A Culinary Opportunity in India!

We are looking for an exceptional Italian Chef de Cuisine who wants to build something that matters. Inside India’s most distinguished Grand Hotel, we are conceptualising an intimate 60-seat semi-fine dining Italian restaurant with a very clear ambition:

- To become one of the world's great restaurants.
- Our journey is aimed at the highest international standards, with long-term aspirations towards World's 50 Best Restaurants recognition and Michelin-level excellence.

We are looking for a chef who wants to be part of that journey……

- Not simply a chef who can run a kitchen, a chef who can translate a vision into food.
- A chef with exceptional Italian culinary foundations, deep product knowledge and a highly developed palate, someone who understands flavour, texture, balance, temperature and restraint.
- Someone who sees every plate as an opportunity to create something beautiful, precise and delicious.

You are...

- Passionate about Italian cuisine and obsessive about refined flavour.
- Technically highly skilled, with exceptional product knowledge.
- A practical artist who understands that great presentation begins with excellent food.
- Curious, creative and open to new ideas, techniques and challenges.
- Comfortable taking guidance and translating a larger culinary vision into your own execution.
- Determined to pursue excellence, even when nobody is watching.
- A natural leader who can inspire, mentor and develop a multicultural team.




- Generous with knowledge and genuinely willing to teach.
- Humble enough to keep learning, regardless of your experience.
- Comfortable creating exceptional food in the intimacy and constraints of a 60-cover restaurant while leveraging the resources of a world-class hotel kitchen.

This is an opportunity to...

- Build. Create. Teach. Learn. Lead.
- To help shape a restaurant from its foundations.
- To develop dishes, refine flavours and establish a culinary identity.
- To work with ambitious people who care deeply about hospitality.
- To challenge yourself against some of the highest standards in the world.
- And ultimately, to be part of a team pursuing something much bigger than another restaurant opening.

We are not looking for someone who has simply reached the top of their career. We are looking for someone who still wants to climb.

If you have the talent, discipline, curiosity and determination to pursue world-class Italian cuisine, we want to meet you.Bring your experience. Bring your ideas. Bring your passion. And be prepared to learn.

If you are ready to craft exceptional gastronomic experiences and lead a team that brings our culinary dreams to life, we invite you to join The Imperial New Delhi, where every dining experience becomes a masterpiece.

To apply, please submit your resume, and a brief cover letter outlining why you'd be the perfect fit for our team.

📌 Chef De Cuisine, Italian (Expatriate) (New Delhi)
🏢 The Imperial
📍 New Delhi