Head Chef

4 weeks ago


Riyadh, Saudi Arabia Kitopi Full time

Kitopi is the world’s leading tech-powered multi-brand restaurant. With a mission to satisfy the world’s appetite, Kitopi operates a portfolio of both invested and franchised F&B brands, serving as enablers in the food market by helping brands to grow and scale, both in the delivery and dine-in space.

Launched in Dubai, UAE in January 2018, Kitopi has grown to become one of the greatest success stories in the cloud kitchen and food tech space. In July 2021, Kitopi announced its $415 million Series C funding round, led by the world’s largest technology-focused investment fund, Softbank Group Corp’s Vision Fund 2. This investment catapulted Kitopi to the prestigious Unicorn status, making it the fastest Unicorn to have emerged from the MENA region.

With over 4,000 employees, Kitopi currently operates 200+ locations across the UAE, KSA, Kuwait, Bahrain, and Qatar, and runs its engineering hub in Krakow, Poland, its robotics hub in Denmark, and its global customer experience center in Dubai, UAE.

1. Culinary Operations
- Looks after one or several brands across multiple branches where we operate
- Ensures excellent kitchen operations through training and coaching of our store teams
- Sets the example and is obsessed about quality, consistency and customer satisfaction
- Supports launch of his/her brands in new locations
- Leads the seasonal introduction of new menu items
- Works closely with the OPS team to control food cost, wastage, availability of products
- Champions scalability and simplification in how the way his/her brands are operated
- Owns the recipes and costing of his/her brands. Properly maintains the data integrity within our ERP system
- Is a role model in promoting safe and clean work environment

1. Brand Success
- Owns the culinary playbook of 1 or several brands
- Works closely with the Consumer Team in creating product and marketing campaigns
- Partners with Brand Managers of his/her respective brands as part of the Brand Squad. Provides culinary expertise and solutions.
- Leads product developments following the NPD (New Product Development) brief
- Constantly monitors quality and customer feedback to identify opportunities to optimize the products and offering

**What Are We Looking For?**
- 3-5 years of experience in leading brands (for head-chef) or supporting brands (for sous-chef) in different cuisines
- Great people-person
- Strong trainer and mentor to junior team members
- Highly effective when collaborating with multiple stakeholders (operations, consumer, central production)
- Good understanding and successful track record in implementing high standardization
- Experience in highly scalable fast casual or casual dining brands will be an advantage

**Recruitment Process and Timeline**

**Benefits**
- Extensive learning opportunities - we offer many hard and soft skills training to help you improve and challenge yourself
- You'll be involved in customized workshops run by Kitopi Academy
- You’ll have a chance to work in an international, diverse, and inclusive environment
- You’ll be part of one of the most caring communities out there.
- Finding a chance to become a shareowner with our ESOP plan (**T&C Applies**)
- Free and unlimited access to a nutritionist because we care about you
- No Dress Code (**T&C Applies**)
- Extended maternity and parental leave
- The infamous team activities and social events are bursting with fun
- Inclusive Private Health Insurance
- Up to 50% discount from Kitopi brands
- Annual leave as per the company policy
- Work from anywhere policy (**T&C Applies**)

**So, what does it really mean to work at Kitopi?**

We are constantly striving to make Kitopi the best place to work in the world, by empowering you to be the best version of yourself every day. Our company values act as our guiding principles to help ensure that everyone feels safe, included, and like they truly belong.

Along with offices in all the markets we operate in, we also believe in a “work from anywhere” policy - you get to choose the environment you operate in because we believe this will help you deliver work you’re proud of.

Tech-enabled and customer-obsessed, at Kitopi, we are a team of passionate humans who are on a mission together to satisfy the world’s appetite.


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