both complimented and supported by the few deeply impressionable beers we brew. We’ve made the decision to play the long game, by staying true to what we believe beer is and should be.