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Kona Grill - Denver • Denver, CO 80206 • Posted 11 days ago via ZipRecruiter

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In-person • Full-time • $70,000/yr • Mid Level Manager

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The Kitchen Manager at Kona Grill is responsible for overseeing the kitchen operations, including executing orders, ensuring smooth kitchen flow, and maintaining high standards of kitchen cleanliness and food quality. This role involves a mix of operational and fiscal responsibilities, including managing labor and food costs, coordinating inventory, and implementing kitchen policies. The position offers a comprehensive benefits package, including health insurance, 401k, and annual bonus opportunities.

Responsibilities

  • Execute and carry out requests and orders without questioning.
  • Execute all positions on the line and help line staff when they get behind.
  • Oversee the production of all menu items.
  • Understand work safety and emergency procedures.
  • Expedite orders correctly and efficiently.
  • Utilize standard recipe cards and plating guides.
  • Ensure all reach-ins and walk-ins are locked.
  • Work closely with Events Department to keep the menu updated.
  • Perform line checks including temperature checks and food freshness.
  • Check reservations and V.I.P.S., communicate specials to servers.
  • Create and execute daily specials.
  • Implement closing duties for kitchen staff.
  • Ensure foods are up to quality and standards, coach staff on food standards.
  • Monitor kitchen crew to prevent breakage.
  • Inspire and motivate kitchen staff.
  • Monitor and assist in daily labor and food cost reporting.
  • Review monthly profit and loss statement and act on variances.
  • Ensure all overtime is authorized.
  • Create weekly employee schedule.
  • Coordinate ordering of items with the purchaser.
  • Hold monthly kitchen meetings and address issues.

Qualifications

Required

  • Good math and English skills for calculating and communicating.
  • Ability to work closely with staff and ensure job execution as per company guidelines.
  • Understanding of work safety and emergency procedures.
  • Ability to execute all positions on the line and help line staff.
  • Knowledge of standard recipe cards and plating guides.
  • Ability to ensure kitchen cleanliness and adhere to Health Department Guidelines.
  • Fiscal responsibility for managing labor and food costs.
  • Ability to coordinate inventory and ordering of items.
  • Experience in a similar role or equivalent experience in a kitchen setting.

Full Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Join our Team! www.KonaGrill.com

Kona Grill is owned and operated by The ONE Group and currently operating in dozens of locations nationwide. We pride ourselves on our innovative menu, award-winning happy hour, and modern upscale design showcasing an open kitchen, sushi bar, and full-service bar.

We strive for a premier culture that encompasses teamwork, collaboration, and values. There is a passion in everything we do, and we are looking for people with similar attributes. Get started on a career path with our limitless growth and opportunities!

This position comes with an experience based salary starting at $70k

15% of base salary in bonus opportunities

$12k in annual sales kicker bonus opportunities

Comprehensive benefits

401k

Employee Assistance Program

Limitless growth opportunities!

DUTIES AND RESPONSIBILITIES (but not limited to):

  • Responsible for Executing and carrying out requests and orders without questioning.
  • Ability to execute all positions on the line and help line staff when they get behind.
  • Execute and oversee the production of all menu items.
  • Complete understanding of work safety and emergency procedures.
  • Expedite orders correctly and efficiently to ensure smooth kitchen flow.
  • Fully understand the importance of utilizing standard recipe cards and plating guides.
  • Ensure all reach-ins and walk-ins are locked.
  • Work closely with Events Department to keep the menu updated to current restaurant menu trends.
  • Perform line checks to include temperature checks of all refrigeration, rotation and dating of all foods, proper prep(taste), freshness and specials completed for the nights service.
  • Check reservations and all V.I.P.S. for the night’s service, communicate and show all specials to the servers at the daily staff meeting.
  • Create and execute daily specials.
  • Implement closing duties for the runners, stewards, line/pantry cooks and ensure all duties are being completed.
  • Ensure all foods are up to our quality and standards, all specials are current with the seasons and trends, coach and train the staff to THE ONE GROUP brand of food.
  • Possess good math and English skills for calculating, communicating, writing requisitions/ completing food inventories and for retrieving information as needed.
  • Work closely with staff to ensure that their respective jobs are being executed as per company guidelines.
  • Ensure A+ standards for kitchen cleanliness and follow all Health Department Guidelines to ensure proper food handling from the beginning to the end when the food is leaving the kitchen.
  • Attend all weekly management meetings and corporate meetings that are scheduled. Hold monthly mandatory kitchen meetings and address all issues that arise.
  • Coordinate the ordering of items with the purchaser daily.
  • Create weekly employee schedule.
  • Prevent breakage by monitoring kitchen crew.
  • Inspire and motivate kitchen staff.

FISCAL RESPONSIBILITY:

  • Continuously monitor and assist daily labor and food cost reporting sheets to ensure costs are trending within budgeted parameters.
  • Review monthly profit and loss statement and acts on all variances.
  • Ensure all overtime is authorized.

The company offer the following Insurance benefits to all Managers (waiting period applies)

  • Medical
  • Dental
  • Vision
  • Group Life and Disability
  • Group Accident Insurance
  • Group Hospital Indemnity Insurance
  • Group Critical Illness Insurance
  • Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
  • Dependent Care Benefit
  • Employee Dining Discounts and/or complementary meals onsite
  • Traditional and Roth 401K Plan
  • Commuter Benefits
  • Annual bonus of up to 25% of salary based on the company’s bonus plan.
  • Paid sick/personal leave up to 5 days per year
  • Paid vacation starting at 2 weeks per year

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