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Temporary Executive Chef-Bahia Mar Fort Lauderdale Beach a Doubletree by Hilton

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Fort Lauderdale, FLFull-time / Temporary$95K/yrSeen todaySeen in employer's feed today

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At a glance

Compensation
$95K/yr
Location
Fort Lauderdale, FL
Schedule
Full-time / Temporary
Work Authorization
Not specified

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Job overview

The Executive Chef directs culinary operations at the hotel, overseeing meal preparation, food quality, presentation, cost controls, and profitability. The role develops menus with the Food and Beverage Director, engages guests to improve dining experiences, manages budgets and forecasts, streamlines kitchen workflows, and leads team performance and development. It also ensures compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations.

Skills & qualifications

RequiredNice to have

Skills

Culinary OperationsMenu DevelopmentGuest EngagementBudget ManagementKitchen OperationsPerformance ManagementRegulatory Compliance

Full job description

Job Identification: 229122

Job Category: Culinary

Job Schedule: Full time

Salary 95,000.00

Equal Opportunity Employer EOE, including disability/vets

Exceptional Hospitality Starts with You

Picture yourself brightening someone’s day. When you join our Hotels team, that’s exactly what you’ll do every time you come to work! As an Executive Chef , and success of all hotel culinary operations – you’re spreading the light and warmth of hospitality by delivering memorable experiences that make the stay for every guest.

Here's what you'll do during a typical day:

  • Direct culinary operations: Oversee the preparation and production of hotel meals, ensuring high standards of food quality, presentation, cost controls, and overall profitability

  • Enhance menu offerings: Partner with the Food and Beverage Director to develop new menus and individual menu items based on current food trends and regional tastes

  • Delight our guests: Engage with guests and clients to assess satisfaction, address concerns, and implement improvements to elevate the dining experience

  • Monitor financial performance: Oversee budget management, forecasting, and reporting to ensure financial targets are met and culinary operations are aligned with the hotel’s goals

  • Optimize kitchen operations: Oversee and streamline kitchen systems, processes, and workflows to ensure smooth and efficient operations

  • Cultivate a high-performing team: Drive engagement and retention through performance management, professional development, and recognition programs

  • Ensure regulatory excellence: Uphold compliance with health, safety, sanitation, and alcohol awareness regulations, fostering a culture committed to the highest standards of guest and team member wellbeing

What It Takes to Make the Stay

At Hilton, our core values define what it takes to succeed here and guide the qualities we look for in every team member:

A passion for spreading the light and warmth of Hospitality . Acting with Integrity and always doing the right thing. Inspiring others through Leadership . A belief that Teamwork drives the best outcomes. A sense of Ownership and accountability. And a focus on the Now , bringing urgency and discipline to every moment, knowing it can make a lasting impact.

Join an Award-Winning Workplace Culture

At Hilton, we don’t just deliver exceptional experiences for our guests—we build an exceptional workplace for the Team Members who make it all possible. As a global leader in hospitality, we’ve welcomed more than 3 billion guests worldwide, all while staying true to our founding vision: to fill the earth with the light and warmth of hospitality.

Our award-winning culture has earned us repeated recognition on the World’s Best Workplaces list by Great Place to Work and Fortune. With our suite of world-class brands (https://www.hilton.com/en/brands/) , and a company-wide commitment to providing the best stay for every guest, we’re setting new standards for the future of travel.

Whether you’re starting your career or exploring something new, Hilton supports your journey every step of the way. Come for the job, stay for the career—and help us make every stay a little more magical.

Curious about life at Hilton? Explore our Careers Blog (https://jobs.hilton.com/blogs) to see why we’re more than a great place to stay—we’re a great place to work.

How this job compares

Set against the 992 open Executive Chef jobs on Olive Jobs, counted October 28, 2026.

Pay
  • This posting$95K/yr
  • Florida median$93–111K/yr28 salary ranges
  • US median$75–95K/yr798 salary ranges

This rate, $95K, is 6% below the Florida median midpoint ($101K) — in the middle half of Executive Chef salary ranges in Florida.

Openings
Olive Jobs lists 42 open Executive Chef jobs in Florida and 992 across the US. Under 1% of them nationwide are listed as remote or flexible.
Hiring the most in Florida
Experience
Executive Chef postings that state a minimum ask for 4 years of experience at the median; the middle half ask for 3 to 5 years (488 postings).
Education
12 of the 992 open Executive Chef jobs (1%) ask for a bachelor's degree or higher.

Counted across the open, public US postings on Olive Jobs on October 28, 2026. Pay medians are the middle values of the low ends and of the high ends of postings that list both ends of a range in the same cadence (a yearly salary or an hourly rate); a range's midpoint is halfway between its ends. Pay and experience figures resting on fewer than 20 postings are left out.

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