Executive Chef

Executive Chef

Bring your culinary vision to life in beautiful Grand Bend. We are looking for a chef with international cooking experience who can bring flair and exhilaration to local ingredients, creating a culinary experience that is out of this world

Bring your creative culinary vision to life utilizing local produce, fare from local farms, a garden on-site surrounded by 30+ acres of vineyards with plenty of varieties. This is the playground you’ve been waiting for We are looking for an Executive Chef that is hands-on, creative and innovative, to help us up the ante in Grand Bend with a true farm-to-table fine dining experience.

Our goal is to dazzle our guests with an elevated, one-of-a-kind, fine dining experience. Help us to realize the potential of this space and delight guests from around the world with your culinary craft.

We are looking for someone who is passionate about thinking global while supporting local. Delight our guests with an authentic farm-to-table culinary experience. We'll provide a fine-dining venue space to host it all, from intimate dinners, to a full-course banquet dinner for hundreds. Modern convenience meets rural charm just minutes from Lake Huron.

The canvas is blank and inviting. Bring us your vision.
- Build up a restaurant menu, banquet menu for weddings & corporate events and full-time team
- Access to 30+ acres of wine varietals
- State-of-the-art facility
- Fully equipped commercial kitchen
- Venue space for corporate and social dinners
- Local agricultural mecca for sourcing local ingredients
- Garden on site to plant herbs + desired crops

EXPERIENCE REQUIRED
- Experience in a fast-paced environment while leading a full kitchen team
- Monitoring prices set on a menu by overseeing and managing food ordering, inventory and supplies
- Creation of seasonal, event and specialty menus
- Working with food & beverage manager to ensure food, beverage and labour budgets are maintained and monitored
- Supervising daily activities of the kitchen staff
- Ensuring all kitchen equipment runs efficiently and effectively
- Ownership & pride in providing exceptional quality food
- Invested in team leadership

Create a culinary experience that will pair exemplary with a vast selection of wines.

Help us create a restaurant experience that our guests will rave about, always remember and come back for time and time again.

Red Seal Required. Must have proven banquet and fine dining experience.

At Dark Horse Estate Winery, we’re in the business of trailblazing. We established the first estate winery on the shores of Lake Huron in Huron County, a brand-new wine region, in 2016. Continually evolving, we’re the dark horse in this race and now we want to dazzle our guests with an elevated, one-of-a-kind, culinary experience.

We offer: Flexible schedule, work-life balance, Paid benefits, RRSP

Local accommodation secured.

$80-$110K based on experience.

**Job Types**: Full-time, Permanent

**Salary**: $80,000.00-$110,000.00 per year

**Benefits**:

- Dental care
- Disability insurance
- Extended health care
- Life insurance
- RRSP match

Schedule:

- Day shift
- Every Weekend
- Night shift
- Overtime
- Weekend availability

Supplemental pay types:

- Bonus pay

**Experience**:

- executive chef: 2 years (required)

Work Location: One location