Corporate Chef – Upscale Italian Restaurant Group
$110,000 - $150,000 + Bonus
This highly regarded, multi-location hospitality group is seeking an experienced Corporate Chef to lead culinary standards, R&D, and execution quality across its portfolio of chef-driven restaurants, offering strong compensation, collaborative support, and long-term growth potential.
About the Company:
- Award-winning San Francisco restaurant group known for its refined approach to modern Italian cuisine and exceptional hospitality
- Multi-location group offering event spaces from private dining rooms to full venue buyouts
What We Offer You:
- Medical, Dental, and Vision insurance
- PTO and vacation
- 401k options
- Bonus eligible
- Dining discounts
- Commuter benefits and travel stipend
Your Role with the Company:
- Define, elevate, and maintain culinary standards across all concepts, ensuring consistency in technique, seasoning, presentation, and overall execution
- Lead recipe development, R&D initiatives, and seasonal menu evolution while preserving each concept’s unique brand identity
- Create, document, and standardize recipes and culinary systems that are technically sound and executable at scale
- Conduct regular tastings, kitchen walkthroughs, and audits to sustain consistency and uphold excellence
- Provide hands-on leadership in kitchens, stepping into service as needed to support openings, transitions, high-volume periods, or quality resets.
- Mentor, coach, and develop Chef de Cuisines and senior culinary leaders, building strong culinary benches across the portfolio
- Oversee and support offsite and special event culinary execution, ensuring restaurant-level standards translate seamlessly beyond the four walls
- Partner cross-functionally with Operations and Finance to align menu strategy with cost targets, operational feasibility, and profitability goals
- Champion food safety, sanitation, and back-of-house organization standards across all locations
Your Qualifications:
- 6+ years of progressive culinary leadership experience, preferred Corporate Chef or Culinary Director experience, including a strong fine-dining foundation and classical technical training
- Proven experience overseeing culinary standards across multiple kitchens or concepts, with the ability to scale systems while preserving brand integrity
- Demonstrated strength in recipe development, menu innovation, and disciplined technical execution
- Hands-on leadership style with the ability and willingness to step into service, support events, and lead from the front when needed
- Prior experience as a Corporate Chef or Culinary Director within a chef-driven or founder-led restaurant group; exposure to offsite events, catering, or special culinary projects is highly valued
EOE – EQUAL OPPORTUNITY EMPLOYER
