Chef de Cuisine

Chef de Cuisine — Joon (Tysons Corner, VA)Joon is an elevated modern Persian restaurant in Tysons Corner — New York Times Top 50, Washingtonian readers' Best Restaurant in Virginia, and a 2026 RAMMY finalist for Upscale Casual Restaurant of the Year. We're looking for a Chef de Cuisine to run our kitchen day to day and help push the food program forward.What you'll doOwn daily kitchen execution: line performance, ticket times, plate consistency, station standardsLead, schedule, and develop the BOH team; hold the standard on cleanliness and food safetyManage ordering, inventory, prep pars, and waste; hit food cost and labor targetsPartner on menu development, seasonal changes, and R&D for à la carte, restaurant week, and private eventsWork closely with ownership and our executive chef on the direction of the programWhat we're looking for3+ years as a CDC or strong Sous ready to step up, in a high-volume, quality-driven kitchenComfort with scratch cooking, whole-animal and produce-forward prepReal numbers literacy — you can read a P&L line and adjustCuriosity about Persian and Middle Easter cuisine; direct experience not required, respect for it isServSafe certified or willing to certify; bilingual English/Spanish a plusWhat we offer$80,000-$85,000 salary, plus up to $20,000 in incentive bases bonuses. Our BOH Leaders qualified for a $5,000 bonus in the second quarter of this year. PTO and dining compsClosed Mondays — a real day off, plus a second day off that is typically on Tuesday.A growing group with room to move upSend a résumé and a short note about the best thing you've cooked this year to View email address on click.appcast.io. Confidential inquiries welcome.