Culinary General Manager

Vital Root • Denver, CO

6d • $70,000 - $80,000 • Onsite

About The Position

Culinary General Manager leads the day-to-day operations of Vital Root, balancing exceptional food quality with strong team leadership, guest service, and financial performance. This role is responsible for creating a positive team culture while ensuring the store consistently delivers high-quality products and an excellent guest experience.

Requirements

• Being positive, patient, prepared, prompt, precise, and passionate while caring and curious.
• Thorough written and verbal communication skills. Fluency in Spanish is a plus.
• Must be able to work under pressure while remaining unflappable.
• Self motivated and driven with a sense of awareness and urgency.
• Great organizational, time management, delegation, and follow-through capabilities.
• Must have at least a high school diploma or GED.
• Previous kitchen experience is required with at least 5 years of working in a similar position.
• Comfortable and confident with your computer literacy.
• Intermediate knowledge of restaurant 365 or similar invoicing and reporting systems.
• Possess the ability to understand a P&L statement.
• Physically able to lift, reach, bend and stoop.
• Able to work in a standing position for long periods of time (up to 10 hours).
• This position may require lifting, carrying, pulling or pushing of approximately 21—50 pounds.

Nice To Haves

• Fluency in Spanish is a plus.

Responsibilities

• Develop menu items and create specials in accordance with EB and your specific concepts style. Adhere to a seasonal menu change cycle(4 per year) and associated standard operating procedures.
• Collaborate with the Operations team to ensure menu direction, tastings and audit cadence, menu engineering, product mix analysis, station balance, pricing and verbiage.
• Teach, lead, communicate, and coach all BOH in accordance with EB expectations & standards, focusing on the preparation and execution of all menu items in the pursuit of excellence.
• Ensure recipe books(physical or digital), allergy guides and to-go platforms are updated & accurate with all current offerings.
• Perform line tastes prior to every service to ensure quality, consistency and conformity to recipes, portioning, and plating standards.
• Acknowledge and address all allergies, dietary restrictions, and preferences with staff and guests to accommodate accordingly.
• Review and understand financial reporting in relation to food and labor targets.
• Manage cost of goods (COGs) and associated goals by developing and maintaining standardized recipes, efficient ordering, thorough and accurate inventory, timely and consistent waste and transfer logs.
• Creating an effective and efficient BOH schedule based on forecasted sales to ensure proper coverage and support while maintaining budgeted labor goals.
• Working various shifts (open, mid, close) to ensure support, menu execution, and service flow are up to standards.
• Responsible for timely Paycom punch edits and accurate point share allocations for the BOH.
• Acknowledge and adherence to EB “green mission” initiatives. (Compost, reduce, reuse, and recycle.)
• Maintain awareness of local competition, general industry trends and cutting edge menu innovation.
• Communicate concerns immediately to Operations regarding problems involving product availability, quality, preparation and execution.
• Captain guest satisfaction by ensuring excellence in quality through consistency of preparation and execution of menu items.
• Sourcing products through approved vendors in which product quality, consistency, pricing, and company ethos are aligned with EB.
• Maintain a clean and organized kitchen as outlined in the Employee Handbook as well as in accordance with all state and local Health Department requirements.
• Provide ongoing feedback for the BOH team. Establish and reinforce performance expectations and deliver timely performance reviews.

Benefits

• Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance (available for employees working 4+ shifts per week; eligible after 6 months)
• Life insurance
• 401(k) with a 4% safe harbor match (eligible after 1 year)
• JOON wellness benefit
• ESOP (Employee Stock Ownership Plan) with share vesting based on tenure
• Paid Sick leave
• Employee discount
• Family meal provided during shifts

What This Job Offers

• Job Type: Full-time
• Career Level: Manager
• Education Level: High school or GED