Kitchen Manager Job Description: Top Duties and Qualifications

A Kitchen Manager, or Kitchen Supervisor, is the person who ensures that kitchen departments run smoothly and ensures that all kitchen and restaurant staff adhere to safety regulations. Their duties include supervising kitchen staff, organising food orders, overseeing food preparation, cooking and examining food plating and temperatures.

 

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Kitchen Manager duties and responsibilities

A Kitchen Manager supervises kitchen duties by managing the pantry, inventory, controlling how food is stored and prepared and supervising how the customers are serviced. Successful Kitchen Managers guide a restaurant’s kitchen staff to deliver quality, timely food and ensure that all customers are satisfied. Some of the main duties include:

  • Ensuring that all food items and products are stored, prepared and served based on the restaurant’s recipe, preparation and portion standards 
  • Evaluating and disciplining kitchen personnel accordingly and making employment and termination decisions 
  • Ordering kitchen materials and ingredients based on the menu and market demand 
  • Supervising food preparation in the kitchen and ensuring that customers are satisfied 
  • Maintaining clean working environments and making sure that employees follow the restaurant’s preventive maintenance measures 
  • Maintaining adequate inventory levels and conducting weekly inventories
  • Working with Restaurant Managers to create menu items, pricing and establishing portion sizes of each meal 
  • Scheduling shifts by business hours, days, and occasions 
  • Overseeing the training of employees to ensure the safe operation of kitchen equipment and utensils and the proper handling of heavy items and hazardous materials.

 

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Example 1

Here at Dobbies, we want our customers to enjoy tasty food and great service in a welcoming and safe environment. To play an essential role in delivering this we are looking for a Kitchen Manager to join our Restaurant team. You’ll lead the kitchen team in setting best in class examples with a focus on quality and efficient food delivery. This is a fantastic opportunity for someone to join the Dobbies brand. We’ve a great team, gorgeous restaurants and serve hot breakfast, lunch and afternoon tea (so you can spend your evenings at home!). About the role Leading the kitchen team ensuring strong levels of service that are efficient, within budget and compliant. Running the kitchen to ensure that our customers are presented with their meal to a high standard and on time. Ensuring the kitchen is always fully compliant with all statutory requirements of health & safety and food hygiene. Sparking your team’s passion for delivering the best food service and customer experience. Creating a fun and productive environment for everyone to enjoy the day to day operation whilst thinking ahead to ensure that all of your team have a development journey with Dobbies About You You’ll bring proven fast paced food service expertise with people management experience Commercial awareness and understanding of budgets, profitability from driving sales and improved ways of working. Ability to identify training needs. You'll be effectively coaching and training all levels ensuring our teams are delivering a first-class customer experience and safe centre environment. You'll act quickly and to changing priorities, workload and new regulations or requirements. Positivity managing change, you'll lead the team through each season with care and motivation to deliver the best. Our offering Generous annual leave entitlement Fantastic team member discount to be enjoyed in the store, restaurant and foodhall Thriving culture; the Dobbies team are passionate, diverse and committed to our customer Stakeholder pension with shared employee and employer contribution.

Example 2

*Kitchen Manager* Being a Kitchen Manager in Chef and Brewer is about the ability to lead a team to deliver seriously good pub food, and seasonally spectacular specials. By keeping our menus simple with quality products that are executed exceptionally we ensure a welcoming escape for our guests whether that's a stunning Sunday dinner, relaxing lunch or special occasion. Our beautiful, cosy country style pubs should be where everyone feels instantly at home. Seriously good pub food and expertly curated drinks served by a friendly, knowledgeable team. So, for our guests a quick drink after work, catch up with friends, or special family meal is always a very welcoming escape. Our Kitchen managers have the ultimate opportunity to drive their teams' energy & passion into their dishes to create a business that they truly can be proud of, Britain's most Welcoming escape. As a Chef & Brewer Kitchen Manager you should be friendly, authentic and passionate, as will need to use your natural confidence and leadership to develop an outstanding team that truly cares about the guest experience they deliver. You will be joining Greene King, with nearly 200 years of brewing experience - pubs are in our DNA. As a part of the largest Brewery & Pub Company, you'll have many opportunities to progress, and we'll support you every step of the way. To join us previous success at a Kitchen management role is desirable. Strong branded experience working alongside your team on key shifts. A positive approach and a passion for food and drink is essential to success. *About the role* The White Hart Hotel at Chalfont St Giles is one of our much-booked Value properties. So, expect a great deal, friendly staff, tasty reasonably priced food and drink, and a handy its's very much local community with a busy bar. Our 11 bedrooms are all delightfully comfy and modern, but with a touch of traditional character to give you an ideal spot to relax, unwind and get a good night's rest. We are wanting a Kitchen Manager who will drive food sale's though offering our guests food quality delivered consistently, so great line chef skills are required, along with the ability to manage a small team this is an ideal 1st appointment for Kitchen Manager role. *What's it like to work for Greene King?* It's our people that make us an incredible place to work. We have been through some changes, everything we do is underpinned by giving our Kitchen Managers the freedom to be themselves and own their success. *We care *about embracing individuality and each other - You will absolutely be at the forefront of your business. Our pubs, Our environment, Our community and Our customers are the heart of Our Greene King. *We take ownership *and give freedom to succeed - You will make great things happen and own the outcome, we encourage you to embrace and unleash your potential by thinking differently and doing the right thing. *We win, learn and celebrate together *- Be ready to learn from your mistakes but also to win and celebrate success as an individual and with your team *As a Kitchen Manager, in reward for your hard work, we will commit to: * * Competitive salary with generous bonus and pension contribution * The opportunity to develop your career across our very well-known brands, with over 1800 managed pubs, restaurants and hotels across the UK * Up to 33% discount across all our sites for you and your friends and family * An employee advice and guidance service and the healthcare service, Best Doctors. * As one of the industry's leading apprenticeship providers, we can offer training and development at any stage of your career, whatever step you decide to take If this sounds like it could be you, then please apply! Reference ID: Kitchen Manager Job Types: Full-time, Permanent Salary: £23,500.00-£26,000.00 per year Additional pay: * Bonus scheme * Performance bonus * Tips Benefits: * Discounted or free food * Employee discount * Flexible schedule * On-site parking Schedule: * 10 hour shift * 12 hour shift * Day shift * Holidays * Monday to Friday * Night shift * Weekends COVID-19 considerations: We've been working hard behind the scenes at Greene King to make sure that when we reopen our pubs, we make them as safe as possible, whilst also following the latest government guidelines.

