Earn up to $110,000-$120,000 annually leading kitchen operations inside a polished Philadelphia restaurant with an active private event business, free parking, and an established kitchen team.
This full-time Executive Chef opportunity is built for a hands-on culinary leader who can stabilize operations, strengthen kitchen structure, and maintain consistency across both restaurant service and event production.
The role is best suited for a chef who enjoys balancing disciplined operational systems with the pace changes and logistical demands of high-volume dining and active private events.
Location
Philadelphia, PA
Compensation
• Estimated total compensation potential: $110,000-$120,000 annually
• $80,000-$90,000 base salary
• Additional incentive equal to 0.5% of event bookings
• Paid on regular company payroll schedule
Benefits
• Medical benefits
• Paid time off
• Paid sick days
• Bonus pay
• Free parking
Schedule
• Full-time
• Approximately 45-50 hours per week
• 5-day workweek
• Day, evening, weekend, holiday, and event availability required
• Event-driven scheduling flexibility required
About the Role
This is a hands-on kitchen leadership role inside a polished upscale casual restaurant with high-volume daily dining and a strong private event business.
The Executive Chef will oversee kitchen operations, food quality, labor controls, inventory systems, service execution, staffing support, and event production while remaining active during prep and service periods.
The role requires someone comfortable moving between structured restaurant operations and higher-volume event execution without losing organization, accountability, or consistency.
This is not a purely creative chef position. Success in this role requires strong operational discipline, calm leadership during active service, and the ability to reinforce systems and execution standards across the kitchen.
We are looking for a chef who can:
• Lead calmly during busy service periods
• Support consistency across restaurant and event production
• Communicate professionally with ownership and staff
• Maintain strong kitchen organization and accountability
• Help strengthen systems, execution, and operational structure
• Support and stabilize the existing kitchen team
• Balance leadership, execution, and operational discipline
About the Restaurant
This established Philadelphia restaurant combines polished daily dining with an active private event business inside a high-volume upscale casual environment.
The kitchen supports both restaurant service and event production, requiring leadership that can adapt between steady daily operations and more demanding event execution without losing consistency or organization.
The operation offers the infrastructure and stability of an established restaurant while still giving leadership the opportunity to make a meaningful operational impact on kitchen systems, standards, team performance, and overall execution.
Responsibilities
• Lead daily BOH operations during prep, production, and service
• Maintain food quality, consistency, and execution standards
• Support and stabilize the existing kitchen team
• Lead hands-on during active service periods
• Oversee ordering, inventory, receiving, and vendor relationships
• Manage scheduling, labor control, and payroll coordination
• Support private event and catering execution
• Train, coach, and develop hourly kitchen staff
• Maintain food safety, sanitation, and kitchen organization
• Control food cost, waste, prep systems, and pars
• Communicate professionally with ownership, management, FOH, and BOH teams
• Support operational improvements and menu execution
Qualifications
• 5+ years of progressive kitchen leadership experience preferred
• Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef, Chef de Cuisine, or senior sous chef experience strongly preferred
• Experience in polished casual, upscale casual, hotel, event-driven, or high-volume restaurant environments preferred
• Strong leadership and communication skills
• Experience managing both restaurant and event production
• Ability to lead calmly and effectively during busy service
• Strong organizational and cost-control skills
• Comfortable maintaining structure while improving systems and standards
• Ability to lift 50 lbs., stand for extended periods, and work active kitchen shifts
• English required
• Spanish proficiency is a plus
What Makes This Role Attractive
• Estimated total compensation potential up to $120K annually
• Active private event business with additional incentive opportunity
• Free parking
• Established kitchen infrastructure and systems
• Opportunity to make a meaningful operational impact
• Polished, high-volume leadership environment
How to Apply
Please submit your resume with full contact information and three professional references. Supervisor email addresses are required. Qualified candidates will be contacted directly.