Executive Chef

Executive ChefPrivately owned, high-volume fine dining restaurantConfidential search - location in Jersey Shore, NJCheck below to see if you have what is needed for this opportunity, and if so, make an application asap.CompensationCompetitive base plus a structured bonus plan. Medical benefits.About the restaurantPrivately-owned restaurant doing serious volume: up to 600 covers a day in peak season. The owners invest in the staff and the guest, not in squeezing every point. The kitchen still has to hit quality, ticket time, and cost. This is a restaurant job, not a hotel or corporate dining job.The roleFull charge of the kitchen. You own the food, the line, the schedule, the ordering discipline, and the standard. About 90–95% of the menu can be yours; a short list of house items stays. World cuisine is welcome if the plate is consistent and the station can execute it at volume.You willRun daily kitchen operations at high volumeRaise and hold food quality, plating, and ticket timesOrganize the team: stations, prep, specials, private dining, and schedulingManage food cost and labor cost without starving the plate or the crewWrite and cost recipes; train to spec; stop portion and recipe drift on the lineMaintain equipment and a clean, accountable kitchenCoach cooks; keep people; replace who will not meet the standardWork with ownership on the floor - they still walk the kitchenYou areExecutive Chef or strong CDC from a high-volume restaurant, not rooms F&BOrganized. Detail-oriented. Present on busy nightsAble to cook and lead - not a clipboard-only chefComfortable with menu freedom inside a house that already worksDirect on quality without burning the culture the owners care aboutThis is notA hotel chef role, a corporate multi-unit desk, or a trial to "see how it goes." Full kitchen authority. Restaurant pedigree only.How to applyMessage or apply through this listing. Do not contact the restaurant. xhyhwjd Qualified candidates get the location, volume detail, and interview process (resumes and write-ups to ownership; finals on site).