Executive Chef - Asian & Western, Multi-Outlet Leader

LSE ATTRUS SDN. BHD.; Kuala Lumpur; On-site; MYR 180,000 - 300,000; Full time

Job summary

LSE Attrus Sdn Bhd, a rapidly expanding F&B group in Malaysia, seeks an Executive Chef to provide strategic culinary leadership across brands and outlets. The role emphasizes menu development, cost control, and high-quality kitchen operations with a strong focus on people leadership and food safety.

You will lead culinary strategy, drive innovation, support new outlet openings, and ensure consistency and excellence across all venues with hands-on leadership when required.

Qualifications

• Willing to work in Johor Bahru.
• Minimum 10 years professional culinary experience, including at least 5 years in a senior leadership role.
• Proven experience managing culinary operations across multiple restaurant outlets.
• Strong expertise in Asian cuisine: Nanyang, Malaysian kopitiam, local heritage or related regional cuisine.
• Experience in menu development, recipe standardization, product innovation, and multi-outlet quality control.
• Ability to lead large kitchen teams in a fast-paced, multi-outlet environment.
• Strong leadership, communication, coaching, problem-solving and stakeholder-management skills.
• Commercially minded, results-oriented, balancing culinary creativity with operational and financial performance.
• Experience in restaurant expansion, new outlet openings, kitchen setup and pre-opening operations is a plus.
• Passionate about culinary innovation, operational excellence, and people development.

Responsibilities

• Lead culinary direction across the assigned restaurant brands and outlets.
• Establish and maintain high standards of food quality, taste, consistency, presentation, and customer satisfaction.
• Develop and standardise recipes, preparation methods, kitchen SOPs, portion sizes, and plating standards.
• Lead menu planning, product development, seasonal offerings, and new product launches.
• Manage food costing, gross profit margins, inventory levels, portion control, yield, and waste reduction.
• Work closely with procurement, stock management, and cost-control teams.
• Build a high-performance kitchen culture centred on accountability and continuous improvement.
• Coach and develop Head Chefs and kitchen teams; support succession planning.
• Ensure full compliance with food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and workplace safety standards.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Menu development

Multi-outlet ops

Food cost control

Team leadership

Food safety

Pre-opening ops

Cost optimization

Kitchen standards

Job description

LSE Attrus Sdn Bhd, a rapidly expanding F&B group in Malaysia, seeks an Executive Chef to provide strategic culinary leadership across brands and outlets. The role emphasizes menu development, cost control, and high-quality kitchen operations with a strong focus on people leadership and food safety.

You will lead culinary strategy, drive innovation, support new outlet openings, and ensure consistency and excellence across all venues with hands-on leadership when required.