Kitchen Manager
Farming Hope
SF, CA
Kitchen Manager
Full time, Non-Exempt, Hourly position
Supervisory Role
Reports to
100% employer funded health and dental benefits after 90 days
Organization Overview
In service of this mission, we provide a culinary job training program for community members who are overcoming obstacles such as former incarceration or homelessness. Our paid 12 week program helps adults transition to personal well-being and employment while nourishing food insecure neighbors and preventing cosmetically-imperfect food from going to waste. We are proud to have provided over 32,000 paid training hours, served more than 387,000 meals to the community, distributed more than 545,000 pounds of groceries, and recovered more than 75,000 pounds of food over the last two years. We re looking forward to making even more of an impact in the years to come. Learn more about our organization at farminghope.org.
The Kitchen Manager plays a vital role in the Apprentice and kitchen team s success. Along with the Culinary Director, Training Team and Program Manager, the Kitchen Manager role will support 20-25 Apprentices each cohort. This role also directly supervises 10-12 Farming Hope kitchen staff. Our organization focuses on depth of impact and opportunity, not quantity. Those who want to grow in a leadership position are especially encouraged to apply. Our Community Food Program currently produces over 4,500 community meals a week. This role leads our culinary team during their shifts in executing our production schedule and supporting the on-the-job education of each Apprentice as an individual.
Along with managing our community meal production operations, this position will lead the culinary execution of our community dinners which feed 100 individuals during each service with a white tablecloth three course dinner experience. These dinners are attended by housing and food insecure families referred to our program by our partner organizations. These dinners are an opportunity to utilize produce from our food recovery and expose Apprentices to plated multi-course dinner service featuring different styles of cooking, plating, and fine dining service.
Provide hands-on training, guidance, and supervision to Apprentices to ensure task completion and support their culinary skills development.
Serve as lead manager during each shift, overseeing our Culinary team and Apprentices to execute weekly meal production of over 4500 meals weekly - including prepping, cooking, and plating.
Co-manage and support continued growth and development of permanent culinary team members (Lead Prep Cooks, Prep Cooks, Porters)
Lead planning, preparation, and service of weekly Family Dinners, executing three-course plated meals for 100 guests.
Under the direction of the Culinary Director, Kitchen Managers coordinate and support menu development, production planning, and product ordering to ensure smooth kitchen operations.
Collaborate with and support the Culinary Director to lead weekly Kitchen Team meetings, conduct team 1:1s, and contribute to Management Team discussions.
Support the team in evolving our operational systems and help turn ideas into executable action
Support the organization s food recovery efforts by assisting with incoming donations and contribute to developing creative solutions to utilize recovered products.
Assist with onsite events as needed.
Maintain high standards of organization, cleanliness, and team compliance to exceed daily health and safety requirements in the kitchen.
2+ years Supervisory/Management experience
3+ years experience cooking as Lead Line Cook or higher level role
Strong desire to train Apprentices on knife skills, kitchen SOPs, following recipes, and large volume meal production
Ability to multi-task with kitchen production
Experience in different styles of cooking, making the most of ingredients, and creative with plating multi-course meals
Highly organized
Commitment to systemic transformation
Flexibility working daytime and evening shifts is required
Openness to lead production for culinary events over time
English fluency required
Bi-lingual English/Spanish fluency
Lived experience of barriers to employment
Catering, professional teaching, coaching, training, and/or case management experience