Director of Food & Hospitality Tarzan & Jane Travel Centers Midland, TX Job Details Full-time 9 hours ago Qualifications Food and beverage product quality management Kitchen cost control Managing kitchen staff Restaurant cost management Standard operating procedures (SOPs) Hospitality management Full Job Description About Tarzan & Jane Travel Centers At T&J Travel Centers, we're redefining what a travel center can be — a place where guests experience genuine hospitality, not just convenience. We serve hardworking men and women and their local communities with great fuel, a strong convenience store experience, and craveable made-to-order food through our in-house restaurant The Tarzan Grill. We're growth-minded and people-first. Our teams run lean, lead humbly, care deeply, and stay hungry—because the standard is simple: fast, friendly, and spotlessly clean, every day. About T&J Travel Centers At T&J Travel Centers, we're redefining what a travel center can be: a place where guests experience genuine hospitality, not just convenience. We combine craveable food, spotless facilities, and friendly local service that feels like home. We're a fast-growing, family-run company built on strong values and servant leadership. We're looking for a Director of Food & Hospitality who lives craveable food, leads humbly, stays hungry, and helps every kitchen deliver the same great meal every shift.

MISSION OF THE ROLE

Own the food: every item that comes out of any T&J kitchen, every guest's experience at Tarzan Grill, and a grab-and-go program built on deli offerings made fresh in-house every day. What you'll do You'll be the leader of everything we cook and serve: responsible for food quality, speed, consistency across every kitchen, the grab-and-go program, and the Kitchen Managers who run it all day to day. Your success will be measured by how well you: Hold every kitchen to the same standard for quality, portion and ticket time, and review the numbers weekly Write the spec for every menu item and build the brand book a new store can open from Own kitchen training: the curriculum, station certification, and follow-up to make sure it sticks Build and coach a bench of Kitchen Managers who are trained and ready to step up Launch and run the grab-and-go deli at every store, with fresh product in the case from open to close Protect the menu: new items earn their place on speed and quality, and come off if they slip What you bring Five or more years in multi-unit food operations, at director or area manager level Experience running a kitchen that cooks from raw product Recipe, SOP and food cost systems you have built yourself A record of holding quality and speed standards across several stores at once Nice to have Culinary degree or formal culinary education Experience as a head chef, including menu design at a busy fast casual Bilingual, English and Spanish. This would be a big advantage in this role Experience building teams A record of humble leadership What you can expect A family-style culture built on respect, teamwork, and humility Real ownership: Craveable Food is one of our six core values, and you're accountable for it Competitive salary, performance bonuses, and recognition for excellence A hands-on job in kitchens: long stretches standing and walking, and lifting up to 50 pounds

OUR VALUES

Run Lean:

Waste nothing. We live or die by pennies.

Care Deeply:

Respect the guest in front of you and the teammate beside you.

Clean Relentlessly:

If you see it, you own it. The restroom, the parking lot, the whole store.

Craveable Food:

Make it worth driving across town for. Every single time.

Lead Humbly:

Go first. No job is beneath us.

Stay Hungry:

Good today isn't good enough tomorrow. Ask for the harder job.