Head Chef

About VNX

VNX is a food and beverage brand developer that transforms concepts into robust, scalable, and commercially viable brands. It approaches branding not just as a name or visual identity, but as a comprehensive experience backed by quality products, disciplined operations, and consistent delivery. The company specializes in creating food concepts with clear positioning, standout products, high standards, and operational systems optimized for growth across various locations and formats. Their culinary teams play a vital role in menu innovation, maintaining product uniformity, and delivering repeat-worthy dining experiences.

Role Overview

We are searching for a highly experienced and skilled Head Chef specialized in burgers and modern restaurant concepts to join our Riyadh team. This full-time, on-site leadership position requires a chef who blends culinary creativity with strong kitchen management and operational rigor.

The ideal candidate must possess hands-on expertise in burger development—covering beef selection, grinding, patty recipes, seasoning, cooking methods, sauces, buns, toppings, side dishes, and ensuring consistent product quality. Additionally, versatility in designing and managing a broad menu including appetizers, sandwiches, chicken dishes, sauces, sides, breakfast items, and other contemporary offerings is essential.

Key Responsibilities

• Lead and oversee all kitchen operations ensuring consistent food quality and adherence to brand standards.
• Develop and enhance recipes, establish standardized cooking methods, and maintain portion control.
• Train, supervise, and mentor kitchen staff while organizing stations and workflows for optimal efficiency.
• Manage food cost control, minimize waste, monitor inventory, liaise with suppliers, and maintain kitchen productivity especially during peak periods.
• Uphold exceptional food safety, hygiene, sanitation, and compliance standards including HACCP principles, temperature regulations, storage protocols, and prevention of cross-contamination.
• Collaborate with management on new product development, menu engineering, seasonal offerings, equipment needs, operational improvement, and scalable kitchen systems for branch expansion.

Required Qualifications and Skills

• Proven experience as Head Chef, Executive Chef, or Senior Kitchen Leader in professional restaurants.
• Extensive hands-on expertise in burger-centric restaurants or modern casual dining concepts.
• In-depth knowledge of burger production including meat selection, patty formulation, cooking techniques, and product consistency.
• Capability to develop and manage diverse menus beyond burgers including appetizers, chicken, sandwiches, sauces, and sides.
• Strong skills in menu creation, recipe standardization, portioning, kitchen SOPs, and production planning.
• Demonstrated leadership and training abilities to manage multicultural kitchen teams effectively.
• Strong operational skills to maintain quality and consistency in high-volume kitchens.
• Comprehensive understanding of food safety, sanitation standards, HACCP guidelines, and local regulations.
• Experience with food cost and waste management, inventory control, purchasing, and supplier coordination.
• Analytical ability to evaluate culinary and commercial aspects of recipes and menus.
• Understanding kitchen equipment, layout, workflow optimization, and efficiency improvements.
• Capability to implement scalable kitchen processes for multi-branch operations.
• Excellent communication, leadership, problem-solving, and decision-making competencies.
• Professional culinary degree or diploma preferred.
• Certifications like HACCP, Food Safety, Food Hygiene, ServSafe, or ISO 22000 are highly desirable.
• Experience within Saudi Arabia or the GCC restaurant sector is advantageous.
• Familiarity with POS systems, inventory software, recipe costing tools, and kitchen management systems is beneficial.

Preferred Candidate Profile

We seek a hands-on, technically proficient, creative, and disciplined chef with acute attention to detail. This candidate balances culinary expertise with business acumen to create and maintain kitchens delivering outstanding, safe, efficient, and scalable culinary output. Preference will be given to candidates with strong portfolios in burger concepts, menu development, restaurant launches, or multi-branch operations.