Full-time Kitchen Supervisor

About the role

The Argonaut Hotel is housed in the historic Haslett Warehouse building at Fisherman’s Wharf and has held the AAA Four Diamond Award for 18 consecutive years. Guests enjoy views of the San Francisco Bay, Alcatraz, and the Golden Gate Gate Bridge, with immediate access to Ghirardelli Square and Hyde Street Pier. The hotel’s award‑winning Blue Mermaid Restaurant serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner daily, plus a weekend brunch menu, featuring exposed brick interiors and a heated wharf‑side patio. As a Kitchen Supervisor, you will train, supervise, and work with the chef team to produce quality food, oversee receiving, storage, and rotation of products, schedule culinary staff for proper coverage, and adhere to cost and quality control procedures.

Responsibilities

• Assist the Executive Chef and Sous Chef in directing, training, and mentoring all kitchen associates.
• Assist in maintaining proper shift coverage, including covering meal breaks and call‑offs.
• Assign duties and shifts to associates and observe performance to ensure adherence to hotel policies and established operating procedures.
• Prepare and serve hot & cold fare per menu specifications.
• Ensure all side work is completed daily in accordance with checklists.
• Assist in planning menus and feature offerings.
• Ensure all brand standards are followed.
• Ensure compliance with food safety and handling policies and procedures (e.g., use dates, appliance and food temperatures).
• Assist in ensuring effective departmental communication through logs, daily stand‑up meetings, and monthly department meetings.
• Provide information pertaining to hours and available services of the hotel (restaurant, lounge, room service).
• Ensure the cleanliness of the Kitchen and surrounding areas.
• Assist in checking all fixtures, equipment, and conditions (lights, music, heating/cooling, furniture, wallpaper, etc.) for proper operations, settings, and maintenance; report deficiencies.

Skills

• Training, supervising, and mentoring kitchen associates
• Receiving, storing, and rotating food products
• Scheduling culinary staff for proper coverage
• Adhering to cost and quality control procedures
• Preparing and serving hot and cold fare per menu specifications
• Planning menus and feature offerings
• Maintaining brand standards
• Ensuring food safety and handling compliance (use dates, appliance and food temperatures)
• Facilitating departmental communication via logs, stand‑up meetings, and monthly meetings
• Providing information on hotel hours and services (restaurant, lounge, room service)
• Maintaining kitchen cleanliness and surrounding areas
• Inspecting fixtures, equipment, and environmental conditions (lights, music, heating/cooling, furniture, wallpaper) and reporting deficiencies

Benefits

• Competitive compensation
• Generous medical, dental & vision insurance plans
• 401K retirement plan
• 8 weeks of new Parental Leave Pay
• Pet insurance
• Paid holidays, vacation and sick days
• Laundered team member uniform
• Pre-tax commuter benefits
• Referral program
• Special rates at Noble House Hotels and Food & Beverage for team members, friends and family
• On‑Demand Pay – access to earned wages before payday
• Shoes for Crews program

Pay

$27.18 per hour