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District Executive Chef

United States, Houston · Job Posted April 24, 2026
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Job Description

The NRG District Executive Chef is responsible for directly supervising culinary personnel for the NRG Sports and Entertainment District. This role will supervisor and coordinate all related culinary activities within the NRG district.

Job Responsibility

  • Train and lead kitchen personnel
  • Estimate food consumption and requisition or purchase food
  • Select and develop recipes as well as standardize production recipes to ensure consistent quality
  • Establish presentation technique and quality standards
  • Plan and price menus
  • Ensure accurate equipment operation/maintenance
  • Ensure accurate safety and sanitation in kitchen
  • You may cook selected items, no more than 20% of the time
  • You may coordinate special catering events and may also offer culinary instruction and/or demonstrates culinary techniques
  • Directly supervises kitchen personnel with responsibility for hiring, mentoring, performance reviews and initiating pay increases

Requirements

  • 8+ years of industry & culinary management experience
  • Requires a bachelor's degree or equivalent experience
  • The ability to lead in a diverse environment with focus on client and customer services is essential to success in this role
  • Previous experience with control food & labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development and pricing and development of culinary team preferred
  • P&L accountability and/or contract-managed service experience is desirable

Nice to have

  • Previous experience with control food & labor cost, demonstration cooking, menu development and pricing and development of culinary team preferred
  • P&L accountability and/or contract-managed service experience is desirable

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