Assistant General Manager - Kitchen Operations & Guest Experience
Taste Buds Kitchen - Bellevue•Bellevue, WA
•$25 - $30•Onsite
About The Position
Taste Buds Kitchen Bellevue is seeking a hands-on leader to help manage its growing culinary studio, which offers cooking classes, birthday parties, school break camps, corporate team-building events, and private celebrations. The position combines kitchen operations, hospitality, team leadership, and business management. It starts at 20–25 hours per week, with potential to grow to full-time and into a General Manager role.
Requirements
- At least 2–3 years of food service, catering, hospitality, or kitchen operations experience, including leadership responsibilities.
- Knowledge of food safety, sanitation standards, and commercial kitchen operations.
- Experience managing inventory, purchasing, and food costs.
- Friendly, outgoing, organized, and dependable.
- Enjoys training and motivating others.
- Strong business judgment and initiative without needing constant direction.
- Comfortable working with both children and adults.
- Able to work evenings and weekends.
- Current food worker card.
- Certified Food Protection Manager credential preferred, or willingness to obtain required credentials.
Nice To Haves
- Certified Food Protection Manager credential.
Responsibilities
- Oversee food safety, sanitation, inventory, purchasing, equipment maintenance, and readiness for health inspections.
- Plan grocery shopping, track ingredient usage, minimize waste, manage vendors, and maintain food budgets.
- Train culinary assistants and hosts, coordinate schedules, provide feedback, and support consistent team performance.
- Welcome guests, oversee classes and events, resolve concerns, and foster a warm, fun atmosphere.
- Coordinate event preparation, staffing, setup, and cleanup to keep events efficient and on schedule.
- Monitor labor costs, improve processes, identify sales opportunities, and help grow a profitable business.
- Assist with culinary preparation, support classes, host events when trained, and help the team as needed.
Benefits
- Potential to grow into a full-time General Manager role.
- Opportunity to help shape a new, growing business and its kitchen operations.
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Manager
Education Level
No Education Listed
