Executive Chef - 5 Star Hotel in Dubai, UAE
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About the Role
The Talent Hub is recruiting an Executive Chef for a prestigious 5-star hotel in Dubai. The role involves leading culinary operations across multiple outlets, developing innovative menus, managing budgets, and ensuring food quality and safety.
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Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership across all culinary operations, including restaurants, lounges, banquets and in room dining
- Develop innovative menus that reflect current culinary trends while maintaining the hotel's brand standards
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of chefs and kitchen colleagues to achieve exceptional performance
- Ensure the highest standards of food quality, presentation, consistency, hygiene, and guest satisfaction
- Manage kitchen budgets, food costs, labour costs, purchasing, and inventory to maximise profitability
- Maintain full compliance with HACCP, food safety regulations, and local health authority requirements
- Collaborate closely with Food & Beverage, Sales, and Events teams to create memorable guest experiences
- Drive continuous improvement through creativity, training, and operational excellence
Requirements
- Previous experience as an Executive Chef within a 5 star hotel or internationally recognised hospitality brand
- Strong background managing multiple dining outlets and banquet operations
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to develop high performing culinary teams
- Excellent financial acumen, including food cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and menu engineering
- Thorough understanding of HACCP and food safety standards
- Strong communication and organisational skills
- International culinary experience is highly desirable
- Degree or diploma in Culinary Arts or Hospitality Management preferred
Full Job Posting
Overview
- The Talent Hub is partnering with a prestigious 5 star hotel in Dubai to recruit an exceptional Executive Chef who is passionate about culinary excellence, innovation, and delivering world class dining experiences.
- This is an exciting opportunity for a seasoned hospitality professional to lead multiple culinary operations within one of Dubai's renowned hotel environments.
Key Responsibilities
- Provide strategic leadership across all culinary operations, including restaurants, lounges, banquets and in room dining.
- Develop innovative menus that reflect current culinary trends while maintaining the hotel's brand standards.
- Lead, mentor, and inspire a diverse team of chefs and kitchen colleagues to achieve exceptional performance.
- Ensure the highest standards of food quality, presentation, consistency, hygiene, and guest satisfaction.
- Manage kitchen budgets, food costs, labour costs, purchasing, and inventory to maximise profitability.
- Maintain full compliance with HACCP, food safety regulations, and local health authority requirements.
- Collaborate closely with Food & Beverage, Sales, and Events teams to create memorable guest experiences.
- Drive continuous improvement through creativity, training, and operational excellence.
Requirements
- Previous experience as an Executive Chef within a 5 star hotel or internationally recognised hospitality brand.
- Strong background managing multiple dining outlets and banquet operations.
- Proven leadership skills with the ability to develop high performing culinary teams.
- Excellent financial acumen, including food cost control, budgeting, forecasting, and menu engineering.
- Thorough understanding of HACCP and food safety standards.
- Strong communication and organisational skills.
- International culinary experience is highly desirable.
- Degree or diploma in Culinary Arts or Hospitality Management preferred.
What's on Offer
- Basic Salary: AED 29,000
- Housing Allowance: AED 9,000 or Two Bedroom Apartment
- Transport Allowance: AED 1200
- Family package for spouse and up to two children.
- Performance based annual bonus.
- Opportunity to join a prestigious hospitality brand.
- Career development within a world class hotel environment.
- Dynamic and multicultural workplace in the heart of Dubai.
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