Head Chef San Diego, CA

Eatsul; San Diego (CA); Hybrid; USD 70,000 - 110,000; Full time

Job summary

Eatsul is building the future of food — making personalized meals scalable through technology and automation. We’re looking for a Head Chef to own day-to-day kitchen operations and help us build a highly consistent, efficient, and scalable food production process.

This role is ideal for someone who is a strong cook but also thinks systematically — someone who cares about measuring, standardizing, improving processes, and producing the same high-quality product every time.

Qualifications

• Strong cooking and kitchen fundamentals.
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented.
• Comfortable using technology and learning new systems.
• Comfortable working from precise recipes, measurements, and processes.

Responsibilities

• Lead daily food prep and production.
• Maintain consistency, quality, and presentation across every meal.
• Follow and improve standardized recipes and preparation procedures.
• Accurately weigh and measure ingredients.
• Use our kitchen technology and production tools.
• Manage prep schedules, inventory, and ingredient organization.
• Reduce waste and identify opportunities to improve efficiency.
• Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe kitchen.
• Help train and oversee additional kitchen staff as we grow.

Skills

Strong cooking

Kitchen fundamentals

Organized

Detail-oriented

Tech-savvy

Precise measurements

Job description

sul is building the future of food — making personalized meals scalable through technology and automation.

We’re looking for a Head Chef to own day-to-day kitchen operations and help us build a highly consistent, efficient, and scalable food production process.

This role is ideal for someone who is a strong cook but also thinks systematically — someone who cares about measuring, standardizing, improving processes, and producing the same high-quality product every time.

What You’ll Own

• Lead daily food prep and production
• Maintain consistency, quality, and presentation across every meal
• Follow and improve standardized recipes and preparation procedures
• Accurately weigh and measure ingredients
• Use our kitchen technology and production tools
• Manage prep schedules, inventory, and ingredient organization
• Reduce waste and identify opportunities to improve efficiency
• Maintain a clean, organized, and food-safe kitchen
• Help train and oversee additional kitchen staff as we grow

Who We’re Looking For

• Strong cooking and kitchen fundamentals
• Extremely organized and detail-oriented
• Comfortable using technology and learning new systems
• Comfortable working from precise recipes, measurements, and processes
• Able to work independently and take ownership of kitchen operations
• Reliable and consistent
• Comfortable working in a fast-moving startup environment
• Interested in improving how things are done, not just following existing processes

Previous experience leading a kitchen, meal-prep operation, catering operation, or high-volume food production environment is strongly preferred.