Executive Head Chef – Global Cuisine

Company: Goldstone Hospitality
Brand: SOMARA
Location: Lucknow, Uttar Pradesh
Designation: Executive Head Chef – Global Cuisine
Department: Culinary Operations
Experience: 10–18 Years
Employment Type: Full-Time

About the Role

SOMARA is looking for an experienced and creative Executive Head Chef – Global Cuisine to lead the complete culinary operations of our premium all-day dining and restro-bar.

The ideal candidate should have strong expertise across multiple international cuisines and the ability to create dishes that are globally inspired while being commercially successful and appealing to the Indian palate.

Key Responsibilities

- Lead the complete culinary operations of SOMARA.
- Develop and execute a global cuisine menu covering multiple international cuisines.
- Create dishes inspired by European, Mediterranean, Italian, Asian, Japanese, Thai, Middle Eastern, American and other globally popular cuisines.
- Adapt international dishes intelligently to Indian taste preferences without compromising their core identity.
- Develop innovative starters, mains, small plates, bar bites, desserts and chef specials.
- Ensure every dish is commercially viable, scalable and suitable for consistent restaurant service.
- Finalise recipes, ingredients, preparation methods, plating standards and portion sizes.
- Develop complete recipe cards and costing for every menu item.
- Maintain consistency in taste, presentation and quality across every service.
- Lead and train the entire multi-cuisine kitchen brigade.
- Establish kitchen SOPs, production systems and quality-control standards.
- Manage food cost, wastage, portion control and kitchen profitability.




- Work closely with procurement to identify the right international and Indian ingredients and suitable local alternatives.
- Ensure imported/speciality ingredients are commercially practical and consistently available.
- Lead menu trials, tastings and pre-opening kitchen preparations.
- Coordinate closely with the General Manager and service team to ensure smooth operations.
- Develop special menus for events, private dining, DJ nights and other activations.
- Monitor guest feedback and continuously improve the menu.
- Maintain the highest standards of food hygiene, safety and kitchen discipline.
- Ensure compliance with FSSAI and applicable food-safety regulations.

Ideal Candidate

We are looking for a chef who has genuine multi-cuisine/global culinary expertise, rather than experience limited to one cuisine.

The candidate should have:

- 10–18 years of professional culinary experience.
- Previous experience as Executive Chef / Executive Head Chef / Culinary Head / Executive Sous Chef.
- Strong experience in premium restaurants, luxury hotels, international restaurant brands or large-format F&B; operations.
- Proven experience handling multi-cuisine/global cuisine kitchens.
- Strong knowledge of international culinary techniques and ingredients.
- Excellent understanding of the Indian palate and Indian restaurant market.




- Strong menu development and menu engineering skills.
- Excellent recipe costing and food-cost management abilities.
- Experience in restaurant pre-opening will be highly preferred.
- Strong leadership and team-management skills.
- Ability to create food that is innovative, premium, approachable and commercially successful.

Cuisines / Exposure Preferred

Candidates with strong exposure to several of the following will be preferred:

Italian • Mediterranean • European • Asian • Japanese • Thai • Chinese • Middle Eastern • American • Contemporary Contemporary • Modern Indian

What We Expect

The chef should be capable of taking ownership of the complete culinary journey:

Concept → Menu Development → Recipe Creation → Trials → Costing → Vendor Selection → Kitchen Setup → Team Training → Pre-Opening → Launch → Continuous Menu Development

Most importantly, we are looking for a chef who understands that SOMARA is not a fine-dining restaurant serving complicated food—it is a premium, high-volume destination where global food needs to be delicious, approachable and commercially successful for Indian customers.

Naukri Job Title

Executive Head Chef – Global Cuisine | Premium Restro-Bar | Lucknow

Key Skills:
Global Cuisine, Multi-Cuisine, International Cuisine, Menu Development, Recipe Development, Menu Engineering, Food Costing, Kitchen Management, Culinary Operations, Restaurant Pre-Opening, Food Safety, Team Management, F&B; Operations.

Pay: ₹100,000.00 - ₹150,000.00 per month

Experience:

- Fine dining: 10 years (Preferred)
- Restaurant: 10 years (Preferred)

Work Location: In person

📌 Executive Head Chef - GLOBAL CUISINE (Lucknow)
🏢 Goldstone Hospitality
📍 Lucknow