Culinary Operations Manager Jobs

Required or preferred licenses and certifications for Culinary Operations Manager positions.

The following top skills are often required or desired to land a Culinary Operations Manager position

• Back of House
• Banquet Catering
• Chocolate
• Closing
• Coaching
• Communication Skills
• Computer Skills
• Cooking
• Cost Management
• Culinary Arts
• Culinary Management
• Customer Service
• English
• Events
• Fine Dining
• Food and Beverage Management
• Food Cost Management
• Food Inventory
• Food Plating
• Food Preparation
• Food Quality
• Food Safety
• Friendliness
• Fryer
• Guest Relations
• Hazard Analysis & Critical Control Point
• Hospitality Management
• Inventory Management
• Kitchen Equipment Maintenance
• Kitchen Management
• Labor Cost Management
• Leadership
• Management
• Menu Development
• Menu Planning
• Mexican Cuisine
• Nutrition
• Ordering
• Organization
• Planning
• Policy Administration
• Policy Development
• Presentation
• Purchasing
• Quality of Service
• Recipe Development
• Regulations
• Regulatory Compliance
• Sales
• Sanitation
• Scheduling
• Scratch Cooking
• Seasonal Menus
• Staff Supervision
• Staffing
• Teamwork
• Time Management
• Training and Development

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