What does a Kitchen Manager do?

A Kitchen Manager supervises the daily back-of-house restaurant operations. They report directly to the Restaurant Manager and are responsible for multiple tasks in the restaurant including food preparation, maintenance of quality standards, sanitisation and cleanliness, coaching of employees, meal presentation, portion and cost control.

Although most Kitchen Managers are Chefs, their responsibilities don’t always involve cooking. They can prepare restaurant menus and monitor the delivery of orders.

 

Kitchen Manager skills and qualifications

Kitchen Managers often work long hours. They should be self-motivated and skilled at mentoring their staff in an environment that is mainly customer-focussed. As they are involved in food preparation and guidance, it’s essential for them to have excellent communication skills. A successful Kitchen Manager candidate will have various prerequisite skills and qualifications, that typically include:

  • Ability to plan menus and order materials and ingredients accordingly
  • Familiarisation with a wide variety of recipes
  • Great organisational skills 
  • Good conflict management skills
  • Ability to excel in a fast-paced environment
  • Ability to work extensive hours throughout the day

 

Kitchen Manager experience requirements

The candidate should have experience working as a Head Chef or Restaurant Manager and hands-on exposure of preparing menus, ordering ingredients and preparing a wide range of recipes. They should have several years of experience working in a hospitality-related field and in a fast-paced environment. They should also have experience with delegating tasks and maintaining quick service.

 

Kitchen Manager education and training requirements

There are no official education requirements for beginner Kitchen Managers. However, candidates with a degree in restaurant management or at the very least any certification from a culinary school is preferable. Candidates must have certifications and licenses to show their in-depth understanding of kitchen health and safety regulations. Any other certificates in the culinary arts are a plus.

 

Kitchen Manager salary expectations

According to Indeed Salaries, the average salary for a Kitchen Manager is £25,768 per year. However, this may differ depending on factors like experience, education, location and company.

 

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Kitchen Manager job description FAQs

 

What makes a good Kitchen Manager job description?

A great Kitchen Manager job description helps attract innovative and experienced candidates. To help make your description standout, make sure that the job description captures important details about your company, including the job requirements, type of establishment, company culture and the outline some of the benefits of the job.

 

What qualities make a good Kitchen Manager?

Great Kitchen Managers have excellent people skills. They are able to work with all kinds of Cooks and Chefs to keep kitchen conflicts at a minimum. They often make sure that the kitchen runs smoothly in terms of food preparation and timely service.

 

What is the difference between the Head Chef and Kitchen Manager?

The Head Chef, or Chef de Cuisine, plays a vital role in the preparation of menus and recipes. They can also be hired to take charge over Corporate Chefs in multiple restaurants and take charge of the menu, supplier changes and pricing. The Kitchen Manager, on the other hand, does not change menus outside of the specials for the day or week.

 

Must Kitchen Managers be Chefs?

Every Kitchen Manager should have leadership skills in addition to their culinary arts training, as their work often involves overseeing all kitchen responsibilities. Kitchen Managers can also be Chefs as they often perform multiple kitchen functions. However, Kitchen Managers who are not Chefs can be hired, depending on your organisation’s needs, for example someone who has good administrative skills rather than cooking skills may be needed.

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