The Kitchen Manager oversees the daily restaurant, banquet and ancillary food service operation throughout the property. The Kitchen Manager will maximize revenues and profits while maintaining superior standards and integrity of our food program throughout the property. The responsibilities of this senior leadership role include ensuring successful kitchen operations, developing and motivating BOH staff, managing budgeted targets, overseeing a seasonal, delicious and sanitary culinary program as well as creating a dazzling culture of hospitality.

Responsibilities

• Maximizes budgeted revenue and hits targets for food and labor cost according to the annual budget. 
• Properly costs out all Menus including each component of the dish from sauce to protein. 
• Manages Food Inventory, including ordering, receiving and product. 
• Supervises activities of all kitchen staff, including Line Cooks, Prep Cooks, Dishwashers and Porters. 
• Manages ongoing performance and training of staff including feedback and reviews.
• Manages hiring and onboarding new hires. 
• Schedules all staff with a focus on financial success utilizing forecasts to hit labor budget targets. 
• Manages appropriate health and safety standards and best practices are followed and maintained by setting the example at all times.
• Masters all recipes from prep to plate and trains the team on how to execute with efficiency, accuracy and consistency.
• Actively particulates in service and is able to work every station in the BOH including expo. 
• Maintains ongoing involvement with menu modifications, product/inventory research and best practices enhancement.
• Assists in other duties as assigned by the General Manager and/or F&B Leadership Team.

Desires Qualifications and Experience

• 5 years of culinary experience, preferably within hotels. Experience in fine dining is welcomed and celebrated.
• 2 years of experience as Sous Chef of a high end establishment.
• Flexible in schedule and willing to meet the demands of a restaurant within a popular destination.
• Self-motivated, well organized, ability to motivate others.
• Thorough knowledge of food handling and preparation techniques. 
• Has a passion for the hospitality industry and enjoys working with dynamic teams and operations
• Results driven leader with ability ro make decisions for a positive outcome with the business and team in mind. 
• Candidate is detail oriented and highly organized.

Other Duties

This job description is not an exclusive or exhaustive list of all job functions that a team member in this position may be asked to perform from time to time. This job description reflects the job content at the time of writing and will be subject to periodic change based upon changing operational and environmental requirements. Such changes will be discussed with the team member and the job description amended accordingly. This job description in no way states or implies that these are the only duties to be performed by the team member occupying this position. Team members will be required to perform any other job-related duties assigned by their supervisor. This document does not create an employment contract, implied or otherwise, other than an 'at will' employment relationship.

Physical Requirements
While performing the required duties of this job, the employee is regularly required to stand and walk for extended periods of time. The employee must regularly lift and/or move up to 10 pounds and frequently lift and/or move up to 25 pounds. Reasonable accommodations can be made to enable individuals with disabilities to perform the essential functions.

Compensation & Benefits

• Competitive pay.
• Opportunity to work in an environment fostering an innovative approach to hotel operations, which encourages initiative and leadership.
• Working with highly talented people who are extremely passionate about their craft.
• Leadership & professional development growth opportunities. 
• Referral program.

About Life House

Life House, Palm Springs is managed by Life Hospitality, the hotel management arm of Life House, – an operations, branding, and software company with a mission to make travel more accessible by making hotels easier to operate and more profitable with tech-enabled, best-in-class operations. We approach operations with a tech-driven mindset. From hotel operations to F&B, we give you tools and resources to run your hotel most efficiently so you can focus on what matters most: the guest experience. We manage a portfolio of over 50 hotels across the US and Mexico and growing to 150 in 2023. You can find all Life Hospitality openings at https://www.lifehospitality.careers.

We are an equal opportunity employer. All applicants will be considered for employment without attention to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, veteran or disability status.