Top 435 Kitchen team leader Jobs in Santa Clara, Ca

General Manager - Fast Casual Restaurant
CMR (Chicken Meets Rice) —Cupertino, CA
- $80,000 - $100,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Background check
- Sales
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- Paid training
- 401(k)
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Pastry Sous Chef
Hurrica Restaurant & Bar —Redwood City, CA
- From $70,304 a year
- Full-time
- Bar
- Management
- Culinary experience
- Health insurance
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Line Cook / Prep Cook - JOEY Valley Fair
JOEY Restaurants —Santa Clara, CA
- $18.45 - $30.00 an hour + tips
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- Mid-level
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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DRAFTER – KITCHEN & BATH REMODELING
Gilmans Kitchens and Baths —San Mateo, CA
- $28 - $32 an hour
- Full-time
- Google Workspace
- Construction site
- Residential
- Paid training
- Mileage reimbursement
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7d
Restaurant Manager
King's Fish House - San Jose —San Jose, CA
- $70,304 - $80,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Bar
- Sales
- 21 years or older
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
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Culinary Lead
sweetgreen —Sunnyvale, CA
- $21.43 an hour
- Call employer
- 18 years or older
- ServSafe
- Mid-level
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
General Manager
King's Fish House - San Jose —San Jose, CA
- $110,000 - $130,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Background check
- Bar
- 21 years or older
- Health savings account
- Health insurance
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1d
General Manager
The GFP Group Inc (HRK, Flowers Saratoga, Dos Burros, Studio Golf SF) —Santa Clara, CA
- $90,000 - $100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Spanish
- Mid-level
- Supervising experience
- Paid time off
- Employee discount
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Executive Chef- Redwood City
Oakmont Senior Living —San Carlos, CA
- $84,000 - $90,000 a year
- Criminal background check
- Pre-employment physical examination
- Senior level
- Store discount
- COVID-19 protective measures
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7d
Executive Chef- Redwood City
Oakmont Senior Living —Redwood City, CA
- $84,000 - $90,000 a year
- Criminal background check
- Pre-employment physical examination
- Senior level
- Store discount
- COVID-19 protective measures
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7d
Full-time Line Cook
DoorDash Kitchens —Redwood City, CA
- $21 an hour
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- Military encouraged
- Organizational skills
- Commuter assistance
- Paid parental leave
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14d
Cook
Ivy Park at Hayward —Hayward, CA
- $19 - $21 an hour
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Mid-level
- Criminal background check
- Store discount
- Paid training
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22h
Technical Sales and Field Service Engineer
CaptiveAire —San Jose, CA
- $70,000 - $100,000 a year
- Construction site
- Research
- Mid-level
- Paid holidays
- Disability insurance
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Facility Maintenance Supervisor
SkyChefs —San Jose, CA
- $73,000 - $80,000 a year
- Full-time
- Mid-level
- 3 years
- Supervising experience
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7d
Executive Chef- Redwood City
Oakmont Senior Living —Menlo Park, CA
- $84,000 - $90,000 a year
- Criminal background check
- Pre-employment physical examination
- Senior level
- Store discount
- COVID-19 protective measures
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7d
Food Runner - JOEY Valley Fair
JOEY Restaurants —Santa Clara, CA
- $18.45 an hour + tips
- 8 hour shift
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- No experience needed
- Ability to climb stairs
- Disability insurance
- Health insurance
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Executive Assistant
Veeam Software —San Jose, CA
- $141,700 - $263,000 a year
- Microsoft Excel
- Office
- Senior level
Steward/Dishwasher - DoubleTree by Hilton Hotel San Jose
Hilton —San Jose, CA
- $24.76 - $30.95 an hour
- Part-time
- Hospitality
- Hotel
- Mentoring
- Paid parental leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
Office & Executive Assistant
Saviynt —Milpitas, CA
- $90,000 - $120,000 a year
- Full-time
- Google Workspace
- Mid-level
- Office
8d
Cook II
Treehouse Sunnyvale, L.L.C. —Sunnyvale, CA
- $30.50 an hour
- Full-time
- Cooking
- Mid-level
- Hotel

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General Manager - Fast Casual Restaurant

CMR (Chicken Meets Rice)
Cupertino, CA

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Job Details

Full-time
$80,000 - $100,000 a year

Benefits

Paid training
401(k)
Paid time off
401(k) matching
Employee discount

Qualifications

Staff scheduling
Restaurant management
Employee relationship building
Managing hospitality teams
Fryers
Manager experience
Performance management
Food service experience
Food service management

Full Job Description

Welcome to Chicken Meets Rice —where you’ve truly met your match!
Our mission is simple yet meaningful: to share the juiciest, most authentic Hainan Chicken (and more) with the world.

We are looking for a General Manager who can lead a restaurant like an owner-operator: building a strong team, running excellent daily operations, protecting food quality and safety, and creating a warm, consistent guest experience.

Our Story
Chicken Meets Rice was founded by Shone Tran and Jon Sujarit, who were inspired by their love of food and travel. Their journey led them to a small restaurant in Brooklyn where they rediscovered the unforgettable flavors of Hainan Chicken Rice. Now, through Chicken Meets Rice, they’ve brought those flavors and cultural variations to the Bay Area, sharing this delicious tradition with everyone.

