Restaurant Manager jobs in Lexington, KY

What makes us EPIC?

Our team wholeheartedly embraces our story and the story behind Agave & Rye… because they’re a part of it. We firstly focus on one thing: taking care of our employees. Agave & Rye’s story has naturally, and almost magically, unfolded from that foundational belief.

This vision made reality is all owned, led, and operated by founders living their dream and determined to make a difference. We believe food is an adventure, taking you somewhere playful with every bite. We have made it our promise to deliver a chef-inspired take on the standard taco. Elevating this simple food into something Epic. If you enjoy creating delicious food, and an endless selection of Bourbon, Tequila, and Craft Cocktails, we promise Agave & Rye is the place for you. We bring the EPIC!

We are looking for a professional, polished Kitchen Manager. Agave & Rye is a high-energy, fun, and HIGH STANDARDS place to work.

All full-time employees are also offered health benefits, EAPs, and many more benefits that make Agave & Rye stand out in the restaurant industry!

Responsibilities

• Train and coach the culinary team at to assist in their professional development.
  
• Ensure optimal guest satisfaction with food quality.
  
• Work with culinary leadership team on sales plans, goals and implementation.
  
• Assist in recruiting, interviewing, and hiring a culinary team to support brand growth.
  
• Support store leadership in goal setting, problem solving, and issuing praise for success.
  
• Execute the highest health code and sanitation standards.
  
• Ensure that all food and products are consistently prepared and served according to the restaurant’s recipes, portioning, cooking and presentation standards.
  
• Assumes 100% responsibility for quality of products served within store.
  
• Prepare items for broiling, grilling, frying, sautéing or other cooking methods by portioning, battering, breading, seasoning and/or marinating.
• Attend all scheduled culinary leadership meetings and brings suggestions for improvement.
  
• Make employment and termination decisions, evaluating and disciplining kitchen personnel as appropriate. 
  
• Ensure kitchen is preparing all required paperwork, including forms, reports and schedules in an organized and timely manner.
  
• Ensure that all products are ordered through our vendors according to predetermined product specifications and received in correct unit count/condition, checking that deliveries are performed in accordance with the restaurant’s receiving policies and procedures.
  
• Ensure that restaurant policies for all culinary team members are followed and completed on a timely basis. 
  
• Assist with scheduling labor, ensuring all culinary positions are staffed and labor cost objectives are met.
  
• Post Daily Notes to assigned chat groups; constantly communicating.

Skills Required

• 1 years kitchen leadership experience.
  
• Knowledge of basic culinary tasks.
  
• Must be available to work flexible schedule at the request of leadership.
  
• Must have own vehicle of convenient access to public transportation.

Benefits:

• Work today, get paid today! We’ve partnered with DailyPay and Wisely, voluntary benefits that offer employees access to their pay on their own schedule.
• Shift Meals
• Health, Dental, and Vision Insurance
• Paid Time Off
• Long/Short-Term Disability Insurance
• 401k
• Quarterly Bonuses
• Employee Assistance Programs
• Employee Discounts