Executive Chef & Culinary Director – Kamma’s

Chennai | Full-time | VL Gourmet Private Limited

Kamma’s is building a premium Andhra dining brand with a nationwide rollout planned over the next three years, followed by international expansion.

We are looking for an exceptional culinary leader to take ownership of our flagship Chennai restaurant and build the culinary foundation for the brand’s future growth.

The mandate goes well beyond running a restaurant kitchen. The role will progressively lead the development of multiple Kamma’s outlets, a central production kitchen, premium catering operations and a branded packaged-food portfolio.

Key Responsibilities

- Own food quality, taste, authenticity, consistency and presentation across Kamma’s.
- Lead and develop the entire culinary team.
- Drive menu development, R&D; and continuous product improvement.
- Establish recipe cards, yields, portion controls and culinary SOPs.
- Build systems that allow Kamma’s to be replicated consistently across future outlets.
- Own food cost, wastage, kitchen productivity and ingredient standards.
- Recruit and develop future Head Chefs and culinary leaders.
- Lead culinary planning and execution for new restaurant openings.
- Develop the future central kitchen and production infrastructure.
- Build a premium catering and events vertical.
- Develop branded packaged foods including signature spice blends, podis,



pickles, condiments and other proprietary products.
- Create and maintain the Kamma’s Culinary Bible covering recipes, ingredients, preparation methods and quality standards.
- Work closely with the Managing Director and General Manager on growth, profitability and guest experience.

Who We Are Looking For An accomplished Executive Chef / Head Chef with:

- Strong expertise in Andhra cuisine and its regional traditions.
- Experience in premium restaurants, luxury hospitality or recognised culinary brands.
- Exceptional command over taste, consistency and kitchen execution.
- Strong food-cost and commercial understanding.
- Proven experience leading and developing large kitchen teams.
- Experience with restaurant openings, standardisation or multi-unit operations preferred.
- Strong systems orientation and the ability to build for scale.
- A hands-on, entrepreneurial leadership style.

The Opportunity

This is an chance to evolve from leading one flagship restaurant to shaping the culinary direction of a national and eventually international hospitality brand.

The right candidate will play a foundational role in building Kamma’s across restaurants, catering, central production and packaged foods.

Competitive compensation with significant performance-linked upside for exceptional candidates.

📌 Executive Chef & Culinary Director – Andhra Fine Dining | Build a National Restaurant Brand (Chennai)
🏢 VL Gourmet
📍 Chennai