Salary: 80,000-100,000
Other Forms of Compensation:Job SummaryTimber & Tides is seeking a passionate, creative, and hands-on Executive Chef to lead all culinary operations for our chef-driven coastal concept in San Francisco. This leadership role is responsible for overseeing a fully electric kitchen, developing seasonally inspired menus, executing a robust private events program, and delivering an exceptional guest experience through innovative, ingredient-focused cuisine.
The Executive Chef will serve as both a culinary visionary and operational leader, balancing menu innovation with financial performance, team development, and flawless execution. This position is ideal for a chef who thrives in a collaborative environment, embraces sustainability and plant-forward cooking, and has a talent for creating memorable dining experiences through elevated restaurant service and high-volume events.
Responsibilities
- Lead all culinary operations for a single restaurant location with approximately $1.1M in annual revenue.
- Direct day-to-day kitchen execution, ensuring consistency, quality, sanitation, and presentation standards are upheld at all times.
- Design and execute seasonal menus that showcase coastal-inspired cuisine, plant-based offerings, and market-driven ingredients.
- Develop creative passed appetizers, event menus, tasting experiences, and special culinary activations that support the restaurant's private dining and events business.
- Manage all food production within a fully electric kitchen environment while maintaining efficiency, safety, and operational excellence.
- Recruit, train, coach, and develop a culinary team of approximately five cooks, fostering a culture of accountability, teamwork, and continuous improvement.
- Establish prep, production, and service standards that support both à la carte dining and event execution.
- Maintain responsibility for food cost, labor management, purchasing, inventory controls, and overall kitchen profitability.
- Analyze financial results and implement strategies to improve margins while preserving food quality and guest satisfaction.
- Build and maintain relationships with local vendors and purveyors to source high-quality ingredients and support seasonal menu development.
- Ensure compliance with all health department regulations, food safety programs, and sanitation standards.
- Collaborate closely with front-of-house leadership to deliver a seamless and elevated guest experience.
- Lead menu tastings, training sessions, and culinary presentations to support team engagement and menu knowledge.
- Drive a culture of hospitality, professionalism, creativity, and operational excellence throughout the kitchen.
Qualifications- 5+ years of progressive culinary leadership experience, including Executive Chef or Executive Sous Chef experience in an upscale restaurant, coastal seafood concept, chef-driven establishment, or fine dining environment.
- Proven success leading kitchen operations, menu development, and culinary teams.
- Strong experience with menu writing, recipe development, costing, and culinary innovation.
- Demonstrated P&L management experience, including food cost control, labor management, forecasting, budgeting, and inventory processes.
- Experience executing private events, receptions, cocktail functions, and passed hors d'oeuvres programs.
- Knowledge of plant-forward and plant-based culinary techniques with the ability to develop creative, guest-focused offerings.
- Strong leadership, coaching, and team-building skills with a commitment to developing culinary talent.
- Excellent organizational and time-management skills with the ability to balance daily operations and special events.
- ServSafe Certification or ability to obtain upon hire.
- Passion for seasonal ingredients, sustainability, hospitality, and creating memorable dining experiences.
- Availability to work a flexible schedule based on business needs, with primary operations occurring Monday through Friday.
Apply to Bon Appetit today!Associates at Bon Appetit are offered many fantastic benefits.- Medical
- Dental
- Vision
- Life Insurance/ AD
- Disability Insurance
- Retirement Plan
- Paid Time Off
- Holiday Time Off (varies by site/state)
- Associate Shopping Program
- Health and Wellness Programs
- Discount Marketplace
- Identity Theft Protection
- Pet Insurance
- Commuter Benefits
- Employee Assistance Program
- Flexible Spending Accounts (FSAs)
- Paid Parental Leave
- Personal Leave
Associates may also be eligible for paid and/or unpaid time off benefits in accordance with applicable federal, state, and local laws. For positions in Washington State, Maryland, or to be performed Remotely, click here or copy/paste the link below for paid time off benefits information.
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Req ID: 1586008
Bon Appetit
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