Homegrown Tap and Dough is an homage to everything that is Colorado living! From ski season in the mountains to beers around a fire pit, we are proud to live in the beautiful rocky mountains. We are a fast-growing company, opening new locations and concepts each year which provides ample opportunity for growth.
Here's what's in it for you:

• Competitive compensation and benefits
• Quarterly performance bonuses based on clearly defined benchmarks
• Opportunities for promotion and career development with a company who genuinely cares for its team members
• 401k with company match
• Dental insurance
• Health insurance
• Paid time off
• Vision insurance

Now Hiring / Immediate Full Time Opportunity for
The Executive Kitchen Manager is responsible for leading and overseeing all culinary operations within the restaurant. This role focuses on building and driving a positive culinary culture, identifying, and developing key culinary team members, driving key performance metrics related to cost of goods and labor, driving food safety and sanitation practices, and ensuring exceptional food quality through recipe adherence to enhance the guest experience.
Requirements:

• 5 years high-volume ($5 million dollars annually) Kitchen Manager / Chef experience.
• Proven experience as an Executive Kitchen Manager or similar role in the restaurant industry.
• Strong leadership and managerial skills, with the ability to inspire and motivate a culinary team.
• Excellent culinary skills and knowledge to support the development of the culinary operations team.
• Proficiency in managing food cost, labor cost, and other key performance metrics.
• Solid understanding of food safety and sanitation regulations and best practices.
• Exceptional organizational and time management skills, with the ability to prioritize tasks effectively.
• Excellent communication and interpersonal skills, with the ability to collaborate effectively with all team members.
• Bachelor's degree in culinary arts, Hospitality Management, or related field preferred.
• Bilingual preferred.
• Travel between stores/locations locally.

Duties Include:

• Provide strong leadership and communication skills to drive culinary operations and results.
• Manage shifts which include daily decision making, scheduling, and planning.
• Create memorable dining experiences by exceeding guest expectations.
• Cultivate and foster a positive culinary culture that aligns with Gastamo's Core Values.
• Act as a brand ambassador for Gastamo Group, always represent the company's values and standards.
• Lead and manage the culinary team, including hiring, training, coaching, and performance management.
• Execute systems to drive key performance metrics, including cost of goods and labor.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and sanitation standards, regulations, and procedures.
• Lead menu development, recipe standardization, and execution to maintain consistent food quality.
• Understand flavor profiles and quality of food ingredients.
• Collaborate with the operations team to optimize kitchen workflow.
• Manage inventory levels and food ordering to minimize waste and maintain cost control.
• Monitor and analyze kitchen performance data to identify opportunities for improvement.
• Uphold company standards for food presentation, portion control, and recipe consistency.
• Foster a culture of continuous improvement to culinary excellence.
• Complete daily, weekly, and monthly administrative duties set by Gastamo.

Personal Skills:

• Champion Change: Paves the way for needed changes and manages implementation effectively.
• Seasoned Judgment: Takes all critical information into account when making decisions; makes timely, tough decisions.
• Coach and Develop: Accurately assesses strengths and development needs of team members; gives timely, specific feedback, and helpful coaching; provides challenging assignments and opportunities for development.
• Inspiring Trust: Earns the confidence and trust of others; shows consistency between words, and actions; delivers on commitments; produces high-quality work demonstrates high standards of ethical conduct; protects confidential information; does not omit controversial information or change information to suit others.
• Foster Open Communication: Creates an atmosphere in which timely and high-quality information flows smoothly between self and others; encourages the open expression of ideas and opinions.
• Attracting and Developing Talent: Attracts high caliber people; accurately appraises the strengths and weaknesses of others; provides constructive feedback; develops successors and talent pools.
• Driving Executions: Monitors results; tackles problems directly and with a sense of urgency.
• Company Professionalism: Consistently treats individual with dignity and respect, recognizing the importance of cultural differences. Embraces, communicates, and demonstrates company values and ethics. Maintains reasonable expectations of self and others when balancing time and performance demands with personal and professional needs.

Take the next step in your career by applying to join our team today!
Equal Opportunity Employer