Restaurants Executive Chef
Head Chef
United Arab Emirates - Dubai
About the Job
We are looking for an experienced Head Chef to lead a high-volume premium casual dining kitchen in Dubai. This is a hands-on leadership role focused on operational excellence, consistency, team development and delivering high-quality Mediterranean-inspired cuisine.
Key Responsibilities
• Lead the day-to-day kitchen operation within a high-volume restaurant environment.
• Deliver consistently high standards of food quality, presentation and execution.
• Lead from the front and remain actively involved throughout service.
• Manage, coach and develop a diverse kitchen team, creating a respectful, disciplined and collaborative working environment.
• Ensure established recipes, processes and operating standards are consistently followed.
• Take ownership of food cost, wastage and kitchen controls.
• Manage supplier relationships while supporting purchasing, stock management and inventory controls.
• Maintain exceptional standards of hygiene, cleanliness and kitchen organisation.
• Maintain effective communication between the kitchen, operations and front-of-house teams.
• Maintain a professional presence within an open-kitchen environment.
• Support the onboarding, training and development of kitchen team members as operations grow.
• Deliver consistently high standards of food quality, presentation and execution.
• Lead from the front and remain actively involved throughout service.
• Manage, coach and develop a diverse kitchen team, creating a respectful, disciplined and collaborative working environment.
• Ensure established recipes, processes and operating standards are consistently followed.
• Take ownership of food cost, wastage and kitchen controls.
• Manage supplier relationships while supporting purchasing, stock management and inventory controls.
• Maintain exceptional standards of hygiene, cleanliness and kitchen organisation.
• Maintain effective communication between the kitchen, operations and front-of-house teams.
• Maintain a professional presence within an open-kitchen environment.
• Support the onboarding, training and development of kitchen team members as operations grow.
Key Ingredients
• Previous experience as a Head Chef or accomplished Senior Sous Chef within quality-driven, high-volume standalone restaurants.
• Strong experience with Mediterranean and/or Italian cuisine.
• Proven ability to manage significant service volumes without compromising food quality or consistency.
• Strong operational, organisational and kitchen-management capabilities.
• Commercial understanding of food cost, wastage, purchasing and supplier management.
• Strong people leadership, coaching and team-development skills.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to support and develop the team during service.
• Calm and composed under pressure, with a collaborative and approachable management style.
• Strong experience with Mediterranean and/or Italian cuisine.
• Proven ability to manage significant service volumes without compromising food quality or consistency.
• Strong operational, organisational and kitchen-management capabilities.
• Commercial understanding of food cost, wastage, purchasing and supplier management.
• Strong people leadership, coaching and team-development skills.
• Hands-on leadership style with the ability to support and develop the team during service.
• Calm and composed under pressure, with a collaborative and approachable management style.
Please note, only candidates with relevant experience will be contacted to discuss the position in more detail.