Description:
Purpose of the RoleTo lead and manage the kitchen operation while overseeing front-of-house flow in an open-kitchen setting, ensuring strict adherence to recipes, preparation methods, and service standards. The role requires a steady leader who protects quality daily, trains teams to work to system, and ensures the guest experience consistently reflects the restaurantâ??s values.
Key Responsibilities Include But Are Not Limited To
- Leading the kitchen team with calm, consistent, hands-on leadership
- Ensuring strict adherence to recipes, prep methods, portion control and Italian cooking techniques
- Maintaining disciplined mise en place, storage, labelling and stock rotation
- Monitoring heat control, timing and technique to prevent waste, burning or poor execution
- Tasting food daily and correcting quality issues immediately
- Training and retraining staff to ensure standards are followed automatically
- Preventing shortcuts and poor prep practices through proactive supervision
- Overseeing kitchen cleanliness, organisation and operational efficiency
- Managing stock control, ordering, waste reduction and prep planning
- Maintaining a visible, professional presence in an open-kitchen environment
- Overseeing front-of-house flow, pacing and communication to support smooth service
- Stepping in early to address service or communication breakdowns between kitchen and FOH
- Leading by example with punctuality, professionalism and attention to detail
- Providing feedback and operational input to the owners to support continuous improvement
Criteria
- Proven experience in a kitchen leadership or kitchen management role
- Strong background in Italian or Italian-style cuisine, with pizza and pasta experience a distinct advantage
- Disciplined approach to systems, standards and consistency
- Confident and fair leader able to correct staff and hold standards without aggression
- Experience managing kitchen teams, prep schedules, stock control and service delivery
- Comfortable working in an open-kitchen environment and representing the brand daily
- Solid understanding of health, safety and hygiene standards
- Organised, observant and detail-focused
- Able to remain calm, focused and effective under pressure
- Formal culinary training is advantageous
15 Jan 2026;
from:
gumtree.co.za