Executive Chef P Hospitality

Eddie & Vinny's Coastal Italian; Florida; On-site; USD 90,000 - 150,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Employee discounts

Paid time off

Opportunity for advancement

Job summary

P Hospitality is seeking an Executive Chef for its growing South Florida operations, including Eddie & Vinny's Coastal Italian and other concepts. As departmental leader, you will guide menu development, food and labor cost management, and oversee staffing and training.

Reporting to Hospitality ownership and working with the General Manager, you will ensure food safety, quality, and consistent execution across shifts while building a positive, high-performance kitchen culture.

Qualifications

• Proven experience as an Executive Chef, Head Chef, or Sous Chef ready to step up, ideally in a full-service restaurant.
• Superior technical culinary skills and a genuine passion for great food.
• Strong business acumen—demonstrated ability to manage food and labor costs to budget.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Working knowledge of kitchen operations, inventory systems, and purchasing.
• Thorough understanding of food safety and sanitation standards; Florida State Food Handling certification preferred.
• Culinary degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Create and develop menus, daily specials, and special-event offerings, staying current on food and restaurant trends.
• Own food and labor costs—budgeting, monitoring, purchasing, inventory, and portion control to achieve target margins.
• Hire, train, schedule, and supervise the kitchen team, fostering a positive, high-performance culture.
• Maintain the highest standards of food quality, presentation, and consistency across every shift.
• Ensure full compliance with sanitation, health, and safety regulations, including a current food-handler certification.
• Oversee kitchen equipment maintenance, cleanliness, and energy conservation.
• Represent the restaurant at press, community, and charity events as time allows.

Skills

Leadership

Culinary skills

Budgeting

Food safety

Inventory management

Team-building

Education

Culinary degree or equivalent

Tools

Inventory systems

Purchasing

Job description

Benefits:

• Competitive salary
• Employee discounts
• Health insurance
• Opportunity for advancement
• Paid time off

P Hospitality is a growing, family-built hospitality group based in South Florida. Founded by Eddie and Christina Pozzuoli—who met at Florida Gulf Coast University and fell in love with the restaurant business while expanding Eddie's family restaurant in Coral Springs. The company was created as the heartbeat of a growing portfolio of distinctive dining concepts. The team operates and develops restaurants across South Florida, including Prezzo, Amante’s, Corvina Seafood Grill, Eddie & Vinny's, Dear Olivia, and the exciting new Ember & Vine. Each concept has its own personality, but all share the same heart.

Our mission is simple: we create moments that matter. Guided by our ethos—Passion, Purpose, People—we build places where guests make memories and team members build careers, not just jobs. We set the bar high, not only for the service we deliver but for how we treat one another.

Position Objective:

The Executive Chef is the departmental leader of the kitchen and, as needed, a working chef. Reporting to Hospitality / Ownership and working closely with the General Manager, the Chef is responsible for menu development, food and labor cost management, kitchen staffing and training, food safety, and the overall quality and consistency of everything that leaves the kitchen.

Essential Duties and Responsibilities:

• Create and develop menus, daily specials, and special-event offerings, staying current on food and restaurant trends.
• Own food and labor costs—budgeting, monitoring, purchasing, inventory, and portion control to achieve target margins.
• Hire, train, schedule, and supervise the kitchen team, fostering a positive, high-performance culture.
• Maintain the highest standards of food quality, presentation, and consistency across every shift.
• Ensure full compliance with sanitation, health, and safety regulations, including a current food-handler certification.
• Oversee kitchen equipment maintenance, cleanliness, and energy conservation.
• Represent the restaurant at press, community, and charity events as time allows.

Requirements:

• Proven experience as an Executive Chef, Head Chef, or Sous Chef ready to step up, ideally in a full-service restaurant.
• Superior technical culinary skills and a genuine passion for great food.
• Strong business acumen—demonstrated ability to manage food and labor costs to budget.
• Excellent leadership, communication, and team-building skills.
• Working knowledge of kitchen operations, inventory systems, and purchasing.
• Thorough understanding of food safety and sanitation standards; current (or ability to obtain) Florida State Food Handling certification.
• Culinary degree or equivalent professional experience preferred.
• Ability to work a flexible schedule, including evenings, weekends, and holidays.

P Hospitality or its affiliates is an Equal Opportunity Employer. We are committed to providing equal employment opportunities to all employees and applicants and prohibit discrimination and harassment of any kind. All employment decisions are based on qualifications, merit, and business needs, without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, genetic information, pregnancy, veteran or military status, or any other characteristic protected by applicable federal, state, or local law. This policy applies to all terms and conditions of employment, including recruiting, hiring, placement, promotion, termination, compensation, and training.