Restaurant Kitchen Manager

Imagine yourself preparing and serving real Italian cuisine in a real Italian restaurant. The Bertucci’s kitchens explode with fresh ingredients, innovative cutting edge kitchen tools and the infamous brick oven which is truly the heart of every one of our restaurants. The oven is where it all happens from roasting fresh vegetables, baking specialty Italian dishes to the baking of our famous pizzas.

Bertucci’s is looking for talented, passion driven Kitchen/Culinary Managers to add to our team. We are beginning to introduce the next generation of Bertucci’s – The Kitchen. YOU have got to check it out - you will want to be a part this generation. 

Position overview: The Kitchen/Culinary Manager (CM) is responsible for all kitchen operations on an opening, mid or closing shift including supervision of a culinary team, made from scratch food preparation, safety and sanitation all to ensure Absolute Guest Satisfaction.

Key Duties and Responsibilities include:

• Selecting, scheduling, training, developing, mentoring and leading a team of 15-25 talented culinary professionals.

• Maintaining high food quality through recipe adherence, accurate production planning, ensuring proper sanitation/safety standards and service production time standards.

• Driving sales and profitability through operational excellence including responsibility for food cost, labor costs and kitchen supplies.

Desired Skills and Experience

• Must have a minimum of 3 years of experience working in a upscale or casual full service restaurant with annual sales of $2.5M plus.

• Strong passion for culinary excellence and guest service.

• Proven success working with corporate systems, methods and processes that contribute to great execution.

• Stable job history which demonstrates upward career progression.

• Exceptional communication skills.

Bertucci's is an equal opportunity employer.

At the center of every Bertucci’s lives our brick oven. For over 30 years, since our first kitchen opened in the Davis Square neighborhood of Somerville, MA in 1981, we’ve been perfecting the art of brick oven cooking. From the beginning, we’ve built a tradition of creating unique pizzas and pasta combinations. These recipes all share some very important things in common. They use only the freshest ingredients, and we take the time to make each by hand.

Today, 89 Bertucci’s restaurants are firing up brick ovens from New England to Virginia, each reflecting the distinct character and local charm of their community. But like the original Bertucci’s, every kitchen is also open, making our brick oven part of the restaurant experience. We believe that watching your food being prepared is an integral part to enjoying it. With a strong and dedicated commitment to hospitality, we welcome you as our guest, and we promise to always treat you as part of the Bertucci’s family.