Job Title: Kitchen Manager
Company: Dana Choga
Location: Gurgaon | Delhi | Noida | Faridabad
Vacancies: 4
Reporting To: Area Coach
Joining: Immediate

Role Objective

To manage daily kitchen operations efficiently, ensuring consistent preparation of high-quality food, maintaining hygiene standards, optimizing staff productivity, and delivering timely service in line with brand standards.

Key Responsibilities

1. Kitchen Operations Management

• Oversee smooth day-to-day kitchen operations

• Ensure food preparation and presentation as per SOPs

• Maintain consistency in taste, portioning, and quality

• Ensure timely order execution and control kitchen process time (KPT)

2. Team Management

• Train, supervise, and develop kitchen staff

• Conduct daily briefings and team meetings

• Prepare staff schedules and duty rosters

• Monitor staff performance, discipline, and productivity

3. Food Safety & Hygiene

• Ensure compliance with food safety and hygiene standards

• Maintain cleanliness and sanitation across the kitchen

• Implement FIFO practices for inventory

• Monitor storage conditions and control expired/stale items

4. Inventory & Cost Control

• Monitor stock levels and coordinate timely ordering

• Control food cost, wastage, and variance

• Maintain inventory records and closing procedures

• Ensure proper documentation of supplies and usage

Required Skills & Competencies

• Strong knowledge of kitchen operations and food preparation

• Experience in inventory management and cost control

• Good understanding of food safety standards (FSSAI)

• Team handling and leadership skills

• Ability to work under pressure in a fast-paced environment

• Strong communication and organizational skills

Preferred Background

• Experience in QSR / Casual Dining / Restaurant Industry

• Prior experience as Kitchen Manager / Kitchen Supervisor