Chef de Cuisine

Savannah, GA | Full-Time | Upscale Full-Service Restaurant

An established and growing Savannah restaurant group is seeking a talented, hands-on Chef de Cuisine to lead the daily culinary operation of one of our restaurants.

We are looking for a chef who combines strong culinary ability with leadership, organization, consistency, and an understanding of the business of running a successful kitchen.

This is a highly hands-on position. Our Chef de Cuisine is expected to be present during service, develop and coach the culinary team, maintain high standards, and take ownership of the day-to-day performance of the kitchen.

This opportunity is ideal for an experienced Chef de Cuisine, Executive Sous Chef, or strong Sous Chef who is ready for increased responsibility and wants the opportunity to continue growing within a multi-concept restaurant organization.

The ideal candidate is a strong cook first, but has developed the leadership and operational skills necessary to run a professional kitchen.

Candidates should have:

• Significant experience in quality, upscale full-service restaurants

• Previous experience as a Chef de Cuisine, Executive Sous Chef, Sous Chef, or comparable leadership position

• Strong culinary fundamentals and technical ability

• Experience leading high-volume service

• Strong understanding of menu development and recipe execution

• Experience with food costing, inventory, purchasing, ordering, and waste control

• Understanding of labor management and scheduling

• Ability to build effective prep and production systems

• Strong sanitation, organization, and food-safety standards

• Experience recruiting, training, coaching, and developing cooks

• Ability to maintain consistency across every service

• Strong communication and organizational skills

• A collaborative approach to working with FOH management and senior leadership

• A high level of personal accountability and ownership

The Chef de Cuisine will take primary responsibility for the daily culinary operation of the restaurant, including:

• Leading daily BOH operations and service

• Maintaining food quality, consistency, seasoning, and presentation

• Developing and maintaining recipes and plating standards

• Managing prep and production

• Conducting daily line checks

• Training and developing the culinary team

• Managing ordering, receiving, inventory, and product quality

• Monitoring food cost, waste, yields, and portion control

• Assisting with menu development and seasonal changes

• Managing BOH scheduling and labor

• Recruiting and onboarding culinary employees

• Maintaining kitchen cleanliness, organization, sanitation, and food-safety standards

• Developing Sous Chefs and future kitchen leaders

• Working closely with FOH leadership to ensure a strong overall guest experience

• Working stations and supporting the line whenever necessary

We're looking for someone who wants to put their fingerprints on a restaurant.

The Chef de Cuisine should constantly be evaluating how we can make the food, systems, team, and overall operation better.

We value creativity, but creativity must be supported by consistency and execution. A great dish isn't successful if it cannot be reproduced correctly hundreds of times.

Our culinary leaders are expected to understand the relationship between quality, consistency, people, and profitability.

We believe great kitchens are built through high standards, teaching, communication, accountability, and respect.

We don't believe leadership means standing at the pass telling everyone else what to do.

Our leaders work alongside their teams, develop their people, solve problems, and take ownership of results.

When the kitchen needs help, we help.

Our restaurant group operates multiple concepts in Savannah and is continuing to grow.

We are specifically interested in culinary leaders who want to grow alongside the organization.

A successful Chef de Cuisine will have the opportunity to take on increased responsibility within the group and may ultimately progress into an Executive Chef or broader multi-unit culinary leadership position.

We're looking for someone who wants to build something — not simply maintain it.

Competitive salary based on experience, with performance-based bonus opportunity.

Benefits and additional compensation will be discussed during the interview process.

We are an independently operated restaurant group based in Savannah, Georgia, focused on operating exceptional restaurants while developing strong teams and future leaders.

Ownership is actively involved in the business and committed to investing in our restaurants, our employees, and continued growth.

If you're a talented chef who wants meaningful responsibility, the ability to influence a restaurant, and an opportunity to continue advancing your career, we'd like to hear from you.