Executive Chef & Operating Partner—Lead & Elevate

CoreWise Workforce Strategy Partners; St. Francisville (LA); On-site; USD 70,000 - 80,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

SIMPLE IRA with 3% employer match

Job summary

CoreWise is partnering with a Louisiana hospitality client to recruit an Executive Chef & Managing Partner to lead one of its signature restaurant concepts.

This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the culture, guest experience, and the restaurant’s financial health by building a strong team, establishing standards, and implementing systems. The right candidate balances hospitality with business discipline and drives profitability.

Qualifications

• Significant culinary and restaurant leadership experience.
• Strong understanding of food cost, labor, inventory, forecasting, and profitability.
• Experience recruiting, developing, and leading high-performing restaurant teams.

Responsibilities

• Lead the day-to-day operations and overall performance of the restaurant.
• Set the culinary direction, including menu development, execution, quality, consistency, and presentation.
• Recruit, hire, train, develop, and retain a strong culinary and management team.
• Create clear standards for food quality, service, cleanliness, organization, and operational execution.
• Own financial performance, including sales, labor, food cost, inventory, purchasing, and overall P&L.
• Monitor performance closely and take action when costs, staffing, service, or execution begin moving off target.
• Build systems and accountability that allow the restaurant to operate at a consistently high level without requiring you to personally manage every detail.
• Lead regular management meetings and communicate priorities, goals, challenges, and results clearly.
• Develop managers and future leaders who can independently own their areas of the business.
• Contribute to programming, events, and guest experiences that drive traffic and keep the restaurant relevant.
• Protect and strengthen the reputation of the restaurant and the broader hospitality organization.

Skills

Executive leadership

Culinary leadership

Menu development

P&L management

Staff development

Job description

CoreWise is partnering with a Louisiana hospitality client to recruit an Executive Chef & Managing Partner to lead one of its signature restaurant concepts.

This leadership role offers the opportunity to shape the culture, guest experience, and the restaurant’s financial health by building a strong team, establishing standards, and implementing systems. The right candidate balances hospitality with business discipline and drives profitability.