Executive Chef

Gecko Hospitality; Kentucky; On-site; USD 70,000 - 120,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Competitive compensation

Insurance Benefits

401(K)

Paid Time Off

Thorough and Ongoing Training

Job summary

Gecko Hospitality invites applications for an Executive Chef role in Cincinnati, OH. The Executive Chef will lead a polished culinary team, set high standards, and ensure superb tasting menus while upholding strict food safety guidelines.

The successful candidate will manage costs, develop staff, and drive culinary excellence with strong vendor relations and P&L understanding. This is a dynamic leadership opportunity in a competitive hospitality market.

Qualifications

• 3–5 years of high-volume kitchen management experience.
• Experience creating a safe work environment with teamwork and professional development.
• Proven cost control across food, labor and beverage to run a profitable operation.
• Ability to handle stress in a productive way.
• Ability to delegate while maintaining control.

Responsibilities

• Lead a team of culinary professionals and set high standards.
• Produce great tasting food while following strict food safety guidelines.
• Communicate with vendors to obtain fresh ingredients at best prices.
• Perform cost analysis and contribute to P&L management.

Skills

High-volume kitchen management

Team leadership & development

Cost control (food, labor, beverage)

Stress management

Delegation

Job description

Executive Chef

Upscale Casual Theme

Are you an Executive Chef passionate about your culinary skills? Our Company is searching for a Professional Executive Chef to lead a polished culinary staff. To become the Executive Chef of this establishment, apply today for our location in Cincinnati, Ohio. We employ hospitality professionals who are competitive, expect to win and can build sales. We are a great company for talented Culinary Professionals to make their mark! Don't miss this fresh, exciting and rewarding career opportunity as an Executive Chef in Cincinnati, Ohio.

Title of Position – Executive Chef

Job Description: The Executive Chef will lead a team full of culinary professionals, set high standards, and produce great tasting food, all while following strict food safety guidelines. Our Executive Chef needs to be extremely motivated, hardworking, energetic, experienced and fully capable of leading a group of culinary experts. The right candidate will support the culinary development of their team to ensure menu items are executed with excellence all the time. Along with team building and motivating, the person in this position must be able to communicate effectively with vendors to obtain the freshest ingredients at the best prices possible, can perform cost analysis and have a firm understanding of P&L management.

Benefits:

• Competitive Compensation


• Insurance Benefits


• 401(K)


• Paid Time Off


• Thorough and Ongoing Training

Qualifications:

• The Executive Chef must possess 3-5 years high-volume Kitchen Management experience


• Proven experience creating a safe work environment incorporating teamwork and professional development is necessary for the Executive Chef


• The Executive Chef must have proven success in controlling of costs associated with running a profitable business such as food, labor and beverage


• The ability to handle stress in a productive way is a must for the Executive Chef


• The Executive Chef must have the ability to delegate while maintaining control

Company Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout the United States have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its Clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals. Voted Forbes best recruitment firm since 2018.

Our national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.

At Gecko Hospitality, we are passionate about making sure that every member of our recruiting team is familiar with our philosophies. In the same way that we learn about people when developing relationships and friendships, we want our people to have a sense of Gecko Hospitality's values and insight into our company's "personality." With this insight comes a greater understanding of how values "fit" with Gecko Hospitality's values, why we do things the way we do as well as providing a basis for making decisions that are appropriate to those values. We all play a part in