Sifted
Managing Chef
Denver, CO · Contract
Sponsorship not specifiedDetected 19 days ago
LeadershipCommunicationMentoring
About the role
- Sifted is seeking an emerging culinary leader to serve as the Managing Chef for our Denver market.
- This role is built for up-and-coming talent ready to take the next step into leadership while owning day-to-day kitchen execution, menu quality, team development, and operating discipline.
Responsibilities
- Lead day-to-day culinary operations in Denver, ensuring food quality, production flow, presentation, and final output meet Sifted and client expectations.
- Design, prepare, and coordinate weekly menus that reflect diverse dietary needs, strong culinary creativity, and consistent execution.
- Own ordering, inventory, order sheets, and food cost performance, including COGS oversight, portion control, and production planning.
- Implement and reinforce standardized kitchen processes, production procedures, and culinary best practices to improve consistency and scalability.
- Support the rollout of new product lines, culinary practices, service enhancements, and other initiatives that strengthen the Denver program.
- What began as a modern take on workplace meals quickly evolved into a nationwide food platform that supports culture, community, and carbon-conscious choices across hundreds of companies.
- We're not a caterer - we're a workplace food partner.
- Our team is our secret sauce - a mix of hospitality pros, culinary experts, technologists, and innovators redefining what it means to build meaningful, stable, and opportunity-filled careers in hospitality.
- What you'll be doing Lead day-to-day culinary operations in Denver, ensuring food quality, production flow, presentation, and final output meet Sifted and client expectations.
Requirements
- Proficiency with back-of-house systems, culinary technology, Google Workspace, and basic business tools used for communication, reporting, and organization.
Nice to have
- Our ideal candidate High-end restaurant experience is ideal, with comfort working across diverse cuisine types, ingredients, and service styles
- catering or banquet experience is preferred.
Benefits
- About Sifted Sifted was founded in 2015 by Kimberly Lexow and Jess Legge with a bold vision - to reimagine office food as an experience rooted in hospitality, sustainability, and intentionality.
- We offer flexibility, generous perks, and room to grow - hiring builders, operators, creatives, and craftspeople who care about making work (and workplaces) better.
- Manage, coach, and develop the Denver culinary team, including staffing support, packout oversight, PTO coordination, discipline, time card approval, and daily accountability.
Equal opportunity
- We are an equal opportunity employer.
Visa & Work Authorization
- ed on experience Company-sponsored health insurance plans, including 100% company-paid HDHP, as well as vision + dental opt-in 401(k) program available after six months of employment Unlimited paid time off; 10 paid comp
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