Kitchen Manager, Community Kitchen

Job overview

The Kitchen Manager, Community Kitchen role is onsite in San Antonio, TX; compensation is not specified. The schedule may require starts as early as 4 a.m. or 6 a.m., with end times not guaranteed, and flexibility for occasional evenings and weekends. The role supports the San Antonio Food Bank’s meal programs and community-serving nonprofit mission. The manager leads daily meal production, food safety, compliance, and kitchen operations while training staff, volunteers, interns, and trainees. This work helps ensure meals are prepared and delivered accurately and that program resources are responsibly managed.

What you'll do

• Lead daily production for federal, contracted, vended, and catering meal programs
• coordinate portioning, packaging, meal counts, and delivery
• use standardized USDA-credited recipes and maintain production records
• monitor food quality, safety, costs, inventory, and waste
• assist with menu planning, recipe scaling, and production scheduling
• maintain compliance documentation and support reviews and inspections
• supervise and train kitchen staff, volunteers, interns, and trainees
• manage food and supply inventory
• monitor equipment maintenance needs
• maintain an inspection-ready kitchen
• support community events and catering as needed.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

kitchen manager

community kitchen

san antonio tx

san antonio food bank

meal programs

food safety

usda compliance

kitchen leadership

volunteer training

inventory management

early start times

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Why this role

Requires 3–5 years of professional cooking experience, experience with federal child nutrition programs, kitchen-team leadership, and ServSafe Manager certification or ability to obtain it within 30 days.

About the employer

The San Antonio Food Bank INC is hiring for this role. Industry: Community Food Services. Sector: 62.