LOCATION: Sebastopol, CA
JOB TYPE: Part-Time (more hours possible)
COMPANY DESCRIPTION
Soft Medicine Sanctuary is an Ayurvedic-based whole foods cafe in Sebastopol. We serve the cleanest food in town with 100% organic farm-to-table ingredients. Our cafe is a bar service environment with a small prep kitchen.
JOB DESCRIPTION
We are looking for a dedicated and creative kitchen manager to join our team to help improve and maintain our diverse menu offerings. You will be working with farmers, wholesale accounts, staff, and the public to maintain our inventory and check the ongoing quality of the food our prep chefs and staff are producing. We would like you to be available 4-5 days per week, approx. 30 hours, to come in person for quality control, checking inventory, and working with the staff to optimize the kitchen flow. The rest of your hours will be on your own schedule: ordering goods, improving sourcing, and refining our menu.
Responsibilities would include:
Inventory Management
Negotiate with vendors/suppliers
Maintain wholesale contracts and streamline sourcing
Track price fluctuations and profitability by dish
Manage delivery receipt/pickup of ingredients or prepared foods from suppliers
Monitor/organize stock and order new supplies and ingredients
Quality control
Staff Management
Ensure floor staff is trained on preparing food/drinks
Ensure proper handling, preparation, and storage of food/drink
Facility Management
Improve kitchen flow and cleanliness
Manage supplies stock
Qualifications:
Be able to taste existing recipes for accuracy, and create your own recipes for public food service
Work well with systems, record-keeping, and organization with spreadsheets
Enjoy working with other staff members to optimize performance in the kitchen
Have a flexible schedule to deal with changing demands in the kitchen
Love organic, local, vegetarian food, superfoods, and herbal elixirs
Love cooking and and making food as medicine
A strong work ethic, communication skills, proactive, and reliable
Restaurant, hospitality, or food service experience required
Food manager certification required (can acquire after hiring)
Basic knowledge of functional nutrition, ayurveda, and/or herbalism preferred
Bonus points if you are a pro dessert chef, raw food chef or have worked with gourmet sauce creation.
Think you’ll be a great fit? Please send a résumé and a description of your relevant work experience, why you would like to be part of our team, and any questions to: [email protected]
Look forward to hearing from you!
COMPENSATION
This position is: hourly, $25-30 DOE
DEADLINE
March 30, 2024