Executive Chef Bakery and Culinary Innovation
District Donuts•New Orleans, LA
•$80,000 - $100,000
About The Position
District is looking for a creative, hands-on culinary leader to oversee kitchen operations across multiple locations and concepts while helping drive menu development and product innovation. This role combines kitchen leadership, baking expertise, and food R&D . You’ll work closely with ownership to evolve the menu, improve kitchen systems, and help create the future of District. If you love baking, breakfast, sandwiches, donuts, and building strong kitchen teams , this role offers the opportunity to shape the future of a growing brand.
Requirements
- Strong baking or pastry experience
- 5+ years of kitchen leadership
- Experience developing new menu items
- Ability to manage and mentor kitchen teams
- Strong operational mindset and systems thinking
Nice To Haves
- Multi-location experience is a plus
- Highly organized
Responsibilities
- Kitchen Leadership
- Oversee kitchen operations across multiple locations and concepts
- Maintain consistency, quality, and execution standards
- Train and mentor kitchen teams and managers
- Improve kitchen workflow and operational systems
- Bakery Program
- Lead and oversee bakery production and dough programs
- Ensure consistency and quality of all baked goods
- Improve production systems for efficiency and scale
- Menu Development & R&D
- Develop new pastries, breakfast/brunch items, and sandwiches
- Create seasonal features and menu innovations
- Test recipes and refine processes for kitchen execution
- Operational Performance
- Monitor food cost, purchasing and support menu pricing decisions
- Improve kitchen labor efficiency and production flow
- Maintain food safety and sanitation standards
Benefits
- Company parties
- Competitive salary
- Dental insurance
- Employee discounts
- Free food & snacks
- Health insurance
- Opportunity for advancement
- Paid time off
- Training & development
- Vision insurance
- Opportunity to shape menu development and food innovation
- Leadership role within a creative and growing brand
- Direct collaboration with ownership
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Full-time
Career Level
Executive
Education Level
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