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Restaurant Chef / Executive Kitchen Manager

Urban Plates
United Statesfull_timeVerifiedPosted 24 Feb 2026
💰 $90,000/yr($75,000/yr$90,000/yr)

About the role

Executive Kitchen Manager/ Chef
Urban Plates Restaurants
865 Russell Blvd Suite 140, Davis, CA 95616

Pay:
$75000 - $90000 based on experience, inclusive of bonus. Total potential annual earnings up to $90000 plus based on performance and a very achievable bonus plan.

Benefits
• Competitive pay plus bonus
• Realistic and achievable bonus plan where bonus is paid out monthly and quarterly
• Exceptional work-life balance with no late nights and two days off per week
• Paid time off
• Best-in-class 9-week paid management training program in one of our certified training restaurants
• Monthly cell phone/ internet allowance
• Free meal during your workday
• 75% off meals when not working
• New Urban Plates Health & Wellness Plan for all Team Members for $12 per month offering healthcare and wellness services for you and your family! Including –
◦ Counseling Services
◦ Teladoc Services
◦ Dental Discounts
◦ Hearing Care
◦ Fitness Membership
◦ Contact Lenses
◦ Diabetic Supplies
• Major Benefits include
◦ Health/ Medical (HMO and PPO options)
◦ Dental insurance
◦ Vision Insurance
◦ Life insurance & AD&D insurance
◦ Supplemental Life insurance & AD&D insurance
◦ Basic long-term disability
◦ Employee Assistance Program (EAP)
◦ Accident and hospital indemnity insurance
◦ Flexible spending account
◦ Pet insurance
◦ 401k Plan– for those who qualify
• Opportunities for advancement and Career Development Programs
• Access to our UPLift Emergency Grant Program

Position - Executive Kitchen Manager/ Chef
The Chef position is responsible for management of all culinary operations in the restaurant. The Chef oversees the restaurant’s kitchen by ensuring excellent food quality, managing Team Member performance, and communicating and coordinating with the General Manager, Regional Chef and/or Area Director. The Chef must use excellent professional judgment in carrying out duties.

What We Offer
• Join a company that values your performance and invests in your growth, offering you not just a job, but a rewarding, long-term career path. With us, you’ll have access to outstanding benefits, professional training, and leadership development programs to help you thrive now and in the future.
• In addition to your base pay you will have the opportunity to make additional earnings from our generous and achievable bonus plan -
• Gain access to our best-in-class, company-paid Management Training Program in a certified training restaurant that includes restaurant Front-of-House (FOH), Back-of-House (BOH), and Management training, plus on-going training programs and development plans designed to help you grow, excel, and advance in your career with us.
• A career opportunity representing a premium fast-casual/ fast-fine regional restaurant chain Nationally recognized for making craveable, wholesome, clean food accessible to all.
• Pride in executing a menu that is fresh from scratch using quality ingredients with seasonal menu changes to keep the menu fresh and exciting for you and our guests.
• Work in a beautifully designed restaurant environment that you’ll take pride in every day - We are proud of our state-of-the-art kitchens, with top-of-the-line equipment (Rational Ovens, blast chillers, Kitchen Display System, Date Code Genie, and systems/ processes and technology platforms (CTuit, LMS, HRIS (Dayforce), and POS system (Brink) – all designed to optimize kitchen operations and drive food quality, production, consistency, and guest satisfaction.
• Build meaningful connections with your community while improving their lives with world-class meals served fresh from scratch in scratch using quality ingredients served at an honest value in an always kind way.
• Be part of a company that truly cares—offering exceptional benefits that set you up for success both personally and professionally.

If any of this sounds like the opportunity you’re looking for, then you owe it to yourself to explore a management career with Urban Plates.

More about Urban Plates
Urban Plates started in 2011 in Del Mar, CA. Two food industry veterans were tired of the compromises they had to make when eating out. They couldn’t find what they were looking for, so they created Urban Plates. We welcome one and all to our table, where craveable food is cooked from scratch with quality ingredients, sustainably grown, ethically treated, and made to order at prices that won’t break the bank. Our secret? There isn

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