Kitchen Supervisor
Full Time • LFBS - Preston Corners
Position Overview: We are seeking a dedicated Kitchen Supervisor to oversee the back-of-house operations at our bustling restaurant. This role is pivotal in ensuring the efficient management of kitchen staff, food production, and inventory control. The Kitchen Supervisor will work closely with GM/ASM/Culinary Manager to maintain food cost efficiencies, uphold the highest standards of food safety and cleanliness, and ensure a seamless kitchen operation.
Key Responsibilities:
• Inventory and Ordering: Manage the ordering of food and kitchen supplies based on par systems and inventory needs. Oversee inventory to optimize food costs in conjunction with the back-of-house management team.
• Staff Management: Schedule kitchen staff efficiently, making necessary adjustments to staffing levels to match business demands. Ensure all kitchen staff are well-trained and adhere to restaurant standards.
• Quality Control: Oversee all aspects of food preparation and presentation to ensure consistently high quality. Conduct regular line checks, temperature logs, and food quality assessments.
• Health and Safety Compliance: Enforce strict sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.
• Communication: Maintain open lines of communication with all management levels to address any operational concerns promptly. Participate actively in management meetings to discuss and resolve operational issues.
• System Maintenance: Implement and monitor back-of-house systems including prep lists, order guides, and daily walkthroughs to ensure operational excellence.
Qualifications:
• Proven experience in kitchen management or a similar role in a high-volume food service setting.
• Strong background in large commissary or mass-volume food production.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to mentor and motivate a team.
• High standard of cleanliness and an understanding of sanitation regulations.
• Patient and empathetic with strong interpersonal skills.
• Capable of multitasking efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds, stand for long periods, and handle the physical demands of a busy kitchen.
• Familiarity with cost control, inventory management techniques, and scheduling software.
• Experience with safety and food handling certifications (e.g., ServSafe).
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including weekends, evenings, and holidays.
Key Responsibilities:
• Inventory and Ordering: Manage the ordering of food and kitchen supplies based on par systems and inventory needs. Oversee inventory to optimize food costs in conjunction with the back-of-house management team.
• Staff Management: Schedule kitchen staff efficiently, making necessary adjustments to staffing levels to match business demands. Ensure all kitchen staff are well-trained and adhere to restaurant standards.
• Quality Control: Oversee all aspects of food preparation and presentation to ensure consistently high quality. Conduct regular line checks, temperature logs, and food quality assessments.
• Health and Safety Compliance: Enforce strict sanitation and safety standards in the kitchen, ensuring compliance with local, state, and federal health and safety regulations.
• Communication: Maintain open lines of communication with all management levels to address any operational concerns promptly. Participate actively in management meetings to discuss and resolve operational issues.
• System Maintenance: Implement and monitor back-of-house systems including prep lists, order guides, and daily walkthroughs to ensure operational excellence.
Qualifications:
• Proven experience in kitchen management or a similar role in a high-volume food service setting.
• Strong background in large commissary or mass-volume food production.
• Excellent leadership and organizational skills, with the ability to mentor and motivate a team.
• High standard of cleanliness and an understanding of sanitation regulations.
• Patient and empathetic with strong interpersonal skills.
• Capable of multitasking efficiently in a fast-paced environment.
• Physical ability to lift up to 50 pounds, stand for long periods, and handle the physical demands of a busy kitchen.
• Familiarity with cost control, inventory management techniques, and scheduling software.
• Experience with safety and food handling certifications (e.g., ServSafe).
• Flexibility to work various shifts, including weekends, evenings, and holidays.
Compensation: $18.00 - $20.00 per hour
"After years spent traveling the globe with yeast and flour in hand, consulting for many of the best bakeries in the world, Lionel Vatinet, along with his wife and partner Missy, realized his lifelong dream and opened La Farm Bakery in Cary, North Carolina in 1999."
La Farm Bakery is a modern bakery where families come together around the table to share their lives as they share a good meal. The founding philosophy of La Farm is born out of the experience and tutelage of Vatinet’s training in France’s prestigious artisans’ guild, Les Compagnons du Devoir. Our goal is to continue the centuries-old baking traditions and techniques, honoring the ordinary, yet extraordinary, boulangeries that once flourished in every little town in France."
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MEDICAL INSURANCE
La Farm offers medical insurance through Blue Cross Blue Shield of North Carolina. Employees may choose from the plans:
Choice Plus Plan: A high deductible health plan that allows you to enroll in a health savings account (save pretax dollars for use on medical expenses not covered by insurance.
Choice Plus Direct Plan: A buy-up plan, where you pay a co-pay at your doctor’s office while meeting a lower deductible.
DENTAL COVERAGE
La Farm offers a dental plan through MetLife to all eligible employees and their family members. Coverage includes preventative care, major dental care, and orthodontia care.
VISION COVERAGE
Vision coverage is offered through MetLife to all eligible employees and their family members. Coverage assists with the cost of eye exams, lenses, frames and contact lenses.
LONG-TERM DISABILITY and SHORT-TERM DISABILITY
Long-Term and Short-term disability plans are an optional benefit and paid by employees through payroll deduction. This benefit applies to non-work-related injuries and illnesses.
Short-Term disability covers 60% of your base salary to a maximum of $1,000 per week, for up to 26 weeks. There is a 14-day waiting period.
Long-Term disability covers the portion of your base salary you select starting at 27 weeks up to federal retirement age.
EMPLOYEE LIFE INSURANCE and ACCIDENTAL DEATH & DISMEMBERMENT (AD&D)
La Farm offers basic life insurance for employees that is a 100% employer-paid benefit equal to your annual salary. Additional life insurance options are available for employees, spouses, and dependents. Employees are responsible for the cost of these voluntary options.
PAID TIME OFF (PTO)
Paid Time Off (PTO) provides employees the flexibility to use time off to meet personal needs. An employee is eligible to accrue PTO if he/she works a minimum of 30 hours per week and has completed 90 days of continuous employment.
OTHER GREAT PERKS
Free bread! At the end of your shift, we want you to go home with a loaf of bread. It is our way to say thank you for helping provide a great product and service for our families and community.
Employee Assistance Program (EAP) – A program that offers confidential help for personal and professional issues that may interfere with your sense of well-being and productivity. The EAP is offered at no cost to employees.
10% discount on all items in our store
La Farm meal discounts
Free cooking classes (when space is available)