Brand Chef – Continental / Commissary Head

Location: Gurugram – Udyog Vihar

Department: Culinary / Commissary Operations

Experience: 7–12 Years

Industry: QSR / Cloud Kitchen / Gourmet Food / F&B;

Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

We are looking for an experienced Brand Chef – Continental / Commissary Head to lead the culinary operations of our central commissary, supporting multiple QSR, cloud kitchen, and gourmet food brands.

The role will be responsible for production planning, recipe execution, food quality, kitchen processes, team management, NPD execution, and consistency across all brands and outlets.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the overall commissary kitchen and Continental production operations.
- Plan and manage daily, weekly and monthly production based on outlet and delivery requirements.
- Handle production for QSR, cloud kitchen and gourmet food brands.
- Ensure consistent taste, portioning, presentation, quality and food cost across brands.
- Develop and maintain standardized recipes, Recipe Master Cards, SOPs and production specifications.
- Manage mise en place, batch production, yield and wastage control.
- Coordinate with Operations, Procurement and Store teams for forecasting and raw-material planning.
- Ensure proper receiving, storage, FIFO/FEFO, inventory control and food safety standards.
- Lead and train the commissary culinary team, including Sous Chefs, CDPs, DCDPs and Commis.
- Monitor food cost, production cost, wastage and productivity.
- Work closely with the R&D;/NPD team on current product development,



trials and commercialization.
- Ensure successful product roll-outs across QSR outlets and cloud kitchens.
- Conduct regular quality audits and kitchen process checks.
- Maintain high standards of hygiene, sanitation, HACCP and kitchen safety.
- Manage production during peak demand, new launches and business scale-up.

Candidate Profile
- 7–12 years of relevant culinary experience, preferably in QSR, cloud kitchens, central kitchens, commissaries or gourmet food brands.
- Strong expertise in Continental cuisine and large-scale food production.
- Experience managing multi-brand or high-volume production kitchens.
- Strong understanding of recipe standardization, food costing, yields and batch production.
- Experience in NPD, menu development and commercializing recipes.
- Strong leadership and team-management skills.
- Comfortable working in a fast-paced, startup/scale-up F&B; environment.
- Candidates from Rebel Foods, Curefoods, EatFit, Box8, FreshMenu, large QSRs or similar food-tech/F&B; companies would be preferred.

Key Performance Areas (KPIs)
- Product quality and consistency
- Production efficiency and productivity
- Food cost and yield control
- Wastage reduction
- Recipe and SOP compliance
- NPD execution and launch readiness
- Hygiene and food safety compliance
- Team productivity and training
- On-time production and dispatch
- Customer/product quality feedback

Pay: ₹60,000.00 per month

Benefits

- Food provided
- Provident Fund

Work Location: In person

📌 Brand Chef- Continental (Gurugram)
🏢 Betr India Foodworks
📍 Gurugram