Head Chef/Kitchen Manager

**About Us** Cream City Concepts is Milwaukee’s hospitality group built for the energy of a packed house. We run Oak Barrel Public House, Who’s on Third, Who’s on Layton, Cream City Catering, and 3rd Street Retreat — craft food, cold drinks, game days, date nights, big events, and a place to stay, all over the city. The pace is fast, the standards are high, and the people are what make it work. **About the Role** The Head Chef / Kitchen Manager runs the kitchen — the top BOH seat at the location and the leader the whole team answers to. You own food quality, the team, cost, and the systems that keep service tight, and you build a positive, hospitality\-first kitchen culture where the guest comes first. Make no mistake — this is a hands\-on cooking job. You work scheduled line shifts, lead the line during peak, and you’re the staple the kitchen is built around: in the weeds, on the standard. You set the tone for discipline, urgency, and positivity every shift. **One Kitchen, One Team** In our kitchens, nobody is above any station — and that starts with you. You jump on the line, the dish pit, or prep whenever the kitchen needs it, and you hold the whole team to the same standard. We run as one team, not separate jobs. **Clean and Organized — Always** There’s no standing around in our kitchens — if you’ve got time to lean, you’ve got time to clean. You set the cleaning standard: stations cleaned, stocked, and organized before and after service, and the daily, weekly, and deep\-clean schedules enforced without exception. A clean, organized kitchen is the standard here, not the exception. **What We’re Hiring For** *Skills change by station. These five don’t — they’re the bar in every CCC kitchen,every shift.* * **Optimistic Warmth —** You set the tone for the kitchen — steady and positive — and the team feeds off it when it’s slammed. * **Curious Intelligence —** You’re always sharpening the operation and your own craft, and you grow the people under you.