About This Role
The Kitchen Manager will lead a high-volume culinary production team for an established, award-winning full-service catering company. This management position requires preparing excellent food while planning ahead, directing employees, managing costs, and ensuring every order is ready on time.
Responsibilities
- Lead, coach, schedule, and hold kitchen employees accountable for quality, productivity, and deadlines
- Plan and coordinate daily and upcoming production for multiple catering events and orders
- Cook alongside the team when needed, including sauces, specialty dishes, and technically demanding items
- Ensure consistent recipes, portions, flavor, presentation, and food safety standards
- Manage purchasing, receiving, inventory, storage, labeling, and FIFO rotation
- Monitor food waste, yields, food costs, and kitchen labor efficiency
- Maintain organized walk-ins, freezers, dry storage, and clean, inspection-ready work areas
- Communicate proactively with the General Manager and collaborate across departments
- Identify problems early, improve workflows, and keep production on schedule
- Provide initial production oversight for a growing grab-and-go operation
- Work off-site catered events as part of the role; the off-site schedule is seasonal and varies week to week
Requirements
- Minimum 3 years of direct kitchen management experience, including staff supervision, production planning, inventory management, and accountability for kitchen performance
- Experience in high-volume catering, banquet operations, commissary kitchens, or large-scale food production
- Strong professional cooking skills plus proven leadership, organization, and problem-solving ability
- Experience managing purchasing, food costs, labor, and multiple production deadlines
- Knowledge of commercial kitchen sanitation and food safety
- Flexibility for evenings or weekends as needed
Nice to have:
- 5+ years of management experience
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Experience serving 100–500+ guests
- ServSafe Manager certification
- Formal culinary training
Benefits
- Opportunity for professional growth as the company expands
- Off-site events pay a separate flat fee per event, in addition to the annual salary
Important Details
- Schedule: flexibility for evenings or weekends as needed
About the Company
JYNX Recruiting is seeking an experienced, hands-on Kitchen Manager for an established, award-winning full-service catering company serving the Dallas–Fort Worth area.