Director of Culinary / Corporate Chef

Job overview

The Director of Culinary / Corporate Chef role is onsite in Detroit, Michigan, with regional travel. Compensation is $70,000–$100,000 per year. The role supports a multi-unit pizza restaurant group and its national frozen retail line, reporting to the Chief Executive Officer. This culinary leader maintains consistent recipes and standards across restaurant and retail products while developing menu items and frozen products from testing through production. The work also supports quality, food-cost management, kitchen training, and food-safety and labeling accuracy.

What you'll do

• Own and document recipe standards for dough, sauce, cheese, baking, and portioning
• train and audit across restaurants and retail products
• lead menu items, limited-time offers, and catering from concept to launch
• develop frozen products through formulation, plant trials, and first-production sign-off
• conduct quality checks and address issues
• partner on recipe costing, pricing, and ingredient or supplier changes
• build kitchen training and certification
• support allergen, nutrition, and labeling accuracy.

What we're looking for

Skills & competencies

director of culinary

corporate chef

full-time

detroit mi

gecko hospitality

pizza

multi-unit restaurants

frozen product development

menu development

recipe standards

food safety

regional travel

$70k–$100k per year

Work arrangement

• Weekend coverage required

Benefits & perks

• Competitive pay, bonus, and benefits are mentioned
• specific benefits are not listed.

Why this role

Hands-on frozen product development from bench to production, including co-manufacturer plant trials; ServSafe Manager certification or ability to obtain it; pizza or bakery experience is a strong plus.

About the employer

Gecko Hospitality is hiring for this role. Industry: Hotels (except Casino Hotels) and Motels. Sector: 72.