GiGi's Manchester - Executive Chef

Executive Chef

We are looking for an exceptional senior chef to join the opening team and lead the Gusto Griglia kitchen. This role requires a passion for food, authority at the pass, and a commitment to none negotiable quality.

Working closely with the Culinary Director, you will own the day to day culinary operation: the food, the team, and the standards that ensure each dish leaving the pass is worth speaking about.

What You Will Do

• Own the quality of every dish leaving the kitchen - the pass stops with you
• Lead, train and develop the brigade with a culture built on craft, consistency and pride
• Collaborate with the Culinary Director on menu development, seasonal changes and ongoing food refinement
• Manage all culinary operations day to day: ordering, stock, rota, compliance and cost control
• Maintain the highest standard on signature dishes - steak Fiorentina, live fire meats, handmade pasta, slow fermented dough
• Build and maintain supplier relationships focused on provenance and quality
• Ensure full compliance across food safety, hygiene and health & safety
• Represent the kitchen to guests when called upon - knowledgeable, confident and proud of the food

Who You Are

• A chef whose first instinct is always the food - quality, integrity and consistency on the plate
• Technically excellent, with deep mastery of Italian cooking and grill technique
• Calm and exacting at the pass-nothing leaves that isn't right
• A leader that raises standards through example, not authority
• Obsessive about ingredients, with sourcing and provenance as the starting point
• Commercially sharp without compromising quality for margin
• Proud of the kitchen you run and the brigade you build

Experience

• Proven senior kitchen leadership in a high quality, high volume restaurant environment
• Deep knowledge of Italian cuisine - pasta, grill cookery and provenance led sourcing
• A track record of food quality and consistency under pressure
• Strong people skills-mentoring junior chefs and building kitchen culture
• Up to date with industry standard systems for compliance, hygiene and kitchen management

Competitive salary package.