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Kitchen Manager / Culinary Lead Griffin, GA | Chicken & Bar Concept We are looking for a hands-on kitchen operator, not a fine-dining executive chef, to help improve and lead our existing kitchen as we sharpen the concept into a tight-menu chicken-and-bar restaurant built around great chicken, cold beer, sports, speed, consistency, and cost control.
This is an experienced leadership role for someone who can cook, lead, train, organize, and execute. We need someone who understands that a great restaurant is not just about good food. It is about consistency, prep, cleanliness, labor control, food cost, training, and getting the same product out the right way every time.
About the Role
The Kitchen Manager / Culinary Lead will oversee all back-of-house operations and work directly with ownership/management to improve and simplify the existing menu into a focused chicken-and-bar concept.
This person will help refine recipes, build prep systems, train kitchen staff, manage food cost, control labor, and create a kitchen culture based on professionalism, consistency, and accountability.
We are not trying to build a large, complicated menu. We want a tight, profitable, craveable menu that can be executed well every day.
Responsibilities
Lead all daily back-of-house operations
Help refine the existing menu into a focused chicken-and-bar concept
Build and maintain recipes, prep lists, portion standards, and plating standards
Manage food cost, waste, inventory, ordering, and vendor relationships
Hire, train, schedule, and manage BOH employees
Develop prep systems that support speed and consistency
Maintain kitchen cleanliness, organization, and food safety standards
Monitor BOH labor cost and staffing levels
Ensure ticket times and food quality stay consistent during busy periods
Train cooks on proper execution, portioning, recipes, and station setup
Hold the kitchen team accountable in a professional and respectful way
Work with ownership/management on specials, menu changes, pricing, and profitability
Help create a kitchen culture built around pride, consistency, and teamwork
Ideal Candidate
The right person is probably a strongKitchen Manager, Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, Culinary Manager, or Lead Cook who is ready to take ownership of a kitchen.
You should be comfortable running a practical, high-quality, high-volume casual kitchen. This is not a fine-dining role, and we are not looking for someone who wants to create a large chef-driven menu.
Qualifications
Prior kitchen leadership experience required
Experience managing cooks, prep staff, dish staff, or BOH teams
Strong understanding of food cost, labor cost, prep, inventory, and waste control
Ability to train and hold staff accountable
Comfortable working with ownership on menu direction and execution
Strong organizational and communication skills
Able to work nights, weekends, and busy service periods
Professional, dependable, and calm under pressure
Experience with chicken, fry stations, sauces, bar food, or fast casual/casual dining is a plus
ServSafe or food safety certification preferred
Compensation
Competitive Base Salary Strong Performance incentive opportunity available
Total compensation potential can be rewarded significantly based on measurable operational goals such as food cost, labor cost, kitchen execution, staffing stability, cleanliness, and overall kitchen performance.
What We Are Looking For
We want someone who can help us build a kitchen that is:
Simple
Fast
Clean
Consistent
Profitable
Professional
Built around great chicken and repeat customers
This is a great opportunity for someone who wants ownership over a kitchen, but also understands that the menu has to make business sense.
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Job Info:
Company: Southern Social by Fire Maker Brewing
Position: Kitchen Manager
Work Location: Griffin
Country: US
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