Head Chef - Premium Mediterranean Restaurant

🏢 Radiant Hospitality Company
📍 Dubai, United Arab EmiratesFull-timeOn-site
📅 Posted: 2d ago🔄 Updated: 2d ago
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A premium Mediterranean restaurant in Dubai, part of an international hospitality group, is seeking a Head Chef to lead its kitchen. The role involves taking ownership of daily food quality, creativity, and consistency, developing new Mediterranean dishes, and leading the existing brigade. The ideal candidate will be ingredient-led, technically strong, and a hands-on leader who is passionate about food and developing the menu. Responsibilities include managing food costs, sourcing seasonal ingredients, and collaborating with management and group culinary teams.
Required Skills
Other
○Mediterranean cuisine○food costing○ingredient sourcing
Hospitality, Retail & Customer Service
○Menu Development○Food Safety
Soft Skills & Professional Competencies
○Team Leadership
Nice to have:
Business, Sales & Management
○HR Management
🎁 Benefits & Perks
  • Salary: AED 25,000 – 30,000 per month DOE, all-inclusive package (exact structure to be confirmed during the process)
  • Eligible for service charge / gratuities
  • Medical insurance provided
  • Annual flight allowance (every 12 months)
  • Duty meal and uniform provided
  • 5-day working week
  • Further benefits and incentives to be confirmed during the recruitment process

Additional Information

This is a permanent, full-time, single-status position based in Dubai, United Arab Emirates, with a target start date of

November 2026. Candidates must hold, or be able to obtain, the right to work in the UAE; relocation support can be

discussed for the right candidate. The identity of the group is confidential and will be disclosed to shortlisted

candidates at the appropriate stage of the process.

Disclaimer

We appreciate your interest in this vacancy. Due to the high number of applications we receive, only candidates

selected to move to the next stage of the recruitment process can be contacted. Radiant does not charge any fee to

candidates.

Requirements
Currently a Head Chef in an premium, high-volume dining establishment (200–400 covers a day)Strong Mediterranean cuisine background, with excellent knowledge of food and seasonality of ingredientsExperience working within a group/multi-brand restaurant structure is preferredA proven track record of job stability in high-end, high-expectation environmentsGenuinely ingredient-led, technically strong and creative - able to push a menu forward with real flavour and technique, not gimmicksA hands-on leader who wants to be in the kitchen, not an "office chef"Formal food safety / HACCP certification, or the ability to obtain the certification required to work in a UAE kitchenCandidates must hold, or be eligible to obtain, the right to work in the United Arab Emirates
Description
We are looking for a Head Chef to lead the kitchen of an established, premium Mediterranean restaurant in Dubai, part of an international multi-brand hospitality group with venues across the globe. The kitchen is already in a strong place - a settled team, a good culture, and smooth day-to-day operations. This is an opportunity to bring fresh creative energy to a Mediterranean menu that's ready to be pushed further, with new flavours, real technical strength, and food that feels exciting again without losing the identity of the restaurant.The group is looking for someone who is genuinely obsessed with food, comes from a premium and relevant restaurant, and is ingredient-led and technically strong - a hands-on chef who wants to be in the kitchen tasting, cooking and developing dishes with the team, not managing from an office. ResponsibilitiesTake full ownership of the kitchen's daily food quality, creativity and consistency across the menuDevelop and refine dishes that push the restaurant's Mediterranean cuisine forward - new flavours, technique and ideas - while protecting the identity of the conceptLead, coach and develop the existing brigade, building on an already strong team cultureSource and work with high-quality, seasonal ingredients, maintaining deep knowledge of provenance and seasonalityMaintain a hands-on daily presence on the pass - tasting, cooking and developing dishes alongside the teamManage food cost, wastage, purchasing and kitchen variances with strong commercial awarenessWork closely with the General Manager and the group's central culinary and operations teams to maintain brand alignment
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