Executive Chef

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The Executive Chef leads all culinary operations, including restaurant, banquet, room-service and staff dining kitchens. The role requires extensive experience in luxury hotels or upscale resorts, strong knowledge of international and local cuisine, menu planning, food costing, purchasing, hygiene standards and kitchen financial management. Candidates should hold relevant culinary qualifications and demonstrate excellent leadership, communication and team-development skills. The successful candidate is expected to maintain Shangri-La’s quality standards, deliver creative and consistent cuisine, control costs, meet food-safety requirements and work closely with senior management and other departments. Experience in Indonesia or an international hotel environment, along with adaptability, commercial awareness and a passion for guest satisfaction, would be advantageous.

About the employer

Shangri-La is a leading luxury hospitality group founded in Asia and headquartered in Hong Kong. The company operates hotels, resorts and related hospitality businesses across Asia, the Middle East, Europe, North America and other international markets. Its properties are known for personalized service, distinctive dining, comfortable accommodation and strong destination-based experiences. Shangri-La emphasizes its values of hospitality, respect, humility and teamwork, while offering career opportunities across hotel operations, food and beverage, culinary services, guest relations and corporate functions. In Indonesia, the group has operated high-end properties serving leisure and business travelers in major tourism and commercial destinations. An Executive Chef joining Shangri-La would typically work in a multicultural environment, lead sizeable culinary teams and support restaurant concepts, banquets, events and resort or hotel-wide food operations.