Head Chef, Ilo Club

Basque Culinary Center·Madrid, Spain

What they offer

  • €32,000 a year

    Gross, as stated in the ad.

  • Full-time hours

    Per the ad.

What they ask for

  • Have the right to work in Spain

    No sponsorship mentioned, and this kind of work is rarely sponsored in Spain.

  • Work on-site in Madrid

    No relocation package mentioned.

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About the role

What Ilo is. Ilo means "pleasure" in Finnish. And that is exactly what we want to be: a club in Madrid for people who take pleasure seriously. It is not a run-of-the-mill restaurant — it is the place you belong to, where they know you, where you always want to come back. We are opening in Chamberí with 75 diners and Mediterranean cuisine with twists: recognizable dishes, very well executed, with some element that surprises. And some premium sandwiches — the "Ilos" — destined to become the best in Madrid and a brand of their own. The role. We are looking for someone to set up and run the Ilo kitchen from scratch. You are not inheriting an established kitchen: you build it.

You will work hand in hand with the founders to finalize the menu, define cost breakdowns and standards, and lead the team shift after shift. This is a position for someone with culinary excellence who also manages with rigor: masters the numbers, organizes the kitchen like clockwork, and leads their team.

What you'll do

What you will do:

- Define and execute the menu together with the founders

- Set up the kitchen from scratch: processes, technical sheets, and quality and hygiene standards - Train and lead the kitchen team, and organize their shifts and schedules

- Control cost breakdowns, food cost, margins, purchasing, suppliers, and waste

- Guarantee consistency and the level of quality at every service

What you'll get

- €32,000 gross per year, full-time, in Madrid (Chamberí)

- We greatly value work done well: in addition to the fixed salary, there are quarterly bonuses for those who do it well. If the project does well, we all do well

- Set up a kitchen from scratch and leave your mark on the menu and on the "Ilos"

- A project with a future: the restaurant is the first step; the "Ilos" are intended to become an independent brand

- We believe the team is the key to a project's success. We want to build it together, and take care of the team and the atmosphere so that it is a pleasure to work here

Requirements

- Experience running a kitchen (head chef, or a sous chef ready to make the leap) in places with high standards

- Cost discipline: you know what a dish costs and you design so that the numbers work out

- Experience leading and training teams

- Ability to organize and sustain the level of quality in a demanding kitchen

- A desire to build a project from scratch, not just to work in it

You'll most likely need Spanish to apply.This job was automatically translated to English, .

About the company

Basque Culinary Center

Basque Culinary Center

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200 employees