Location: Orange County, CA (Location/region TBD)
Salary: $75,000 to $85,000 base
Benefits: Bonus potential, M/D/V, PTO
Growing bakery-cafe group seeks a District Culinary Manager to elevate BOH, pastry, and production excellence; local candidates only.
Responsibilities:

• Lead field visits across multiple bakery-cafes to coach BOH and pastry teams, audit execution, and ensure corrective actions are completed.
• Standardize baking, finishing, labeling, rotation, packaging, holding, and display practices to improve quality and consistency.
• Drive sanitation, food safety, and inspection readiness by turning regulations into practical kitchen and production SOPs.
• Report on compliance, product defects, staffing, training progress, and basic food and labor cost trends.

Qualifications:

• 5+ years of multi-unit culinary, pastry, or BOH leadership in bakery-cafe, dessert, or retail bakery environments.
• Strong food safety and sanitation expertise, including audits, corrective action, and health inspection readiness.
• Hands-on trainer and coach with a track record of improving product quality, consistency, and team execution.
• Based in Southern California with daily travel flexibility throughout Orange County and regular commuting to Costa Mesa.