Company description

Are you interested in joining a committed team that is passionate about changing the world, one meal at a time? If so, you may find yourself at home at Farming Hope!

Farming Hope is a 501(c)3 food justice nonprofit. Our mission is to empower folks experiencing major barriers to employment to cook food to sustain themselves and their communities. Fueling our pursuit of lasting social change are our guiding principles: that food is a human right, that everyone deserves an empowering livelihood, and that neither food nor human potential should go to waste.

In service of this mission, we provide a culinary job training program for community members who are overcoming obstacles such as former incarceration or homelessness. Our paid 12 week program helps adults transition to personal well-being and employment while nourishing food insecure neighbors and preventing cosmetically-imperfect food from going to waste. We are proud to have provided over 32,000 paid training hours, served more than 387,000 meals to the community, distributed more than 545,000 pounds of groceries, and recovered more than 75,000 pounds of food over the last two years. We’re looking forward to making even more of an impact in the years to come. Learn more about our organization at farminghope.org.

Farming Hope is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition as defined under State law, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and/or local laws and ordinances.

At Farming Hope we have a clear vision to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people are able to learn, teach, and grow. Diversity is more than a commitment at Farming Hope—it is necessary to advance equity and inclusion for the Apprentices in our training program and our diners in the community.

Job description

Kitchen Manager

Full time, Non-Exempt, Hourly position

Supervisory Role

Reports to
Culinary Director

Location
San Francisco, CA

Compensation
$30 - $35 per hour (commensurate with experience)
100% employer funded health and dental benefits after 90 days

Schedule
Sunday - Thursday

Sunday, Monday: 9am - 5:30pm

Tuesday - Thursday: 11:30am - 8pm

Application Deadline: March 31, 2026

Organization Overview

Are you interested in joining a committed team that is passionate about changing the world, one meal at a time? If so, you may find yourself at home at Farming Hope!

Farming Hope is a 501(c)3 food justice nonprofit. Our mission is to empower folks experiencing major barriers to employment to cook food to sustain themselves and their communities. Fueling our pursuit of lasting social change are our guiding principles: that food is a human right, that everyone deserves an empowering livelihood, and that neither food nor human potential should go to waste.

Farming Hope is an equal opportunity employer. We enthusiastically accept our responsibility to make employment decisions without regard to race, religious creed, color, age, sex, gender, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, religion, marital status, medical condition as defined under State law, disability, military service, pregnancy, childbirth and related medical conditions or any other classification protected by federal, state, and/or local laws and ordinances.

At Farming Hope we have a clear vision to be a place where a diverse mix of talented people are able to learn, teach, and grow. Diversity is more than a commitment at Farming Hope—it is necessary to advance equity and inclusion for the Apprentices in our training program and our diners in the community.

Position Overview

The Kitchen Manager plays a vital role in the Apprentice and kitchen team’s success. Along with the Culinary Director, Training Team and Program Manager, the Kitchen Manager role will support 20-25 Apprentices each cohort. This role also directly supervises 10-12 Farming Hope kitchen staff. Our organization focuses on depth of impact and opportunity, not quantity. Those who want to grow in a leadership position are especially encouraged to apply. Our Community Food Program currently produces over 4,500 community meals a week. This role leads our culinary team during their shifts in executing our production schedule and supporting the on-the-job education of each Apprentice as an individual.

Along with managing our community meal production operations, this position will lead the culinary execution of our community dinners which feed 100 individuals during each service with a white tablecloth three course dinner experience. These dinners are attended by housing and food insecure families referred to our program by our partner organizations. These dinners are an opportunity to utilize produce from our food recovery and expose Apprentices to plated multi-course dinner service featuring different styles of cooking, plating, and fine dining service.

Responsibilities include but are not limited to:

• Provide hands-on training, guidance, and supervision to Apprentices to ensure task completion and support their culinary skills development.
• Serve as lead manager during each shift, overseeing our Culinary team and Apprentices to execute weekly meal production of over 4500 meals weekly - including prepping, cooking, and plating.
• Co-manage and support continued growth and development of permanent culinary team members (Lead Prep Cooks, Prep Cooks, Porters).
• Lead planning, preparation, and service of weekly Family Dinners, executing three-course plated meals for 100 guests.
• Under the direction of the Culinary Director, Kitchen Managers coordinate and support menu development, production planning, and product ordering to ensure smooth kitchen operations.
• Collaborate with and support the Culinary Director to lead weekly Kitchen Team meetings, conduct team 1:1s, and contribute to Management Team discussions.
• Support the team in evolving our operational systems and help turn ideas into executable action.
• Support the organization’s food recovery efforts by assisting with incoming donations and contribute to developing creative solutions to utilize recovered products.
• Assist with onsite events as needed
• Maintain high standards of organization, cleanliness, and team compliance to exceed daily health and safety requirements in the kitchen

Candidate Qualifications

• 2+ years Supervisory/Management experience
• 3+ years experience cooking as Lead Line Cook or higher level role
• Strong desire to train Apprentices on knife skills, kitchen SOPs, following recipes, and large volume meal production
• Ability to multi-task with kitchen production
• Experience in different styles of cooking, making the most of ingredients, and creative with plating multi-course meals
• Highly organized
• Commitment to systemic transformation
• Flexibility working daytime and evening shifts is required
• Openness to lead production for culinary events over time
• English fluency required

Other Preferred Qualifications:

• Bi-lingual English/Spanish fluency
• Lived experience of barriers to employment
• Catering, professional teaching, coaching, training, and/or case management experience

Compensation

this position is: hourly, varies DOE, $30.00 - $35.00

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Deadline

March 31, 2026