Assistant Kitchen Manager
- Location
- Thornton, CO · On-site
- Job type
- Full-time
- Level
- Senior
- Listed
- Today
Skills & highlights for this role
- Sous chef or assistant kitchen manager experience in a high-volume setting
- Knowledge of menu planning and recipe execution
- Knowledge of culinary techniques
- Understanding of sanitation guidelines and safety regulations
- Team management in a fast-paced environment
- Organizational and communication skills
- Conflict resolution skills
Also useful
- Bilingual English/Spanish
- Culinary certification or restaurant management degree
- Crunchtime experience
- Sysco ordering experience
About the role
Join Our Team as a Sous Chef / Assistant Kitchen Manager!
We seek a Sous Chef to assist in the daily supervision of Back of House restaurant operations and high-volume catering events. You will work with the Executive Chef to execute high-quality food and drink menus and motivate our teammates to provide a quality guest experience.
This role is responsible for maintaining BOH schedules, managing COGS, ensuring compliance with health and safety regulations, and overseeing prep, inventory, and recipe execution. To succeed, you should lead the team in delivering consistent, high-quality food in a timely manner.
Nuestra cocina es bilingüe. Damos la bienvenida a los empleados que pueden hablar Inglés y Español.
Key Responsibilities
- Embody Chicken N Pickle's core values: Authenticity, Community, Connection, Integrity, and Quality
- Demonstrate and support a culture of diversity, equity, and inclusion
- Coordinate and execute daily Back of House operations
- Supervise food preparation and ensure recipe execution and food safety compliance
- Oversee prep production: taste, yield, storage, and rotation
- Monitor staffing levels and write schedules for prep, line, events, and dish teams
- Perform line checks at 10am and 5pm
- Manage Sysco and produce orders through Crunchtime
- Track invoicing, credit memos, waste, and prep inputs daily
- Lead sanitation efforts and high-touch point cleaning
- Conduct Master Walk Thru to verify prep and product organization
- Execute Quick Fire drills and family meals
- Hold HOH pre-shifts and review HS log notes
- Review daily labor accuracy and adjust as needed
Weekly & Monthly Duties
- Follow up on deep cleaning opportunities
- Serve as AVT Champion and align team on AVT board updates
- Review and update line builds, event and prep recipes
- Refresh and print prep documentation as needed
- Update ordering guide pars aligned with forecasted volume
- Post ITG Board updates every Monday
- Upload culinary financial recap to Dropbox
- Review and manage all BOH schedules (line, dish, events, prep)
- Coordinate smallwares and event product rotation and execution
- Conduct 1:1s with direct reports on performance and development
- Attend Culinary Manager Meetings
- Complete smallwares inventory and submit orders if needed
- Support associate recognition and engagement via Workplace
- Align team on event needs and product execution
Qualifications
- Proven experience as a Sous Chef or Assistant Kitchen Manager in a high-volume setting
- Bilingual (English/Spanish) strongly preferred
- Knowledge of menu planning, recipe execution, and culinary techniques
- Strong understanding of sanitation guidelines and safety regulations
- Ability to manage a team in a fast-paced environment (indoor/outdoor)
- Excellent organizational, communication, and conflict resolution skills
- Culinary certification or degree in Restaurant Management is a plus
- Physically able to be on feet for extended periods and lift up to 50 lbs
- Flexible availability including evenings, weekends, and holidays
Benefits
- Medical, Dental, Vision Insurance
- Life Insurance
- 401K + Company match
- 20 days of PTO each year
- 4 Volunteer PTO days each year
- Thanksgiving and Christmas holidays
- Employee Perks
About Us
Chicken N Pickle is a unique, indoor/outdoor family entertainment complex that includes a casual, chef-driven restaurant and sports bar, pickleball courts and professional instruction, space for live entertainment, a variety of yard games and space to lounge outdoors with (or without) your dog. Each venue offers indoor and outdoor space for public and private parties and hosts an impressive schedule of events including concerts, charitable fundraisers, watch parties and more.
It is a warm and welcoming environment that brings together people of all ages. People from all over the community can engage in the joy of being human.
We think of our brand as that of a rambunctious, multi-generational family that works hard and plays hard. We're driven to provide our employees with a supportive, meaningful work environment, by bringing all voices to the table and providing opportunities for mentorship with career growth.
Good Food. Good Friends. Great Fun.
From Chicken N Pickle's careers page, first listed on Rolev.ai on November 12, 2026. Rolev.ai is not the employer.
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This Assistant Kitchen Manager position at Chicken N Pickle is located in Thornton, CO (On-site). Always check Chicken N Pickle's application page for specific state eligibility or relocation policies.
What qualifications are required for Assistant Kitchen Manager at Chicken N Pickle?
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