Senior Brand Chef

Kitopi is hiring a Senior Brand Chef to support consistent kitchen execution across multiple outlets. The role focuses on maintaining recipe and presentation standards, developing kitchen teams and ensuring each location is ready to deliver quality service at scale. The Senior Brand Chef works closely with operations and restaurant managers to improve performance, support menu changes and maintain compliance with food-safety requirements.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead kitchen execution across multiple outlets, maintaining consistent food quality, speed and cleanliness.
• Implement and monitor standard operating procedures, recipes, portioning and presentation requirements.
• Coach kitchen teams on station performance, service readiness and execution during peak periods.
• Work with Quality and Compliance teams to monitor food safety, hygiene and licensing requirements.
• Conduct outlet visits, quality checks and operational audits, then follow up on agreed improvement actions.
• Support inventory discipline, waste reduction and food-cost optimisation.
• Partner with Operations and Restaurant Managers on labour planning, productivity and kitchen performance indicators.
• Help prepare teams for menu launches, product trials and seasonal updates.
• Lead kitchen readiness for new openings and support consistent execution from launch.

Requirements and Qualifications

• At least eight years of kitchen or operations leadership experience; multi-outlet experience is preferred.
• Strong knowledge of fast-paced, high-volume service environments.
• Demonstrated ability to train teams, enforce standards and improve performance.
• Sound understanding of food cost, wastage, inventory control and operational KPIs.
• Confident, hands-on leadership with strong communication and coaching skills.
• High standards for quality, consistency and customer experience.

Skills and Work Approach

This role suits an experienced culinary leader who can influence teams across locations without losing sight of daily execution. Analytical thinking, travel-ready organisation, practical coaching and clear follow-up are important. The successful candidate should identify patterns from audits and operational results, turn them into useful action plans and help each outlet deliver a dependable guest experience.