Role Summary

The General Manager is responsible for the overall performance of a Chicken Meets Rice restaurant. This includes people leadership, guest experience, food quality, cleanliness, hiring, training, scheduling, financial performance, compliance, and day-to-day execution.

The GM sets the tone for the restaurant. They coach, hold standards clearly and fairly, and create an environment where team members can do great work.

What You’ll Do

Lead and Develop the Team

Hire, train, coach, and retain strong team members and shift leads.
Build a positive, accountable, respectful restaurant culture.
Give clear feedback and follow up consistently.
Develop future leaders by teaching strong habits, standards, and decision-making.
Ensure team members understand their roles, expectations, and growth opportunities.

Deliver Great Guest Experiences

Create a welcoming, friendly, and efficient guest experience every day.
Resolve guest concerns with ownership, urgency, and good judgment.
Ensure food is served accurately, quickly, and with care.
Build regular guest loyalty through consistency and hospitality.

Run Excellent Daily Operations

Lead smooth opening, rush, transition, and closing periods.
Maintain high standards for food quality, portioning, cleanliness, speed, and order accuracy.
Ensure the restaurant is clean, organized, stocked, and ready for service.
Use checklists, routines, and follow-up to keep standards consistent.
Identify problems early and solve them before they become bigger issues.

Own Food Safety and Compliance

Ensure all food safety, sanitation, labor, meal/rest break, and company policies are followed.
Maintain proper documentation, logs, and required records.
Create a safe work environment for team members and guests.
Coach team members on proper food handling, cleanliness, and safety practices.

Manage Sales, Labor, Inventory, and Profitability

Understand and manage key restaurant metrics including sales, labor, food cost, waste, productivity, and controllable expenses.
Build effective schedules that support the business and the team.
Manage ordering, inventory, prep planning, and waste reduction.
Take ownership of the restaurant’s financial results and look for ways to improve performance.

Communicate and Collaborate

Communicate clearly with team members, shift leads, ops management, and support team partners.
Share wins, issues, staffing needs, maintenance concerns, and operational risks early.
Follow through on company initiatives, training, rollouts, and operational updates.
Represent Chicken Meets Rice professionally with guests, vendors, inspectors, and the community.

What We’re Looking For

Restaurant management experience, preferably in fast casual, QSR, or high-volume food service.
Strong people leadership skills with the ability to coach, motivate, and hold teams accountable.
Hands-on operator who is comfortable in an open kitchen and leading from the floor
Strong understanding of food safety, cleanliness, labor management, and guest service.
Ability to read and act on restaurant performance metrics.
Calm, organized, and solution-oriented during busy service periods.
Clear communicator with strong follow-through.
High standards, humility, and a team-first mindset.
Availability to work a flexible schedule including nights, weekends, and holidays as needed.

Physical Requirements

Ability to stand and walk for extended periods.
Ability to lift, carry, push, or pull up to 50 pounds.
Ability to use and clean various kitchen equipment, including knives, dishwashers, ovens, stoves, deep fryers, warmers, refrigeration.
Ability to work around hot equipment, cold storage, wet floors, and a fast-paced restaurant environment.
Ability to bend, reach, twist, and perform hands-on restaurant tasks as needed.

What Success Looks Like

A successful General Manager at Chicken Meets Rice runs a restaurant that is clean, consistent, well-staffed, guest-focused, financially healthy, and full of team members who know what is expected of them. They protect the food, protect the culture, and make the restaurant better week by week.

Base Salary Range: $80,000 to $100,000 per year. This represents the good-faith base pay range that Chicken Meets Rice reasonably expects to pay for Bay Area locations at the time of hire. Final compensation is determined by factors including experience, skills, and specific restaurant volume.

Total Compensation & Benefits: In addition to base pay, this role is eligible for quarterly performance bonuses, 401k employer match, paid time off, and free shift meals.

Candidates must meet, and continue to meet if employed, eligibility requirements for each benefit to qualify.

Chicken Meets Rice makes no guarantee that any associate will earn any bonus and reserves the right to change or terminate any or all of its bonus programs at any time, with or without advance notice.

Equal Opportunity Employer

Chicken Meets Rice is an Equal Opportunity Employer and is committed to providing equal opportunity, and does not discriminate on the basis of any characteristic protected by law, including but not limited to sex/gender (including pregnancy, childbirth, lactation and related conditions), gender expression, race, color, religion, national origin, sexual orientation, gender identity, disability, age, ancestry, medical condition, genetic information, marital status, and veteran status.

Fair Chance Act Notice

Chicken Meets Rice will consider qualified applicants with a criminal history pursuant to the California Fair Chance Act. You do not need to disclose your criminal history or participate in a background check until a conditional job offer is made to you.

Reasonable Accommodation

Chicken Meets Rice provides reasonable accommodations for qualified individuals with disabilities in our job application and interview procedures. If you need an accommodation due to a disability to participate in the process, please contact us at [email protected].

Employment At-Will

Employment with Chicken Meets Rice is "at-will." This means that either the employee or Chicken Meets Rice can terminate the employment relationship at any time, with or without cause, and with or without notice.

Pay: $80,000.00 - $100,000.00 per year

Benefits:

401(k)
401(k) matching
Employee discount
Paid time off
Paid training

People with a criminal record are encouraged to apply

Application Question(s):

We are hiring General Managers at the following locations: Fremont / Cupertino. Which ones would you be interested in?

Work Location: In person

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