Kitchen Director

The Director is responsible for day-to-day task management of the kitchen and is accountable for maintaining remarkable guest experience and operational success while encouraging others to follow the visions and values of the restaurant. Much of the Director’s job is to create and implement systems while focusing attention on the improvement of restaurant performance. The Directors’ primary focus is on Food Safety/Quality, Inventory, Cleanliness, Food Cost/Waste, Speed of Service, and Order Accuracy. The Director sets the standard for “Operational Excellence” in the kitchen and leads by example while mentoring and developing the Kitchen Team.

SERVSAFE Certification or equivalent experience required.

Holding the team accountable to policies & procedures. Ensure expectations are being fulfilled

Managing & Measuring Work: Assigns responsibility for tasks and decisions

Makes good decisions promptly based on a mixture of analysis, wisdom, and judgment

Ability to handle a fast-paced environment, detailed-oriented, self-motivated, take initiative/control

Clearly and comfortably delegates both routine and important tasks

Creates an environment where people do their best work & perform huddles to communicate goals

Assists in controlling food, labor, and paper costs

Maintains safety and security, Ensuring quality/portioning of all products

100% compliance with all food safety practices and Health Code regulations (ServSafe)

Coach, train, and develop team

Maintain cleanliness/maintenance of area and equipment (Walkthroughs)

Oversee the truck order and manage the inventory/rotation (FIFO)

**REQUIREMENTS**:

- Minimum of 3 years kitchen leadership experience or college degree
- Ability to stand on feet for long periods of time
- Full time, Open or PM availability preferred

In our kitchens, we focus on fresh and simple ingredients. And we always have. Since the beginning, we've served chicken that is whole breast meat, with no added fillers or hormones, and we bread it by hand in our restaurants. Produce is delivered fresh to our kitchens several times a week. Salads are chopped and prepared fresh throughout the day. Whole lemons are freshly squeezed in our restaurants and combined with pure cane sugar and water (yep, that’s all) to make Chick-fil-A Lemonade®. It may not be the easy way, but it's the only way we know.