Prep Kitchen Manager - Culinary

Trusted Media Brands•Milwaukee, WI

4d•Onsite

About The Position

The Prep Kitchen Manager for Taste of Home manages overall prep kitchen operations and leads culinary assistants in planning, procuring, and preparing food and recipes for Taste of Home and other brands. Reporting to the Executive Director, Culinary, this hands-on team leader prepares recipes to varying degrees of completion to support culinary producers, recipe editors and testers, and visual production, digital, video, and affiliate teams. The role also manages groceries, schedules and trains the prep kitchen team, and mentors staff to support their career development. The manager may execute other types of content that help build Taste of Home’s culinary authority. This is an office-critical, onsite position for someone in or around the Milwaukee, Wisconsin area. The role collaborates with Visual Production, Digital, and Video teams to create high-quality content across multiple channels. It involves managing people in person, working in a fast-paced environment, appearing on camera for social media videos, and handling multiple initiatives at once.

Requirements

Accredited culinary arts degree or equivalent food industry experience.
Prior experience in a leadership role managing people.
Ability to prioritize and organize, meet deadlines, and attend to details independently and as part of a team.
Effective communication skills, including comfort giving and receiving constructive feedback in a collaborative environment.
Experience with content production and digital asset management tools such as Airtable, as well as Microsoft Excel.
Comfort appearing on camera.
Flexibility and self-motivation to perform varied duties and produce content.

Nice To Haves

Previous test kitchen experience or related cooking experience.

Responsibilities

Manage prep kitchen performance, quality control, and alignment with internal customer needs and departmental goals.
Hire, train, mentor, and manage prep kitchen staff.
Lead prep kitchen production and staffing to meet daily food-preparation needs for content creation.
Interpret recipes and preparation instructions and make decisions about mise en place and finished recipes.
Collaborate on digital content production, including photography and video, to meet daily production goals.
Use Airtable for production workflows and the proprietary recipe management system (RMS).
Appear in social media videos for digital and social teams.
Participate in product testing for affiliate and other content.
Work on multiple initiatives simultaneously under the direction of the Executive Director, Culinary.
Plan, procure, and prepare food and recipes; manage grocery needs.
Provide feedback and mentor culinary assistants to support their development.