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Kitchen Manager

Dave & Buster's

Lubbock, TXFull-time$64–75K/yrPosted 1 day agoStill listed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$64–75K/yr
Location
Lubbock, TX
Schedule
Full-time
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Kitchen Manager leads the back-of-house team and oversees kitchen operations, including staffing, food and labor costs, food safety, and sanitation. The role works with the management team to support financial results and profitability. The posting seeks someone with restaurant or hospitality experience, kitchen management experience, cost-management proficiency, and the ability to lead a team and work weekends, nights, and holidays.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Cost of Goods Sold ManagementLabor Cost ManagementTeam LeadershipKitchen ManagementBusiness AcumenFood HandlingCommunicationRestaurant Operations

Qualifications

Must Be 21+3+ Years Restaurant/Hospitality Experience

Benefits

Medical Insurance
Dental Insurance
Vision Insurance
401(k) Match

Full job description

Job Description:

THE KITCHEN MANAGER: the HEART of our operations. As the leaders of the kitchen, KMs are the culinary experts who keep our kitchens in pristine operating conditions. You get to select and motivate an elite group of back-of-house employees and manage the costs to ensure the overall financial success of the location.

What we are looking for!

  • You love working in a fast-paced, multi-faceted restaurant/entertainment scene
  • You can communicate to your team in a way that inspires FUN!
  • There isn't a station you cannot work and a team you cannot lead
  • You can handle 100K days & working an average of 50-hour work weeks
  • You enjoy new menu rollouts and love introducing new food items to our guests
  • You thrive on instant satisfaction! There's nothing better than improving someone's experience or encouraging your team to elevate their performance

Requirements:

  • 21+ years of age

  • 3+ years of Restaurant/Hospitality experience

  • Proficient in managing the cost of goods sold and labor

  • Ability to lead a team to create a memorable guest experience

  • Proven experience in kitchen management

  • Strong business acumen

  • The ability to work weekends, nights, and holidays

  • Not afraid to work in a fast-paced, noisy environment with distracting conditions

What will you be doing daily?

  • You are the head coach of a talented group of BOH employees, and you are responsible for hiring, training, developing, and retaining the best team possible
  • Create a well-maintained, safe, secure, and sanitary environment for all guests and staff
  • Managing food costs, tracking waste, and controlling kitchen labor costs
  • Understanding, managing, and practicing safe food-handling procedures
  • Collaborate with the rest of the management team to drive financial results and optimize profitability in your location

PERKS!

  • Competitive salary

  • Quarterly bonus program

  • Health, Dental, Vision, Long & Short-term Disability

  • Employee Assistance Program

  • Buster’s Legacy Fund (Supports team members during difficult times)

  • 401K matching plan

  • FREE food

  • FREE gameplay

  • Large leadership team = multiple managers per shift

  • FUN work environment

  • Grow your career! • Two FUN brands (Dave & Buster’s and Main Event Entertainment) under one roof = Double the growth opportunities

Dave & Buster’s Inc./Main Event Entertainment is an Equal Opportunity Employer

Salary Range: 63527- 74738

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How this job compares

Set against the 13,529 open Restaurant Manager jobs on Olive Jobs, counted November 4, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$64–75K/yr
  • Texas median$50–65K/yr83 salary ranges
  • US median$59–70K/yr1,884 salary ranges

This range's midpoint, $69K, is 20% above the Texas median midpoint ($58K) — in the top quarter of Restaurant Manager salary ranges in Texas.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 1,684 open Restaurant Manager jobs in Texas and 13,529 across the US. None of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Texas
Experience
This posting asks for at least 3 years of experience — more than three in four Restaurant Manager postings that state a minimum ask for (median 2 years, across 4,646 postings).
Education
72 of the 13,529 open Restaurant Manager jobs (under 1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on November 4, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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