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Executive Chef
CountyNairobiCityNairobiContractFull TimePosted2026-08-13Close dateNot specifiedExperience8 yearsSourceBrighterMonday KenyaSalaryKES 100,000 - 150,000 per month
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The Luke Hotel in Nairobi is hiring an Executive Chef to lead main and banquet kitchen operations for its 182-bed mid-scale property. The role requires 8+ years of professional kitchen experience, including 3+ years as Executive Chef or Head Chef, with strong menu costing, food safety, and high-volume banquet production skills. Salary is KES 100,000–150,000 per month.
- Leads main and banquet kitchen operations for a 182-bed hotel with 16 banquet halls
- Requires 8+ years professional kitchen experience including 3+ years as Executive Chef or Head Chef
- Salary range KES 100,000–150,000 per month
- Food Safety/HACCP certification required
- Reports to the F&B Manager in the Food & Beverage department
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- RequiredAvailability to work in NairobiThe vacancy is associated with this location.
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Original source description
- EXECUTIVE CHEF
- The Luke Hotel
- Hospitality & Leisure
- Yesterday
- Easy apply
- New
- Featured
- Nairobi
- Full Time
- Hospitality & Hotel
- KSh
- 105,000 - 150,000
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- Job summary
- Leads all kitchen operations across the main and banquet kitchens, ensuring consistent food quality, menu profitability, food safety, team performance and reliable production for restaurant and high-volume conference/banquet business.
- Min Qualification:
- Diploma
Experience
- Level:
- Senior level
- Length:
- 8 years
- Language Requirement:
- English
- Working Hours:
- Full Time - 8 to 5
- Applicant
- Location:
- Kenya
- Job descriptions &
- Target
- 5–8 years leadership target; JD requires 8+ years
- professional kitchen
- Salary Target
- KES 100,000 - 150,000 per month
- Employment Level
- Leadership / HOD
Requirements
- 182-Bed Independent Mid-Scale (3-Star) Hotel
- Department
- Food & Beverage – Kitchen
- Reports To
- F&B Manager
- ·
- Culinary degree/diploma from a
- recognised culinary institution.
- ·
- 8+ years in professional
- kitchens, including 3+ years as Executive Chef or Head Chef.
- ·
- Demonstrated high-volume
- banquet and conference production experience.
- ·
- Strong menu costing/development,
- food-cost control, inventory and kitchen-team leadership skills.
- ·
- Food Safety/HACCP certification
- required.
- ·
- Ability to plan simultaneous
- restaurant and banquet production under time pressure.
- KEY PERFORMANCE
- INDICATORS
- ·
- Food cost percentage and
- wastage
- ·
- Guest food-quality scores
- ·
- HACCP/hygiene compliance
- ·
- Banquet production accuracy and
- timeliness
- ·
- Kitchen payroll/productivity
- ·
- Menu gross profit and inventory
- variance
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Job Purpose
- Leads all
- kitchen operations across the main and banquet kitchens, ensuring consistent
- food quality, menu profitability, food safety, team performance and reliable
- production for restaurant and high-volume conference/banquet business.
- KEY
Responsibilities
- ·
- Design, develop and cost menus
- for restaurant, bar and banquet operations in coordination with the F&B
- Manager.
- ·
- Oversee food preparation,
- taste, presentation, portioning and consistency across all kitchen sections.
- ·
- Manage kitchen staffing, shift
- schedules, deployment, recruitment, training and performance management.
- ·
- Plan kitchen production for
- large and simultaneous banquet/conference events across the hotel’s 16 halls.
- ·
- Control food cost, portion
- cost, wastage, spoilage, yield and inventory ordering.
- ·
- Approve kitchen requisitions
- and work with Purchasing/Stores to maintain quality specifications and
- appropriate stock levels.
- ·
- Ensure strict food safety,
- hygiene, HACCP and sanitation compliance throughout kitchen and food-storage
- areas.
- ·
- Supervise Sous Chefs and ensure
- clear station responsibilities, recipes, production plans and service
- handovers.
- ·
- Monitor equipment condition and
- coordinate preventive maintenance/repairs with Engineering.
- ·
- Develop standard recipes,
- portion specifications and production controls.
- ·
- Participate in menu
- engineering, pricing reviews and profitability improvement with F&B and
- Finance.
- ·
- Investigate food-quality
- complaints and implement corrective action.
- MINIMUM
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