Regional Head of Culinary Training & Development
We are looking for a talented culinary master for a global giant in luxury experiential travel. They operate iconic lodges and bespoke tours across the globe, balancing top-tier luxury with a massive, long-standing legacy of conservation. If you want to put a globally revered, award-winning brand on your CV—and actually make an impact—this is the opportunity for you.
This is a regional, strategic, and highly active training role. You will be the visionary mentor rotating through luxury lodges in Tanzania, transforming local produce into world-class dining experiences, and empowering local culinary teams to reach international heights.
What’s In It For You?
- Regional Footprint & Prestige: Oversee and elevate the food strategy, styling guides, and standards across an entire portfolio of luxury lodges in East Africa.
- Legacy-Building Mentorship: You aren’t just managing; you are transforming lives. You will develop local culinary talent, design skills-development programs, host annual collaborative food workshops, and drive chef exchange initiatives that fast-track local promotions.
- Creative Autonomy: Curate, innovate, and implement 7-day menus, creative bush banqueting concepts, and bespoke guest delights. You will have your finger on the pulse of global culinary trends (“What’s Hot & What’s Not”) and the freedom to bring them to life in Africa. Deep Sustainable Impact: Align closely with procurement to pioneer local sourcing initiatives, developing local suppliers and minimizing environmental waste through smart kitchen controls. Your work directly impacts the local community and ecosystem.
Your Impact & Scope
As a traveling role model and culinary strategist across the region, your days will be dynamic and highly collaborative:
- Menu & Style Innovation: Revise and elevate 7-day menus, special dietary offerings, and bush picnics in line with luxury food styling guides.
- The Art of Storytelling: Train chefs not just on the plate, but on the experience—teaching them how to engage with guests and tell the stories behind local produce and flavours.
- Kitchen Commercials: Empower your teams by training them on menu costing, waste management, stock controls, and budget alignment.
- The Full F&B Experience: Broaden your impact by sharpening the standards for coffee, tea, sundowner game drive drinks, and personal bars.
Who You Are
You are a proactive, high-integrity culinary leader who thrives on flexibility, loves to have fun, and possesses a lateral-thinking mindset that shines in remote logistics.
- Have a Higher Diploma in Culinary Arts (or related field).
- 10+ Years of relevant experience in high-end hospitality, with a deep, demonstrable passion for creating fabulous food.
- Be a natural educator with world-class service standards, exceptional communication skills (for both discerning guests and diverse kitchen teams), and a heart for conservation and community sustainability.
- Ready to Shape the Future of Luxury Safari Dining?
If you are ready to trade a static kitchen for a regional calling, apply now to become the driving force behind East Africa’s next culinary chapter.
