Head Chef - Premium Mediterranean Restaurant

Role Overview

Head Chef for a premium Mediterranean restaurant in Dubai, part of an international multi-brand hospitality group. The role leads an established kitchen with a settled team and strong culture, bringing fresh creative energy to push the Mediterranean menu forward while protecting the restaurant's core identity.

Company Overview

Radiant Hospitality Company is an international multi-brand hospitality group with venues across the globe. The restaurant is an established, premium Mediterranean venue operating as part of this larger group structure.

Role Purpose

To take full ownership of the kitchen's daily food quality, creativity and consistency. The role combines hands-on culinary leadership—tasting, cooking and developing dishes alongside the team—with strategic menu development that elevates Mediterranean cuisine through new flavours and technical strength, while maintaining the restaurant's identity and commercial performance.

Key Responsibilities

Menu Development & Creativity

• Develop and refine dishes that push the restaurant's Mediterranean cuisine forward with new flavours, technique and ideas.
• Protect the identity of the concept while introducing fresh creative energy to the menu.
• Maintain a hands-on daily presence on the pass, tasting, cooking and developing dishes alongside the team.

Kitchen Leadership & Team Development

• Take full ownership of the kitchen's daily food quality, creativity and consistency across the menu.
• Lead, coach and develop the existing brigade, building on an already strong team culture.

Ingredient & Sourcing Management

• Source and work with high-quality, seasonal ingredients.
• Maintain deep knowledge of provenance and seasonality.

Commercial & Operational Management

• Manage food cost, wastage, purchasing and kitchen variances with strong commercial awareness.
• Work closely with the General Manager and the group's central culinary and operations teams to maintain brand alignment.

Qualifications & Experience

• Currently a Head Chef in a premium, high-volume dining establishment serving 200–400 covers per day.
• Strong Mediterranean cuisine background with excellent knowledge of food and seasonality of ingredients.
• Experience working within a group or multi-brand restaurant structure is preferred.
• Proven track record of job stability in high-end, high-expectation environments.
• Formal food safety or HACCP certification, or the ability to obtain the certification required to work in a UAE kitchen.
• Must hold, or be eligible to obtain, the right to work in the United Arab Emirates.

Skills & Competencies

• Genuinely ingredient-led, technically strong and creative.
• Able to push a menu forward with real flavour and technique, not gimmicks.
• Hands-on leader who wants to be in the kitchen, not an office-based chef.

Additional Information

• Position type: Permanent, full-time, single-status.
• Location: Dubai, United Arab Emirates.
• Target start date: November 2026.
• Salary: AED 25,000–30,000 per month, all-inclusive package (exact structure to be confirmed during the process), depending on experience.
• Eligible for service charge and gratuities.
• Medical insurance provided.
• Annual flight allowance every 12 months.
• Duty meal and uniform provided.
• 5-day working week.
• Further benefits and incentives to be confirmed during the recruitment process.
• Relocation support can be discussed for the right candidate.
• The identity of the group is confidential and will be disclosed to shortlisted candidates at the appropriate stage of the process.