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Executive Chef | Upscale Scratch Italian | Fort Lauderdale, FL
What you’ll do
- Lead daily kitchen operations across lunch, dinner, weekend brunch, and private events.
- Oversee fresh pasta production from dough and shaping through cooking and plating.
- Hire, coach, and develop the kitchen team, with a focus on preparing sous chefs to lead shifts independently.
- Own food and labor costs, purchasing, inventory, vendor relationships, and waste control.
- Partner with front-of-house leadership to keep service running smoothly and uphold food quality and safety standards.
What you’ll bring
- At least three years as an Executive Chef or Chef de Cuisine in a high-volume, upscale or polished-casual full-service restaurant.
- Hands-on experience making fresh pasta from scratch and training a team to produce it consistently at volume. High-end scratch Italian experience is preferred. Scratch Mediterranean experience with comparable fresh pasta expertise will be considered.
- Experience leading a sizable kitchen team, developing sous chefs, and managing food and labor costs.
- A polished, positive leadership style, a steady presence during busy service, and a track record of stable tenure in recent leadership roles.
- Availability to work in Fort Lauderdale or willingness to relocate to the area.
JOB ID: 183703
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Charilynn McKennedy