Traveling Executive Chef — High-Volume Fine Dining Leader

Sharp Spoon Network; Biloxi (MS); Vor Ort; USD 63.000 - 77.000; Vollzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Lodging provided during deployments

Company-paid travel

Monthly incentive program

Zusammenfassung

Sharp Spoon Network is seeking Traveling Executive Chefs to lead 1,000+ meal services with fine-dining standards across the United States. This is a working chef role, combining hands-on cooking with strategic leadership of large culinary teams.

Expect a base salary of $70,000 per year plus a monthly performance incentive, lodging provided during deployments, and company-paid travel. Candidates must have 10+ years as an Executive Chef and proven high-volume, high-quality production.

Qualifikationen

• 10+ years holding the actual Executive Chef title.
• 1,000+ meals produced during ONE meal service.
• Leadership of at least 30 kitchen employees.
• Fewer than four employers during the past ten years.
• Substantial hands-on professional cooking and culinary leadership experience.
• Demonstrated experience delivering fine-dining or comparable upscale culinary quality.
• Strong scratch-cooking skills, menu development, recipe execution, and food presentation.
• Direct responsibility for purchasing, inventory, staffing, scheduling, food costs, labor costs, and kitchen operations.
• Willingness to travel nationwide for extended assignments.

Aufgaben

• Lead production of 1,000+ meals during individual meal services.
• Develop and execute menus reflecting fine-dining or comparable upscale culinary standards.
• Maintain excellent flavor, seasoning, texture, freshness, temperature, and presentation across large-scale production.
• Direct scratch cooking, ingredient preparation, professional cooking techniques, and large-batch recipe execution.
• Scale recipes without compromising ingredient quality, culinary technique, or finished-product consistency.
• Establish tasting, quality-control, and presentation standards throughout preparation and service.
• Personally evaluate food quality and correct deficiencies before meals reach guests.
• Train cooks to reproduce quality-focused dishes consistently across hundreds or thousands of portions.
• Balance production speed, operational efficiency, and food quality without treating quality as expendable.
• Adapt sophisticated culinary techniques to high-volume production equipment and operating conditions.

Kenntnisse

Executive Chef

Culinary Leadership

High-Volume Cooking

Menu Development

Quality Assurance

Staff Training

Food Cost Control

Jobbeschreibung

Sharp Spoon Network is seeking Traveling Executive Chefs to lead 1,000+ meal services with fine-dining standards across the United States. This is a working chef role, combining hands-on cooking with strategic leadership of large culinary teams.

Expect a base salary of $70,000 per year plus a monthly performance incentive, lodging provided during deployments, and company-paid travel. Candidates must have 10+ years as an Executive Chef and proven high-volume, high-quality production.