Kitchen Operations Supervisor

The role:

The Kitchen Supervisor plays a critical role in overseeing daily kitchen operations, ensuring food safety compliance, team performance, and smooth handoffs between shifts. This role requires strong leadership, attention to detail, and the ability to work closely with chefs, food safety teams, and operations managers to maintain the highest standards of quality, safety, and efficiency.

Key Responsibilities:

• Open and close kitchen operations, including seamless handoffs to and from the Overnight Sanitation team.
• Conduct regular safety and supply checks to ensure proper working conditions and inventory levels.
• Monitor chef performance and production processes, from ingredient reception through to final plating, ensuring adherence to quality and efficiency standards.
• Ensure full compliance with Food Safety Plan requirements, including proper handling of allergens and continuous monitoring of food temperatures.
• Proactively address kitchen operational needs, including safety, sanitation, equipment functionality, maintenance issues, and waste management.
• Serve as a key point of contact for the Food Safety, Quality Control, and Operations Managers, providing updates and escalation support as needed.
• Oversee chef checkout process to ensure all closing responsibilities are completed accurately and on time.
• Monitor chef team shifts, ensuring teams adhere to scheduling expectations and production timelines.
• Oversee cooking and cooling processes, ensuring temperatures are accurately recorded for all cooked and cooled items.
• Collaborate with chefs to initiate and manage the cooling process, ensuring proper handling and transfer of food to chilling units.
• Conduct daily reviews of temperature logs and cooling processes, identifying trends, deviations, and areas for improvement.

Qualifications:

• Proficiency with Google apps (Gmail, drive, spreadsheets, etc.)
• Ability to lead a team in a fast-paced environment with a high level of ambiguity and change.
• Strong knowledge of food safety regulations and operational best practices.
• Outstanding communication and organizational skills. Being able to speak conversational Spanish is strongly preferred.
• Proven experience in a culinary leadership role, preferably in a high-volume restaurant or hospitality environment.
• Culinary degree or certification from a recognized culinary institution is desirable.
• Strong knowledge of culinary techniques, food preparation methods, and kitchen management principles.
• Excellent organizational and multitasking abilities, with the capacity to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Exceptional communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to motivate and inspire a team.
• Attention to detail and a commitment to upholding high standards of food quality and service.
• Flexibility to work evenings, weekends, and holidays as required.
• Comfortable using digital kitchen tools and reporting systems.

Essential functions of the position include but are not limited to:

• • Lifting up to 50 pounds
  • Push and pull up to 50 pounds
  • Stand for long periods of time
  • Work in temperature controlled environments for long periods of time
  • Handling of food products and cleaning materials

Benefits

🩺 Health Insurance coverage

🌅 401k Plan

⛱ Paid sick days

🌟 Awesome opportunity to join a company that is looking to change how we eat and how chefs work!