FOUNDING CULINARY PARTNER

🚨 CONFIDENTIAL LEADERSHIP SEARCH | QSR / FOOD BUSINESS
Founding Culinary & Kitchen Operations Partner
Co-Founder / Equity Participation
Enwisen Global Advisors is assisting a confidential client in identifying a senior culinary professional to join the founding leadership team of an emerging Quick Service Restaurant (QSR) / Fast Food business.
This is not a conventional Executive Chef position.
The client is looking for an entrepreneurial culinary professional who wants to participate in building and scaling a food brand, with an opportunity for equity participation and long-term ownership.
THE MANDATE
The selected professional will take a leadership role across:
🍔 Menu & Recipe Development
🍗 Product Innovation
📊 Food Costing & Menu Engineering
⚙️ Kitchen SOPs & Process Design
👨‍🍳 Kitchen Team Development
📦 Procurement & Vendor Management
📈 Quality & Portion Control
🧑‍🏫 Training & Standardisation
🏪 Multi-Outlet Scalability
💡 New Product Development
📉 Wastage & Cost Optimisation
🔄 Replicable Kitchen Systems
The objective is to build a culinary and kitchen operating system that can be consistently replicated as the business scales.
WHO ARE WE LOOKING FOR?
We are interested in professionals who have experience as:
• Executive Chef
• Head Chef / Culinary Head
• QSR Kitchen Head
• Culinary R&D Professional
• Restaurant Operations Head with strong culinary expertise
• Food Entrepreneur
• Chef with proven experience in building menus and kitchen systems
More importantly, you should have an entrepreneurial mindset.
We are looking for someone who thinks beyond:
“Can I make this dish?”
and thinks about:
“Can we make this dish consistently, profitably and at scale?”
THE EQUITY OPPORTUNITY
The selected candidate will have the opportunity to join the business as a founding culinary/operations partner, subject to mutually agreed terms.
The equity structure will be based on factors including:
• Experience
• Role and responsibility
• Time commitment
• Contribution to the business
• Long-term involvement
• Agreed performance milestones
A suitable vesting structure will be discussed with shortlisted candidates.
LOCATION
📍 Surat, Gujarat
The role is expected to involve significant hands-on involvement during the initial build-out phase.
THIS MAY BE FOR YOU IF...
You have spent years working for restaurants and QSR brands and have thought:
“I want to build something of my own.”
This could be an opportunity to do exactly that — with an existing business platform, entrepreneurial leadership and professional advisory support.
HOW TO APPLY
Please send your profile/CV along with a short note covering:
1️⃣ Your culinary/QSR experience
2️⃣ Your experience in menu & recipe development
3️⃣ Your kitchen management experience
4️⃣ Your experience with food costing and SOPs
5️⃣ A food/product you have personally developed
6️⃣ Why you are interested in an equity-based founding role
📩 Please DM Enwisen Global Advisors with the subject:
“Confidential QSR – Culinary Partner”
And also
Email us: hr@enwisenglobal.in
Client identity and detailed business information will be disclosed to shortlisted candidates during the selection process.
This search is being conducted exclusively by Enwisen Global Advisors on behalf of its client.
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