Head Chef - Premium Mediterranean Restaurant

Radiant Hospitality
Dubai
Workplace: OnsiteFull timeAED 25,000 - 30,000 monthlyFunction: Hospitality & Food ServiceSkills: ["Hands-on leadership","Menu development","Food safety focus","Commercial awareness","Coaching"]

Lead the kitchen of a premium Mediterranean restaurant in Dubai, taking full ownership of daily food quality, creativity, and consistency. Develop and refine Mediterranean dishes with new flavours and techniques while protecting the restaurant’s identity. Coach and develop the existing brigade, maintain ingredient-led standards with seasonal sourcing, and stay hands-on on the pass. Manage food cost, wastage, purchasing, and variances in partnership with the General Manager and central culinary team.

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Head Chef - Premium Mediterranean Restaurant

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Job Summary

Lead the kitchen of a premium Mediterranean restaurant in Dubai, taking full ownership of daily food quality, creativity, and consistency. Develop and refine Mediterranean dishes with new flavours and techniques while protecting the restaurant’s identity. Coach and develop the existing brigade, maintain ingredient-led standards with seasonal sourcing, and stay hands-on on the pass. Manage food cost, wastage, purchasing, and variances in partnership with the General Manager and central culinary team.
Location: Dubai
Workplace: Onsite
Employment Type: Full time
Job Function: Hospitality & Food Service
Seniority: Sr. Manager level

Key Responsibilities

  • •Take full ownership of daily food quality, creativity, and consistency across the menu.
  • •Develop and refine Mediterranean dishes with new flavours and technique while protecting the concept’s identity.
  • •Lead, coach, and develop the existing brigade, building on the current team culture.
  • •Source and work with high-quality, seasonal ingredients while maintaining knowledge of provenance and seasonality.
  • •Maintain a hands-on daily presence on the pass and manage food cost, wastage, purchasing, and kitchen variances with commercial awareness.

Pay and Benefits

Salary: AED 25,000 - 30,000 monthly
Perks:Health InsuranceService ChargeFlight AllowanceDuty MealUniform5-day WorkingRelocation Support

Key Requirements

  • •Currently a Head Chef in a premium, high-volume dining establishment (200–400 covers a day).
  • •Strong Mediterranean cuisine background with excellent knowledge of food and seasonality of ingredients.
  • •Able to be a hands-on leader—wanting to be in the kitchen tasting, cooking, and developing dishes (not an office chef).
  • •Genuinely ingredient-led and technically strong with a proven track record in high-end, high-expectation environments.
  • •Formal food safety / HACCP certification (or ability to obtain) and eligibility to work in the UAE kitchen.
  • •Eligible to obtain the right to work in the United Arab Emirates.
Experience:HospitalityPremium diningMulti-brand restaurantsMediterranean cuisine
Skills:Hands-on leadershipMenu developmentFood safety focusCommercial awarenessCoaching
Certifications:HACCPFood safety

Eligibility

Work Authorization:Authorization required. Sponsorship not provided.

Company Brief

Radiant Hospitality
Radiant Hospitality provides boutique hospitality management services, focusing on property operations, guest experience, staffing, and revenue management for independent hotels and short-term rental properties. They deliver operational oversight, marketing, and hospitality consulting to optimize performance and guest satisfaction.
Industry: Hospitality
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