Executive Chef - Global Cuisine & High-Volume Kitchens

Rawaj HCM Jobs; Riyadh; On-site; SAR 360,000 - 600,000; Full time

Job summary

Rawaj HCM Jobs is seeking an Executive Chef to lead the culinary function across restaurants, central production kitchens, and catering projects in Saudi Arabia. You will drive menu innovation, ensure top-class food safety standards, and build high-performing kitchen teams in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to deliver consistent quality across diverse formats, from outlets to large-scale events.

Qualifications

• Degree or Diploma in Culinary Arts, Hospitality Management, or a related discipline.
• Professional culinary certifications are highly preferred.
• Minimum 8 years of progressive experience in senior culinary leadership roles.
• Strong experience within restaurants, hospitality, catering, cloud kitchens, or large-scale food service operations.
• Proven expertise in international cuisines, high-volume food production, banquet operations, and corporate or institutional catering.
• Strong knowledge of food safety regulations, HACCP, SFDA requirements, hygiene standards, and quality assurance practices.

Responsibilities

• Lead culinary operations across all restaurants and catering projects to ensure high-quality international cuisine.
• Oversee menu planning, recipe development, food presentation standards, and product innovation.
• Manage production planning, kitchen operations, labour scheduling, inventory control, and procurement coordination.
• Ensure compliance with SFDA regulations, HACCP, hygiene standards, and quality policies.
• Monitor food cost, gross margins, waste control, and kitchen profitability.
• Develop and standardise recipes, procedures, and quality assurance across brands and catering operations.
• Lead culinary planning for corporate, governmental, hospitality, and event catering projects.
• Drive continuous improvement in kitchen operations, workflows, equipment utilisation, and efficiency.
• Build and develop the culinary organisation, including staffing, succession planning, and capability development.
• Lead transformation initiatives focused on operational excellence, innovation, scalability, and continuous improvement.
• Establish scalable culinary systems and production standards for high-growth business.
• Partner with executive management on strategy, new concepts, expansion, and client experience.
• Manage supplier relationships and procurement to ensure cost efficiency and quality.
• Mentor and inspire kitchen teams, fostering accountability, collaboration, and culinary excellence.
• Support new openings, catering mobilisations, client presentations, tastings, and audits.

Skills

Executive leadership

Menu engineering

Food cost control

HACCP SFDA compliance

Culinary innovation

Staff development

High-volume production

Quality assurance

Education

Degree in Culinary Arts

Job description

Rawaj HCM Jobs is seeking an Executive Chef to lead the culinary function across restaurants, central production kitchens, and catering projects in Saudi Arabia. You will drive menu innovation, ensure top-class food safety standards, and build high-performing kitchen teams in a fast-paced hospitality environment.

The role requires hands-on leadership, strong commercial acumen, and the ability to deliver consistent quality across diverse formats, from outlets to large-scale events.