Job Description

Job Description

Job Description

Executive Chef - Upscale

Full-time

Compensation: $90 - 95k + bonus plan, benefits, PTO, and more!

Location: Detroit, MI

We're looking for an Executive Chef who thrives in a high-volume, full-service environment but also understands hospitality-driven hotel operations. They need to be equally comfortable overseeing a plated dinner for 150 guests, managing breakfast service for hotel guests, and executing a packed dinner rush before a concert.

This is a leadership and systems role as much as a culinary one - someone who can drive consistency, cost control, and culture. As important as it is to create new dishes and drive a feature program, this chef must also ensure menu standards are executed consistently and with excellence every single day.

Key Skills & Strengths
Operational Strength : Strong in systems, prep flow, ticket management, labor efficiency, ordering, and kitchen organization.

Leadership : Able to build and motivate a large, diverse team - balancing hotel staff, restaurant cooks, and banquets.

Communication: Clear, consistent communicator with the kitchen team, GM, and ownership - ensuring alignment and accountability.

Creativity with Discipline : Can keep menus exciting and seasonal, but also executable at volume and consistent to brand standards.

Financial Acumen : Understands labor targets, food cost, and MarginEdge-style controls. • Professionalism: Great communicator with FOH/management, comfortable in a polished, guest-driven environment. • Event & Catering Experience: Confident with off-menu requests, banquets, and special events.

Cultural Fit
Our culture is all about great people delivering overwhelming hospitality and continuous improvement - being better today than we were yesterday. Looking for someone who shares that mindset and who brings a calm, solutions-oriented presence to a fast-paced downtown kitchen.

• Experienced Executive or Senior Sous Chef from a high-volume, upscale hotel restaurant or large polished-casual concept. • Confident in managing both creative menu development and tight financials. • Hands-on leader who develops sous chefs and line cooks, not just runs from the office. • Thrives on energy, volume, and leadership - not just fine dining plates.

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Company Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout Canada & the US have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its Clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals.

Our national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.

Company Description

Since 2000, Gecko Hospitality and its dedicated Franchise Partners and Recruiters throughout Canada & the US have been pioneers in the hospitality recruiting industry. The value that Gecko Hospitality provides to its Clientele is evident in the advanced networking and technology skills our professional recruiters possess in identifying qualified restaurant professionals. \r\n\r\nOur national network consists of 37 regional offices that are driven to meet the needs of the hospitality industry. In addition, Gecko Hospitality offers the largest selection of hospitality jobs, restaurant jobs, hotel jobs, resort jobs and club management jobs online. Our specialized, hospitality-focused team covers all 50 states and Canada with over 80 Franchise Partners and recruiters. Gecko Hospitality was founded on providing the finest restaurant jobs nationwide to the highest performing candidates. More importantly, our Franchise Partners and recruiters began their careers in hospitality and there is no finer training ground for recruiting than real life experience.

Job Tags

Full time, Casual work, Seasonal work, Work at office,

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