Executive Chef / Director - Culinary Operations & Product

Multi-Brand | Central Kitchen | NPD-Led Scale

Location: Primary Kitchen Hub + Travel Across Outlets

Experience: 15-20+ years

Employment Type: Full time

Reporting to: Founder / Leadership Team

About the Role

We are building a multi-brand, multi-outlet food platform operating through central kitchens and outlets across formats (cloud kitchens, bulk, institutional, and retail delivery).

This is a leadership role owning both Culinary Operations and New Product Development (NPD).

The role goes beyond running kitchens, it is about building systems, standardising execution, and scaling food quality consistently across brands and outlets.

As the business grows, a team will be built under this role, while this position continues to own overall direction, standards, and outcomes.

Key Responsibilities

Culinary Operations & Standardisation
- Lead end-to-end kitchen operations across central kitchens and multiple outlets
- Ensure consistent taste, portioning, yields, and presentation across all brands
- Drive food safety,



hygiene, and statutory compliance across locations
- Own kitchen audits, execution discipline, and corrective action loops

Current-State Audit & Stabilisation
- Conduct detailed kitchen audits covering:
- taste consistency
- portion control
- yields & wastage
- holding & reheat protocols
- dispatch performance
- Define core KPIs for quality, cost, and throughput
- Deliver clear action plans and execution checklists

Recipe Architecture & Scale-Ready SOPs
- Build a modular recipe architecture (mother gravies, marinades, bases, finishes)
- Standardise recipes into SKU-level SOPs with BOMs, yields, and portion controls
- Define what is cooked centrally vs finished at outlet
- Support multi-outlet scalability without operational complexity

Food Cost & Vendor Management
- Drive food cost control, yield optimisation, and wastage reduction
- Evaluate and standardise vendors (ingredients, quality,

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