PM Kitchen & Expo Lead

Kitava is looking to add an experienced kitchen leader to our friendly team in San Francisco. This important team member will be the taskmaster of the kitchen, responsible for executing high food quality, consistent menu availability, and efficient service in a fun and safe work environment.

Our goal is to nourish the world through healthy, consciously sourced meals served in a warm and welcoming environment, and we’re looking for a strong leader who is passionate about contributing to this mission!

About the role:

The PM Kitchen & Expo Lead is the taskmaster of the kitchen and reports directly to Kitava’s Chef. The primary responsibility of the PM Kitchen Lead is to ensure all processes and procedures are followed correctly in the kitchen to ensure consistent menu availability, high food quality, efficient service, and a safe work environment.

The ideal fit is an experienced back-of-house leader who’s obsessed with high food quality. If that sounds like you, we’d love to talk!

Job responsibilities include:

Expo

• Serve as the primary Kitchen Expeditor during busy service periods

• Responsible for making sure meals are plated accurately and efficiently

• Ensure full orders are handed off to front-of-house accurately and in a timely manner

• Supervise and direct Line Cooks during service to ensure smooth operations

Maintain Food Safety and Cleanliness standards

• Enforce food safety and sanitation guidelines, adjusting and teaching when necessary

• Ensure staff maintains a clean and safe work environment

• Maintain order and cleanliness of walk-in, enforcing FIFO method

• Ensure food is held and cooled to proper temperatures

Food Service Daily Operations

• Maintaining and working with Kitchen Manager on managing daily inventory and needed prep

• Perform all kitchen duties when needed, including prep, expediting, and all Line stations

• Ensure the entire menu is available for service throughout service.

• Train and monitor kitchen staff to ensure effective, safe, and consistent job performance

• The line is well stocked during service and set up for staff to execute efficiently.

Serve as an extension of the Kitchen Manager including

• Assist with ordering

• Adjust and maintain prep & order pars as needed

• Waste tracking and management

• Ensure consistent recipe execution

• Assist with recipe development as needed

Required Experience:

• 2 years working in a Supervisor or Lead position at a restaurant or high-volume kitchen

• 5 years in a back-of-house service industry position

• Previously held the position of Line Lead, Shift Supervisor, Head Cook, Sous Chef, or other significant kitchen leadership role

• Has experience with restaurant POS systems (eg. Toast, Square, etc)

• Comfortable using Google Docs and other digital software products

Preferred:

• Fast-casual restaurant experience

• Bilingual (Spanish / English)

• Familiarity with restrictive diets (i.e. gluten-free, paleo, vegan, keto, etc.)

• Has implemented systems for employee onboarding, training, inventory tracking, and ordering

• Certified ServSafe Food Manager

Benefits:

• Kaiser Healthcare Plan (opt-in)

• Commuter Benefit

• Kitava Swag

• Free Kitava Meals

Compensation:

• Hourly position, $18-20/hr range (based on experience) Tips

About Kitava

Kitava is a fast-casual restaurant built for health-conscious eaters from the ground up. We specialize in comforting classics with a healthy twist, with a globally-inspired menu featuring 100% gluten-free, paleo, and veggie-centric meals with a heavy emphasis on health-promoting ingredients everyone can enjoy. We believe in serving consciously-sourced food that tastes great and is good for our health.

Why do we care?

Whether someone is vegan, paleo, gluten-free, or simply health-conscious, finding exciting food that fits their lifestyle and food values can be a challenge. That’s why our menu features comforting dishes that are also health-promoting, like our General Tso’s Chicken (made with cassava flour breading and cooked in sustainably sourced oil) and Fried Plantains (cooked in organic, sustainably sourced palm oil.)

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: From $18.00 per hour

Benefits:

• Employee discount
• Flexible schedule
• Health insurance
• Paid time off

Physical Setting:

• Fast casual restaurant

Schedule:

• 8 hour shift
• Monday to Friday
• Night shift
• Weekend availability

Supplemental Pay:

• Tips

Experience:

• Culinary Experience: 3 years (Preferred)
• Management: 2 years (Preferred)

Work Location: One location