Restaurants Culinary - Executive Chef
Brand Head Chef
Saudi Arabia - Riyadh
Food People are looking for a strategic and culinary-minded Brand Head Chef to lead the expansion of a casual dining concept across Saudi Arabia.
- Rapidly expanding casual dining concept
- Leading the existing sites whilst supporting the continued business growth
- Based in Riyadh
Food People are looking for a strategic and culinary-minded Brand Head Chef to lead the expansion of a casual dining concept across Saudi Arabia. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on translating brand vision into operational and culinary excellence.
Key Responsibilities
• Oversee all culinary operations across current and future outlets in Saudi Arabia.
• Provide leadership to Head Chefs and kitchen teams.
• Translate brand guidelines and recipes into local execution with a focus on quality and consistency.
• Collaborate with brand stakeholders to ensure alignment with the brand identity and innovation.
• Support the growth roadmap by building scalable culinary SOPs and kitchen workflows.
• Adapt and refine menus to fit the brand identity and local customer preferences.
• Drive kitchen team development and recruitment planning across sites.
• Champion kitchen standards, food safety, hygiene, and cost control.
Key Ingredients
• Strong multi-site culinary leadership experience, ideally in casual dining or premium casual dining formats.
• Familiar with franchise operations and brand compliance.
• Ability to balance creativity with execution – not just replicate, but elevate brand identity.
• Strong planning and operational mindset to support rapid growth.
• Excellent communication skills to engage with franchise partners, team members, and stakeholders.
Please note, only candidates with relevant experience will be contacted to discuss the position in more detail.