Kitchen Manager (Cloud Kitchen) Jobs in Chennai Cloud Kitchen

📋 Job Description

Jobzi is sourcing qualified candidates for Kitchen Manager (Cloud Kitchen) positions in Chennai's private Cloud Kitchen sector. This is a full-time opportunity with a reputed Cloud Kitchen and Food Delivery employer in Chennai offering competitive salary, structured growth, and a professional work environment. Tamil communication skills are preferred alongside English for professional and business interaction in Chennai.

📌 Key Responsibilities

• Manage all daily kitchen operations across the cloud kitchen hub including production planning, staffing, and quality control.
• Plan daily prep schedules for all active delivery brands, forecast ingredient requirements, and raise purchase orders on time.
• Monitor food cost, control raw material wastage, and produce daily and weekly cost variance reports for management review.
• Schedule and manage kitchen staff shifts ensuring adequate coverage across morning, afternoon, and evening production windows.
• Ensure full FSSAI compliance and maintain kitchen hygiene audit standards across all workstations and storage areas.
• Coordinate with the aggregator platform manager on menu availability, new item launch readiness, and delivery quality issues.
• Liaise with vendors and the procurement team on ingredient quality, delivery schedules, and price compliance.

🎓 Qualifications and Requirements

• Bachelor of Hotel Management or Graduate degree; food production or catering diploma from a recognised institute is preferred.
• Two to six years of kitchen experience with at least one year managing a production kitchen or cloud kitchen hub.
• Demonstrated ability to control food cost, manage ingredient procurement, and reduce wastage in a commercial kitchen.
• Experience managing a kitchen team of five to fifteen staff across multiple shifts in a delivery-focused environment.
• Strong knowledge of FSSAI food safety regulations, HACCP principles, and cloud kitchen hygiene audit standards.
• Familiarity with aggregator order flow, Zomato and Swiggy partner dashboards, and delivery quality metrics.
• Good reporting skills to produce daily cost, production, and compliance reports for management and hub operations teams.
• Good Tamil and English communication skills for team coordination and client interaction in Chennai.

✅ Required Skills

🏆 Certifications and Qualifications

FSSAI registration and food handler certification for all kitchen staff; Diploma in Hotel Management or Food Production for chef and kitchen manager roles; 12th pass for kitchen helper, packing, and dispatch roles; knowledge of Zomato and Swiggy restaurant partner app operations for aggregator management roles; HACCP food safety awareness for kitchen supervisor roles; food photography and social media skills for marketing roles; Tamil and English for operations and customer interaction roles; LMV driving licence for delivery coordinator roles