Kitchen Manager / Chef

Field & Fire Café is seeking a highly motivated Kitchen Manager with experience working in breakfast and lunch restaurants. Our ideal candidate is someone who is passionate about producing seasonal menu items with organic, local ingredients. Has experience working with a vegetarian / vegan heavy menu. We need someone who cares about building a positive team culture and strives to help co-workers thrive and grow in their roles.

**Responsibilities:**

- Conduct weekly inventory, source and order ingredients from 15-25 different suppliers as needed based on seasonal availability (no small task!)
- Cost recipes in the appropriate software to help maintain profit margin.
- Manage product & supply rotation.
- Meet with GM and FOH Manager regularly to discuss specials.
- Assist with hiring, onboarding, training, supervising and performing reviews for all kitchen staff. Typically a team of 8-10 staff members
- Work on and manage the line as needed, specifically weekends.
- Work as a team to facilitate smooth and timely catering orders.
- Administrative duties including but not limited to: checking emails daily, inventory and ordering of kitchen supplies (packaging, gloves, dish chem, catering needs), filing, costing,, etc.
- Creating and implementing training materials and kitchen systems to help maintain a productive workflow.
- Act as point of contact for dish team members.
- Ensure the kitchen is clean and staff adhere to sanitation guidelines.
- Job is 30% administrative, 30% daily operations (dealing with produce coming in from farms that needs to be prepped and properly stored), 30% working on the line with the team, 10% problem solving.
**Requirements:**

- 5+ years of experience in the culinary industry
- 2+ years in a leadership/management role
- Degree in Culinary field or related certification preferred
- Ability to track expenses and manage a budget
- Catering experience highly desirable
- Accuracy and speed in handling emergency situations
- Highly proficient with computer software programs (MS Office, Square, Costing Software, Google Drive and Google Apps)
- Serve Safe Certified
- Starting pay $48-53K

5+ years of experience in the culinary industry, 2+ years in a leadership/management role, Degree in Culinary field or related certification preferred, Ability to track expenses and manage a budget, Catering experience highly desirable, Serve Safe Certified