Executive Chef – Japanese Café
Shoku HouseAlbuquerque, New MexicoSalary: $7,000 per monthRelocation assistance available for the right candidate
Some chefs love running kitchens.
Others love creating food.
We’re looking for the second one.
Shoku House is a modern Japanese café built around thoughtful hospitality, exceptional food, and a deep respect for Japanese café culture. Every plate we serve should feel intentional. Every recipe should have a purpose. Every guest should leave delighted and transported.
Our menu is inspired by the cafés, bakeries, and specialty food culture found throughout Japan. From ceremonial-grade matcha and Japanese soufflé pancakes to handcrafted breakfast, lunch, and seasonal offerings, our goal is to build one of the country’s most exciting Japanese café experiences.
We’re searching for an Executive Chef who wants to help create that future.
Your Mission
Lead the culinary direction of Shoku House.
Develop recipes that guests remember.
Build menus that feel authentic, refined, and exciting.
Create food that people drive across town for, and eventually travel across the country to experience.
This role is dedicated to the culinary craft.
Restaurant operations, front-of-house leadership, and kitchen management are already supported by an experienced team, allowing you to focus your energy where it belongs: developing exceptional food.
What You’ll Own
- Recipe development and refinement
- Seasonal menu creation
- Continuous culinary research and development
- Food quality and consistency
- Plating standards
- Flavor development
- Texture refinement
- Training experienced cooks on technique and execution
- Collaborating with ownership to bring new ideas to life
Research and development is part of the job, not an occasional project.
Curiosity is expected.
Innovation is encouraged.
Great ideas deserve to be tested.
The Chef We’re Looking For
You care about details that most people never notice.
You think about balance before seasoning.
You notice texture before temperature.
You believe presentation changes perception.
You study food because you genuinely enjoy it.
Your social media feeds probably include cafés in Tokyo, bakeries in Kyoto, restaurants in Osaka, and chefs pushing culinary boundaries in Los Angeles and New York.
You save ideas.
You test ideas.
You improve ideas.
When inspiration strikes, your first instinct is to bring it to life.
Experience in Japanese cafés, bakeries, sushi restaurants, fine dining, or other high-level culinary environments is highly valued.
Beyond the Kitchen
Shoku House is more than a restaurant.
It’s a creative collaboration between ownership and a chef who shares the same passion for discovery.
We believe the best ideas come from exploring, tasting, learning, and asking, “What if?”
If the next great idea is waiting in a café halfway around the world, we’d rather explore it than wonder about it.
Compensation
- Salary starting at $7,000 per month
- Relocation assistance available for the right candidate
- Opportunity to shape a flagship culinary concept from the ground up
- Long-term growth with an expanding hospitality group
To Apply
Please submit your resume through Indeed along with a brief introduction telling us about your culinary journey.
In your message, we’d also love for you to answer one question:
What is the most memorable dish you’ve eaten in the past year, and what made it unforgettable?
We’re excited to meet the chef who will help write the next chapter of Shoku House.
Pay: $84,000.00 per year
Benefits:
Work Location: In person
