Job Opportunity: Chef de Cuisine Extraordinaire

Salary: $80,000 - $90,000 + Benefits & Relocation Assistance

Do you dream in flavors, think in textures, and have the ability to lead a team of upscale culinary wizards toward gastronomic greatness? Are you equal parts artist, scientist, and fearless captain of a fast-paced kitchen? If so, we’d like to invite you to don your finest chef whites and apply for the position of Chef de Cuisine in our esteemed establishment.

About the Role

This isn’t just a job, it’s a calling—to create food that our international guests will write home about (or at least post lovingly on social media). You’ll be the mastermind behind our menu, designing dishes that make people’s taste buds do a standing ovation. But don’t worry, you won’t go it alone. You’ll lead, inspire, and occasionally wrangle your kitchen team while maintaining calm, even in the face of a dinner rush that feels like a high-stakes action movie.

Responsibilities (a.k.a. What You’ll Be Owning):

• Menu Design: Create innovative, mouthwatering recipes that leave competitors green with envy and diners begging for the recipe.
• Kitchen Leadership: Direct your sous chefs, line cooks, and dishwashers geniuses with the cool-headed authority of a maestro conducting an orchestra.
• Standards Enforcer: Ensure kitchen cleanliness and food safety protocols are impeccable, because no one likes a kitchen CSI moment.
• Budget Wizardry: Manage ingredient costs like a pro, while making foie gras taste like a million bucks.
• Team Mentor: Train and develop team members, transforming ambitious souls into kitchen sages who could caramelize onions blindfolded.
• Crisis Manager: Order mix-ups and overcooked steaks have nothing on you. You’re the eye of the storm in any culinary chaos.

What We’re Looking For (a.k.a. Your Recipe for Success):

• Culinary Expertise: A degree from a prestigious culinary school is appreciated, but a résumé of knockout dishes and well-reviewed kitchens speaks louder than parchment paper.
• Leadership Chops: If you can’t rally a team to plate 50 covers in an hour without breaking a sweat, this probably isn’t your gig.
• Creativity with Discipline: You can design a fusion dish that makes sense (no caviar on pizza, please) while meeting restaurant quality and presentation expectations.
• Thick Skin (but Soft Center): Critiques and high-pressure dinners are par for the course. Roll with it like a perfect tempura batter.
• Organizational Guru: Inventory, prep schedules, and plating consistency? You’ve got it under control, like a Tetris master in peak form.
• Passion for Food: If you aren’t the kind of person who can wax poetic about the silky texture of beurre blanc, this might not be the role for you.

Perks of the Role (Besides Bossing Everyone in the Kitchen):

• Competitive salary and benefits package that recognizes your expertise and relentless work ethic.
• Access to an amazing kitchen complete with tools to turn your wildest food dreams into reality.
• The chance to lead a team of motivated, talented culinary professionals (plus the occasional practical joker).
• An environment where creativity is encouraged and celebrated (but no banana-flavored mayonnaise experiments, please).
• Oh, and complimentary meals, because you’ll need fuel to feed your brilliance.

How to Apply

If you believe you have what it takes to lead our kitchen with flair, precision, and a dash of humor, send us your CV and a few bullet points about your proudest culinary creations. Bonus points if you include a dad joke-level pun about food. (“Lettuce celebrate your application!”)

Join us in shaping unforgettable dining experiences, one perfectly plated masterpiece at a time.

For immediate consideration, please send your resume to james.maloney@geckohospitality.com