Assistant Kitchen Leader
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Life Time Fitness is hiring an Assistant Kitchen Leader. The LifeCafe Chef leads and coordinates the assembly and prep team, overseeing food preparation, cooking, and cost control while ensuring cleanliness, inventory management, and adherence to recipe standards in support of Life Time's mission and brand.
Key focus areas include Maintain daily back‑of‑house operations including cleanliness, ordering, and evaluating prep lists and par levels, Observe and manage workers preparing and portioning foods to ensure recipe standards and portion sizes, and Supervise, train, develop, and assess cooks and dishwashers through orientations, direction, and feedback.
Important skills include Calm Under Pressure. Preferred (not required): Leadership, Inventory Management, Cost Control, and Menu Development.
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Position Summary
The LifeCafe Chef leads and coordinates activities of assembly and prep team members and other workers engaged in preparing and cooking food. They are responsible for keeping cost of goods in line with or better than budget. They provide leadership in the fulfillment of Life Time's mission statement and brand.
Job Duties and Responsibilities
- Maintains daily operations of back of house including maintaining cleanliness, ordering food and supplies, evaluating prep lists and par levels
- Observes and manages workers engaged in preparing and portioning foods to ensure that methods of cooking and sizes of portions are following recipe standards
- Supervises, trains, develops, and assesses cooks and dishwashers to ensure continuous growth through orientations, direction, and feedback
- Maximizes profit by controlling food costs through recipe adherence, proper ordering and par levels. Assists the Café Leader with inventory control
- Makes recommendations on the hiring, the promotion and termination of employees to the Café Leader
Position Requirements
- High School Diploma, GED, or equivalent
- 2+ years of experience
- Previous kitchen experience
- ServSafe Food Manager Certification or equivalent
- ServSafe Alcohol Safety or equivalent (if applicable)
- ServSafe Allergen Certification or equivalent (if applicable)
- Ability to stay calm and overcome any food production issues
- Ability to stand, walk, and/or sit for long periods of time
Preferred Requirements
- Culinary school Diploma
- Leader of a kitchen team – Ordering, Inventory, Cost Control and Menu Development
Life Time is a place for everyone. As an organization, we are committed to an inclusive, diverse and equitable workplace that respects and celebrates the unique contributions of each individual while ensuring we remain an equal opportunity employer that recruits, hires, trains and promotes based on merit and qualifications.
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