# Executive Chef

**Company**: SpaceXAI
**Location**: Palo Alto, California
**Work arrangement**: onsite
**Experience**: executive
**Job type**: full-time
**Salary**: $100,000 - $165,000 USD
**Category**: Operations
**Industry**: Technology

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## Description

The Executive Chef oversees multiple kitchen outlets, ensuring consistency and high-quality food experiences for guests and VIPs. You will contribute directly to SpaceXAI's success, working with the executive chef to conceptualize and manage various food services.

## Responsibilities

- Set and enforce operational standards across multiple kitchen outlets and service formats

- Support the executive chef and sous chefs in operations, team development, and department management

- Ensure food and workplace safety in all food service areas

- Train staff on work planning, safety protocols, and health inspection guidelines

- Oversee hiring and disciplinary actions for team members, focusing on overall well-being

- Coordinate new outlet openings, emphasizing VIP experiences

- Manage ongoing operations of new outlets

- Meet cost per head targets set by the executive chef

- Support team management, including hiring, development, and retention

## Basic Qualifications

- High school diploma or equivalent

- Culinary degree and 4+ years of industry experience, or 6+ years of experience

- 2+ years of experience in a multi-outlet operation facility

- Kitchen or dining area renovation/construction experience

- Ability to lift heavy items (up to 25 lbs)

- ServSafe or equivalent certification required

- Ability to stand for long periods (up to 8 hours) and perform physical tasks

- Availability to work all shifts, including extended hours and weekends

- Participation in internal leadership and development training required

- Valid driver's license and food manager's certification

## Preferred Skills and Experience

- Culinary degree

- Microsoft Office and Outlook proficiency

- Corporate environment experience

- High-volume or batch cooking experience

- Leadership experience with 20+ team members

- Advanced kitchen equipment knowledge and safe operations expertise

- Excellent communication skills

## Compensation and Benefits

The salary range is $100,000 - $165,000 USD. The total rewards package includes equity, comprehensive medical, vision, and dental coverage, 401(k) retirement plan, disability insurance, life insurance, and other perks.

## ITAR Requirements

Applicant must be a U.S. citizen or national, lawful permanent resident, refugee, or asylee, or eligible for required U.S. Department of State authorizations.

## Skills

### Required
- Culinary degree
- ServSafe certification
- Kitchen management
- Team leadership
- Food safety
- Cost control

### Nice to have
- Microsoft Office
- High-volume cooking
- Leadership experience
- Advanced kitchen equipment knowledge

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