Executive Chef: Luxury Resort Dining & Menu Innovation

Boar's Head Resort; Charlottesville (VA); On-site; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Job summary

Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, VA, seeks an experienced Executive Chef to lead the culinary operation at Birdwood Mansion. The role oversees daily dining, catering, banquets, quality standards, and the culinary and stewarding teams, developing seasonal menus and maintaining recipes and SOPs to ensure consistency, presentation, and guest satisfaction.

The Executive Chef will manage ordering, receiving, inventory, labor cost, budgeting, payroll, and forecasting, remaining visible in

Qualifications

• Progressive culinary leadership experience in luxury dining or high-service environments.
• Experience leading culinary and stewarding teams and managing daily kitchen operations.
• Strong knowledge of food and labor cost, budgeting, and forecasting.

Responsibilities

• Lead Birdwood Mansion culinary and stewarding operations, including daily dining, catering, banquets, and special events.
• Develop seasonal menus, recipes, and SOPs to ensure consistency, quality, and presentation.
• Oversee ordering, receiving, storage, kitchen organization, and day-to-day culinary execution.
• Remain directly involved in service and adjust staffing, production, and operating plans as business needs change.
• Coordinate culinary requirements for Mansion events and banquet functions, including last-minute changes and clear direction to service teams.

Skills

Culinary leadership

Menu development

Budgeting

Team management

Guest experience

Job description

Boar’s Head Resort in Charlottesville, VA, seeks an experienced Executive Chef to lead the culinary operation at Birdwood Mansion. The role oversees daily dining, catering, banquets, quality standards, and the culinary and stewarding teams, developing seasonal menus and maintaining recipes and SOPs to ensure consistency, presentation, and guest satisfaction.

The Executive Chef will manage ordering, receiving, inventory, labor cost, budgeting, payroll, and forecasting, remaining visible in