Executive Chef - Creative!

Job Description

Job Description

Executive Chef | Confidential Search

Richmond, VA | $78,000 - $89,000

We are conducting a confidential search for a creative, hands-on Executive Chef to lead the kitchen of a successful high-volume casual/upscale Italian restaurant in the Richmond market.

This opportunity is ideal for a chef who excels in scratch cooking, team development, and menu innovation. Ownership is open to fresh ideas and menu enhancements that reflect the chef's culinary style while maintaining an approachable Italian focus.

What You'll Bring

• Executive Chef, Chef de Cuisine, or similar leadership experience
• High-volume restaurant experience
• Strong scratch-cooking background
• Proven food cost, inventory, and labor management skills
• Ability to train, mentor, and inspire kitchen teams
• Creativity and passion for menu development
• Italian cuisine experience preferred

Why This Opportunity?

• Salary: $78,000 - $89,000
• Bonus potential
• Health benefits
• Paid vacation
• Excellent quality of life and work/life balance
• Stable ownership and long-term career growth
• Opportunity to make a real culinary impact

Confidential Search

All inquiries and resumes will be held in the strictest confidence.

Please send your resume and a brief summary of your culinary style to:

Tom Bull
View email address on ziprecruiter.com

Gecko Hospitality, named to Forbes list of America’s Best Recruiting Firms, offers the largest selection of restaurants, catering, grocery store, corporate dining, senior living, healthcare foodservice, K-12 foodservice, and higher education foodservice positions. Our hospitality-exclusive team covers all 50 states and Canada and offers professional placement services with over 120 dedicated hospitality experts.

With Gecko's extensive list of hospitality recruiter services, we get you and your resume in front of the hospitality industry's leading decision-makers! Better yet, Gecko has exceptional national, regional, and local relationships and is well respected in the hospitality industry for enhancing hospitality careers.

Our national network consists of 80 regional offices driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. From fast food to fine dining and grocery stores to senior living, Gecko recruits chef and management positions for all facets of the hospitality industry. Gecko boasts generations of hospitality recruiting experience, consisting of over 1,900 collective years, that furthers the careers of those seeking professional management positions. Contact us today and we will get you in touch with one of our experts to discuss your opportunities.

Company Description

Gecko Hospitality, named to Forbes list of America’s Best Recruiting Firms, offers the largest selection of restaurants, catering, grocery store, corporate dining, senior living, healthcare foodservice, K-12 foodservice, and higher education foodservice positions. Our hospitality-exclusive team covers all 50 states and Canada and offers professional placement services with over 120 dedicated hospitality experts.\r\rWith Gecko's extensive list of hospitality recruiter services, we get you and your resume in front of the hospitality industry's leading decision-makers! Better yet, Gecko has exceptional national, regional, and local relationships and is well respected in the hospitality industry for enhancing hospitality careers.\r\rOur national network consists of 80 regional offices driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. From fast food to fine dining and grocery stores to senior living, Gecko recruits chef and management positions for all facets of the hospitality industry. Gecko boasts generations of hospitality recruiting experience, consisting of over 1,900 collective years, that furthers the careers of those seeking professional management positions. Contact us today and we will get you in touch with one of our experts to discuss your opportunities.