Full-Time

Assistant Kitchen Manager

Posted on 8/19/2026

Salted

Salted

201-500 employees

Holding company for delivery-focused ghost kitchens

Compensation Overview

$25 - $30/hr

Chicago, IL, USA

In Person

Category
Operations & Logistics (1)
Required Skills
Inventory Management
Customer Service

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Requirements
  • Demonstrate culinary skills, including knife and preparation work and flat-top cooking.
  • Be able to stand for extended periods and lift up to 50 pounds.
  • Have a minimum of 2 years of kitchen experience.
  • Have a minimum of 1 year of leadership experience.
Responsibilities
  • Support quality control and food presentation standards.
  • Communicate with the Hospitality Team to support excellent customer service.
  • Maintain a safe and healthy work environment.
  • Assist with onboarding, training, and developing kitchen staff.
  • Assist with inventory management, audits, and budget oversight.
  • Help meet financial and operational targets.
  • Ensure compliance with recipes and portion sizes.
  • Report and resolve customer service issues.
  • Assist with staff scheduling and payroll processing.
  • Support inventory counts and daily labor management.
  • Address equipment and technical issues.
  • Assist with executing catering orders while maintaining kitchen service.

Salted builds and runs a portfolio of health-focused, delivery-centric restaurant brands designed for ghost kitchens and pickup, reducing the need for traditional dine-in locations. It operates centralized, tech-enabled kitchens and uses saltedOS, a full-stack platform that coordinates supply, quality control, and marketing, while monitoring operations with data analytics and in-kitchen cameras. The brands, such as Moonbowls, Califlower Pizza, Ginger Bowls, Lulubowls, Thrive Kitchen, and the $5 Salad Company, are designed to appeal to gluten-free and plant-forward trends and are sold through major delivery apps and direct online ordering. Salted differentiates itself by managing multiple brands under one tech-enabled platform and pursuing national expansion through ghost kitchens, with a goal to scale new restaurant concepts outside traditional brick-and-mortar locations.

Company Size

201-500

Company Stage

Series B

Total Funding

$44M

Headquarters

Los Angeles, California

Founded

2014

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Simplify's Take

What believers are saying

  • Salted acquired Xenia in December 2024, proving it can buy concepts, not only build them.
  • A 2026 site update still shows active branding, signaling ongoing market presence and experimentation.
  • Moonbowls storefront momentum supports hybrid expansion beyond delivery-only economics.

What critics are saying

  • Third-party delivery dependence keeps DoorDash and Uber Eats controlling margins and customer access.
  • Ghost kitchens commoditize concepts fast; competitors can copy bowls and salads within months.
  • If unit growth stalls after 2023's $14 million Series B, Salted's platform story breaks.

What makes Salted unique

  • Salted owns six brands, including Moonbowls, Califlower Pizza, and Xenia Mediterranean.
  • Jeff Appelbaum built Salted into a digital-first incubator, not a single-concept restaurant.
  • saltedOS centralizes supply chain, quality control, and marketing across ghost kitchens.

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Benefits

Health Insurance

Dental Insurance

Vision Insurance

401(k) Company Match

Meal Benefits

Paid Sick Leave

Employee Referral Bonus

Growth & Insights and Company News

Headcount

6 month growth

-1%

1 year growth

-1%

2 year growth

1%
LA Tech Watch
Oct 18th, 2023
The LA TechWatch Startup Daily Funding Report: 10/18/2023

Salted, a platform for developing quick service restaurant brands, has raised $14M in Series B funding from investors that include Creadev, Proof Ventures, and B. Riley Financial.

TechCrunch
Oct 17th, 2023
Salted spices up its QSR brands with $14M, new Mediterranean-style restaurant | TechCrunch

The Los Angeles-based company has created six brands since the company was founded in 2014, including moonbowls and lulubowls.

TechCrunch
Oct 29th, 2021
Creadev seasons Salted with new funding for its QSR brands | TechCrunch

Salted created six brands so far, including moonbowls, Califlower Pizza and lulubowls, and serves food from Chinese takeout to pizza to salads.