Top 157 Executive chef Jobs in Montvale, Nj

Executive Chef | Premium High-Volume Dining
RM Hospitality LLC —New York, NY
- $130,000 - $175,000 a year
- Full-time
- 5 years
- Mentoring
- Recruiting
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Executive Chef - Waldorf Astoria New York
Hilton —New York, NY
- $185,000 - $235,000 a year
- Full-time
- Cooking
- Hotel
- Senior level
- Paid parental leave
- Employee stock purchase plan
3d
Director, Culinary Development - Lifestyle
Hyatt Lifestyle Group New York Hub —New York, NY
- $180,500 - $199,500 a year
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- Hotel
- Presentation skills
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
Executive Chef
Naxos Brooklyn —Brooklyn, NY
- $80,000 - $110,000 a year
- Full-time
- Background check
- 5 years
- Continuous improvement
- Profit sharing
- Paid time off
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Chef de Cuisine
The Smith —New York, NY
- $115,000 - $120,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Senior level
- Restaurant
- Commuter assistance
- Health insurance
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Executive Sous Chef - Soho House New York
Soho House & Co. —New York, NY
- $90,000 - $110,000 a year
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- Ability to walk for extended periods
- High school diploma or GED
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Executive Sous Chef
Wood Stack Pizza & Kitchen —Pine Brook, NJ
- $55,000 - $65,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Basic math
- Cooking
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Executive Chef
Prestige Luxe Group —Mamaroneck, NY
- $16 - $28 an hour
- Weekends as needed
- Hospitality
- Mid-level
- Mentoring
- Flexible schedule
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Head Chef
Oak and Vine —Glen Cove, NY
- $85,000 - $110,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- ServSafe
- Mentoring
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Head Chef
Hudson Manpower —New York, NY
- $850 - $1,250 a month
- Full-time
- Mentoring
- Organizational skills
- Senior level
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Executive Chef
One40 Rooftop —New York, NY
- $120,000 - $140,000 a year
- Full-time
- Hospitality
- Supervising experience
- Continuous improvement
- Health insurance
- Dental insurance
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Executive Sous Chef
LP Hospitality Group —New York, NY
- $92,000 - $97,000 a year
- Weekends as needed
- Hospitality
- 5 years
- Computer literacy
- Commuter assistance
- Health insurance
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Chef Manager/ GM (Long Island)
Metz Culinary Management —New York, NY
- $75,000 - $85,000 a year
- Full-time
- School experience
- Mid-level
- Cash register
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
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Executive Chef Amityville
Metz Culinary Management —New York, NY
- $74,000 - $77,500 a year
- Full-time
- Cooking
- Mentoring
- In-person
- Health insurance
- 401(k)
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Lead Line Cook/Sous Chef
The Barn Kitchen and Bar —Rockaway, NJ
- $25 - $35 an hour
- Full-time
- Customer service
- Mid-level
- Quality control
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8d
Hospitality Chef Manager
NUTRITION MANAGEMENT SERVICES —West Caldwell, NJ
- $55,000 - $65,000 a year
- Full-time
- ServSafe
- Mid-level
- 3 years
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EXECUTIVE CHEF, New Jersey
Compass Corporate —Newark, NJ
- $90,000 - $100,000 a year
- Full-time
- Background check
- Sanitation
- Cooking
- Commuter assistance
- Paid parental leave
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EXECUTIVE CHEF
The Avra Group —New York, NY
- $160,000 - $175,000 a year
- Full-time
- 7 years
- ServSafe
- Senior level
- Dental insurance
- Vision insurance
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Director Culinary Services / Executive Chef
Atria Senior Living —Great Neck, NY
- $93,000 - $106,950 a year
- Full-time
- Microsoft Word
- Microsoft Excel
- Microsoft Outlook
- Paid holidays
- Health insurance
7d
Executive Chef
Restaurant Associates —New York, NY
- $130,000 - $150,000 a year
- Full-time
- Background check
- Sanitation
- Cooking
- Commuter assistance
- Paid parental leave
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Executive Chef | Premium High-Volume Dining

