Executive Chef: Wellness-Driven Luxury Kitchen Lead

SkyBridge Luxury & Associates; Palm Springs (CA); On-site; USD 150,000 - 160,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Performance bonus

Relocation assistance

Job summary

SkyBridge Luxury & Associates seeks an Executive Chef to lead a distinctive culinary program at a luxury Palm Springs destination. The role blends fine-dining technique with Japanese-inspired cuisine, premium raw seafood, and wellness principles to create nourishing, visually refined experiences for guests.

The program serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner across multiple dining venues, including an omakase-style experience, with tailored menus for dietary needs and wellness goals.

Qualifications

• Significant leadership experience in luxury hotels/resorts or fine-dining operations.
• Executive Chef or senior leadership role in a complex culinary program.
• Expertise in sushi, sashimi, premium seafood and raw‑seafood programs.
• Strong understanding of Japanese ingredients, techniques and presentation.
• Experience with wellness/nutrition-conscious menus and plant-forward cuisine.
• Ability to deliver refined indulgence and balanced cuisine at a high level.
• Experience managing all‑day dining, private events, and customized retreats.
• Strong seafood sourcing, cold-chain integrity, and food-safety knowledge.
• Proven ability to develop chefs and build a collaborative kitchen culture.
• Excellent communication with discerning guests, senior leadership, wellness partners.
• Culinary degree preferred; California food-safety cert desired.

Responsibilities

• Provide strategic and hands-on leadership for the entire culinary operation across all meal periods and dining venues.
• Uphold the established culinary identity, recipes, techniques, and luxury‑service standards.
• Lead sushi, sashimi, crudo, and raw-seafood offerings with sourcing, fabrication, temp control, sanitation and presentation.
• Ensure wellness-oriented dishes are flavorful, sophisticated, and visually appealing.
• Collaborate with nutrition and wellness professionals to support balanced menus and guest wellbeing goals.
• Accommodate allergies and dietary needs without compromising quality.
• Contribute to seasonal menu development and local features within the culinary direction.
• Engage with guests during chef-led dinners, sushi-bar experiences, and private events.
• Recruit, mentor, and retain a high-caliber culinary team; cultivate a disciplined kitchen culture.
• Maintain rigorous mise en place standards, tasting, plating, sanitation, and service readiness.
• Maintain HACCP practices for premium seafood and cold‑chain management.
• Develop vendor relationships and uphold exacting standards for ingredients.
• Oversee labor, food cost, purchasing, inventory, and waste reduction; forecast needs.
• Partner with resort operations and guest-experience teams for fully integrated stays.
• Create customized culinary programming for private groups and retreats.
• Remain highly visible, cook, taste, teach, and lead with the team.

Skills

Executive leadership

Luxury hospitality

Wellness cuisine

Japanese cuisine

Sushi & sashimi

Guest engagement

Education

Culinary degree

Tools

HACCP systems

Budgeting tools

Job description

SkyBridge Luxury & Associates seeks an Executive Chef to lead a distinctive culinary program at a luxury Palm Springs destination. The role blends fine-dining technique with Japanese-inspired cuisine, premium raw seafood, and wellness principles to create nourishing, visually refined experiences for guests.

The program serves breakfast, lunch, and dinner across multiple dining venues, including an omakase-style experience, with tailored menus for dietary needs and wellness goals.