Corporate Chef Job at Private Listing, New York, NY

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  • Private Listing
  • New York, NY

Job Description

Corporate Executive Chef

Multi-Unit Restaurant Group | New York CityOverview

A well-established, high-volume restaurant group operating 7-10 Restaurants with 3 additional openings planned in the next year is seeking a Corporate Executive Chef to lead culinary strategy and execution across all units. The group generates significant annual revenue and is entering a phase of growth, refinement, and operational discipline.

This is a hands-on leadership role requiring deep experience in multi-unit operations, menu development, team building, and cost management, while maintaining high culinary standards at scale.

Responsibilities

Culinary Leadership & Strategy

  • Oversee all culinary operations across existing and future locations

  • Streamline and optimize menus for consistency, profitability, and scalability

  • Develop new menu items and seasonal offerings aligned with brand positioning

  • Establish and maintain food quality, presentation, and execution standards

Menu Development & Rollouts

  • Create structured processes for testing, approving, and rolling out new menu items

  • Partner with operations to ensure smooth implementation across all locations

  • Train culinary teams on new dishes, recipes, and execution standards

New Store Openings

  • Lead culinary planning and execution for new restaurant openings

  • Design opening menus and kitchen workflows

  • Build opening BOH teams, including management and line staff

  • Oversee pre-opening training, soft openings, and launch support

Team Development & Management

  • Recruit, hire, and develop culinary leadership

  • Build standardized training programs for BOH teams

  • Work closely with chefs at each location to ensure alignment and accountability

  • Foster a strong culture of professionalism, consistency, and growth

Cost Control & Operational Excellence

  • Maintain food cost, labor cost, and purchasing discipline across all locations

  • Collaborate with finance and operations on budgeting and forecasting

  • Optimize recipes, yields, and prep processes to improve margins

  • Partner with vendors and sourcing teams to ensure quality and cost efficiency

Cross-Functional Collaboration

  • Work closely with operations, leadership, and ownership

  • Support brand evolution while protecting core identity

  • Serve as the primary culinary representative at the executive level

Qualifications
  • 10+ years of professional culinary experience

  • Proven success managing high-volume, full-service restaurants

  • Strong background in menu development, execution, and standardization

  • Demonstrated ability to control food cost and labor cost at scale

  • Extensive experience hiring, training, and developing BOH teams

  • Hands-on leader comfortable working in kitchens regularly

  • Experience with new restaurant openings highly preferred

  • Strong organizational, communication, and leadership skills

Ideal Candidate Profile
  • Strategic thinker with an operator’s mindset

  • Comfortable balancing creativity with financial discipline

  • Thrives in fast-paced, growth-oriented environments

  • Detail-oriented, structured, and process-driven

  • Respected leader who can motivate and develop teams

Location & Travel
  • Based in New York City

  • Regular travel between locations required

Compensation
  • Competitive compensation

  • Performance-based incentives

  • Benefits package commensurate with experience

Job Tags

Full time, Seasonal work,

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