Executive Chef

Potato Head; Provinsi Bali; On-site; IDR 1,400,000,000 - 2,300,000,000; Full time

Job summary

Desa Potato Head Bali invites an experienced Executive Chef to lead day-to-day culinary operations across multiple outlets on Seminyak beach. You will be hands-on, shaping menus, mentoring the culinary team and elevating food quality with Indonesian heritage and global influences.

We seek a proven leader with strong cost control, food safety standards and excellent English communication, ready to develop a diverse team in a renowned lifestyle destination.

Qualifications

• Proven experience in a high-quality or multi-outlet environment.
• Current or recent experience as Executive Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine or similar senior kitchen leadership role.
• Fluency in English essential; Indonesian language skills highly regarded.

Responsibilities

• Lead day-to-day culinary operations across multiple outlets, ensuring consistency, creativity and excellence.
• Maintain and raise standards of food quality, flavour, consistency and presentation.
• Work with the team on menus, recipes and new concepts that draw on Indonesian heritage and contemporary global influences.
• Champion local sourcing, sustainability and regenerative practices.
• Lead, coach and develop the culinary team.
• Manage food quality, costs, suppliers, inventory and kitchen standards.
• Uphold the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and regulatory compliance.

Skills

Leadership

Culinary skills

English fluency

Indonesian language

Food cost control

Job description

Executive Chef | Desa Potato Head Bali

Desa Potato Head is a creative village on Seminyak beach where design, culture, community and regeneration meet. Ranked among the World's 50 Best Hotels and recognised for its sustainability leadership, the property is home to multiple distinctive dining outlets and a renowned beach club.

We are looking for a hands-on Executive Chef who thrives being close to the food, the team and the daily operation. This is not a desk-bound role, you will spend most of your time in the kitchen and on the floor, leading the culinary team and continually elevating the food experience across the property.

What You'll Do

• Lead day-to-day culinary operations across multiple outlets, ensuring consistency, creativity and excellence
• Maintain and raise standards of food quality, flavour, consistency and presentation
• Work with the team on menus, recipes and new concepts that draw on Indonesian heritage and contemporary global influences
• Champion local sourcing, sustainability and regenerative practices
• Lead, coach and develop the culinary team
• Manage food quality, costs, suppliers, inventory and kitchen standards
• Uphold the highest standards of food safety, hygiene and regulatory compliance

What You Bring

• Proven experience in a high-quality or multi-outlet environment, ideally award-winning, chef-driven or lifestyle properties
• Current or recent experience as Executive Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine or similar senior kitchen leadership role
• Strong culinary skills across a range of cuisines and styles
• Demonstrated ability to lead, coach and develop diverse teams
• Solid understanding of food cost control, kitchen operations, commercial performance, and food safety & hygiene standards
• Fluency in English essential; Indonesian language skills highly regarded
• We particularly welcome applications from Indonesian chefs with strong international experience.

Why join us

A rare opportunity to shape the culinary identity of one of Bali's most distinctive lifestyle destinations as the company continues to grow.

About Desa Potato Head Bali

Desa Potato Head Bali is Potato Head's pioneering creative village, a constantly evolving, rooted-in-place ecosystem that blends cultural hospitality with environmental innovation. Across 225 suites and studios, Desa brings together bars and restaurants, art and design, music, wellbeing, a beach club and a range of multidisciplinary social spaces, creating a unique hospitality experience in Bali.