RM Hospitality LLC -
New York, NY

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Job Details

Full-time
$130,000 - $175,000 a year

Benefits

Health insurance
Dental insurance
401(k)
Vision insurance

Qualifications

Food and beverage product quality management
Food quality maintenance
Kitchen health and safety standards
Recipe adherence
Communication with suppliers
Food service purchasing
Food service health code compliance
Specialty dish recipe development
Safety regulations
Coaching
Labor cost analysis
Team scheduling
Brand representation
Team development
Hiring
Kitchen cost control
Food safety sanitizing procedures
Inventory tracking for food cost management
Team training
Plating
Kitchen staff training
Mentoring
Recruiting
Quality control problem-solving
Managing kitchen staff
Food ordering
Training & development
Clean workspace maintenance
Business operations
Kitchen staff scheduling

Full Job Description

An exceptional opportunity exists for a talented and highly driven Executive Chef to lead the culinary program of a premier, high-volume restaurant known for elevated hospitality, strong market presence, sophisticated clientele, and a dynamic dining environment.

This role is designed for a culinary leader who brings creativity, precision, discipline, and genuine love for hospitality. The successful candidate will be highly present in the kitchen, deeply engaged with the team, commercially aware, and committed to delivering consistently excellent food at pace and scale.

This is not a back-office chef role. The Executive Chef will be the culinary heartbeat of the restaurant, leading menu execution, kitchen culture, financial discipline, product standards, training, and daily service readiness with clarity, calm, and authority.

The Opportunity

The business is entering an exciting new chapter, with meaningful investment across key flagship locations and a renewed focus on culinary identity, service consistency, guest experience, and leadership development. This is a strong platform for an ambitious Executive Chef who wants to grow within a hospitality group that invests in its people through internal training, mentorship, cross-venue exposure, and long-term career progression.

Requirements

Lead from the kitchen, setting the tone for discipline, pace, teamwork, accountability, and professionalism.
Execute an elevated, produce-driven menu with precision, balance, and respect for seasonality.
Maintain exceptional standards across food quality, preparation, plating, cleanliness, organization, and kitchen readiness.
Drive consistency across all menu items through clear recipes, detailed training, tasting, coaching, and follow-through.
Recruit, train, mentor, and retain a strong culinary team, creating a culture, rooted in respect, pride, learning, and high standards.
Manage food cost, labor, waste, purchasing, inventory, scheduling, and productivity with strong commercial discipline.
Anticipate operational challenges and solve issues quickly, practically, and without compromising quality or morale.
Oversee ordering, vendor communication, product quality, equipment care, and kitchen maintenance.
Uphold all health, sanitation, safety, compliance, and food handling standards at the highest level.
Act as a culinary ambassador for the restaurant, representing the brand with professionalism, creativity, humility, and confidence.

Candidate Profile

The ideal candidate will bring experience from respected, high-volume restaurants, premium hospitality groups or first-tier dining environments. They will be a strong communicator, a confident operator and a hands-on mentor who leads with pace, sound judgement and clear standards.

Senior culinary leadership 5+ years experience within upscale restaurants, high-volume dining, premium hospitality, or chef-driven concepts.
Proven ability to lead a large kitchen teams through busy, complex, and high-pressure services.
Strong technical culinary foundation, with excellent command of execution, prep systems, quality control, and service flow.
Experience managing food cost, labor, scheduling, purchasing, inventory, and kitchen productivity.
A calm, composed leadership style with the ability to motivate, teach, correct, and inspire in real time.
Excellent communication skills and the ability to align culinary, service, ownership, and operations teams.
Strong attention to detail, with a disciplined approach to cleanliness, organization, consistency, and follow-through.
A creative yet practical mindset, with the ability to develop dishes that are thoughtful, executable, and commercially sound.
Culinary degree or formal culinary training preferred but not required.
Food handler, sanitation, or food safety certification required in accordance with local regulations.

The company is open to both established Executive Chefs and exceptional rising culinary leaders ready for the next step, provided they bring the maturity, technical ability, urgency, and leadership presence required to run a high-volume, high-expectation kitchen.

Measure of Success

Within the first six months, the Executive Chef will have strengthened culinary consistency, elevated kitchen organization, improved team engagement, reinforced cost discipline, and contributed meaningfully to guest satisfaction, operational momentum, and overall brand performance.

Benefits

Competitive salary $130k - $175k commensurate with experience
Comprehensive benefits package (medical / dental / vision)
401(k)
Leadership development, mentorship, and cross-venue growth opportunities
Career pathway within an internationally respected hospitality group

Our client is proud to be an equal opportunity workplace and hires regardless of race, color, ancestry, religion, sex, national origin, sexual orientation, age, citizenship, marital status, disability, gender identity and/or expression, pregnancy, Veteran status any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.

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