Restaurant Chef​/Kitchen Manager

We’re Pacific Coast Hospitality…we recruit the best, most qualified leadership talent for top hospitality organizations across the western U.S. and British Columbia.

Market Seattle, WA

Job Description

Pacific Coast Hospitality is looking for a Restaurant Chef / Kitchen Manager candidate to help create and launch this exciting new full service restaurant brand coming to the Seattle marketplace this summer. Great restaurant concepts are built on uncommon points of differentiation that separate them from the competition and create an emotional connection with the guest. They are alive, active and vibrant.

Through its operating values and wonderfully entertaining design, this exciting new concept will be widely recognized as a unique brand that captures the guest’s imagination and engages their senses.

They are dedicated to creating superior quality food, through using the freshest, quality, local ingredients in their scratch kitchen. The theatre kitchen and bar is a constant hub of activity that will entertain and delight. Abundant fresh herbs, dried spices, seasonal fruits and vegetables are used in both their entrees and their craft cocktails!

This concept operates under a shared set of principles and values: disciplined growth, stability and enduring ethics for its employees. The environment feels more like a family rather than a corporation.

Requirements Ideal candidate will have the following:

• 2 – 3 years of current high-volume full service Restaurant Chef / Kitchen Manager experience.
• A proven track record of delivering positive kitchen financial results, including food cost, labor cost, and controllables. Can speak to specific programs or methodology successfully used in their experience.
• Experience executing high quality food and a positive dining experience. Can illustrate what they do to ensure food quality, from prep recipe to plate execution.
• Has a passion for food and guest service. Has hospitality from the heart mindset. Understands and can speak to treating each patron as a Guest in our home.
• Working knowledge of large scale POS systems. Able to use Microsoft Office Word and Excel platforms to run the business.
• Proven experience creating a safe work environment that incorporates team work and professional development for a minimum of 20 Team Members. Understands training at a corporate level, can speak to owning and orchestrating systems thereof.

Salary Range & Benefits

• $40,000 – $60,000/yr. based on experience
• Obtainable performance based bonus plan (up to $10k annual bonus potential, paid quarterly) PLUS 5% of annual net profit
• Benefits package including medical, dental and life insurance
• 401K savings plan participation
• Balanced work and life schedule
• Annual performance / salary review
• Career advancement and growth

Job Category Restaurant Chef / Kitchen Manager