Lebanese Restaurant jobs in Dubai Marina

# Head Chef — Lebanese Cuisine

**Full-time · UAE**

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## The role

We are hiring an experienced Lebanese Head Chef to build and lead our kitchen.

We are looking for someone who has cooked in a real Lebanese kitchen and can hold that standard at volume — on the pass and in a delivery bag. The kitchen serves both dine-in and delivery, and trades across a long day.

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## What you'll own

**Cuisine and standards**

- Authentic Lebanese cooking with genuine depth in traditional home cooking — mloukhieh, bamieh, mehshi, freekeh, slow-cooked stews and rice dishes prepared the way they are made in Lebanon, not a hotel version of them

- Full command of the mezze repertoire, hot and cold, and the kibbeh family in its traditional forms

- Charcoal grill and oven sections held to consistent quality through peak service

- Recipe development and tasting with ownership, then standardisation into written specs so every plate is repeatable by any cook on any shift

**Menu and delivery**

- Work with ownership on the menu, then engineer it: portion specs, yield tests, plate costs and contribution margin per line

- Develop a delivery-optimised version of the offer — travel testing, packaging trials, holding times, and honest decisions about which dishes should never leave the building

- Rotation planning that uses existing prep rather than adding to it

**Operations and cost**

- Kitchen design input: station layout, equipment specification, prep flow and storage

- Own food cost against target, with weekly variance reporting, yield control and waste tracking

- Build and manage the supplier base — local fresh and dry goods, plus specialist Lebanese and Levantine imports — and negotiate on price, quality and consistency of supply

- Inventory, par levels, ordering and stock counts

**Team and compliance**

- Recruit, train and lead the brigade; build a section structure that doesn't depend on any one person being present

- Full compliance with UAE food safety regulations: HACCP, PIC certification, temperature and traceability logs, allergen control, personal hygiene

- Maintain those standards under pressure, late on a full night, not just on inspection day

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## What we're looking for

**Essential**

- Proven experience as Head Chef in a Lebanese or Levantine kitchen, with real command of traditional home cooking

- Mezze, kibbeh, charcoal grill and oven work at a high standard

- High-volume service experience — you can hold quality through a heavy peak

- Demonstrable food cost control: you can talk about the numbers you delivered, not just the dishes

- Established supplier relationships in the UAE, or the ability to build them quickly

- UAE food safety knowledge — PIC certified or able to certify immediately

- Leadership of a multinational brigade; Arabic and English

**Strongly preferred**

- Pre-opening experience — you've built a kitchen from an empty shell before

- Delivery exposure, and a realistic view of what survives thirty minutes in a bag

- Catering and large-format tray production

- A track record of training and keeping people, not just running them

Job Type: Full-time

Pay: Up to AED12,000.00 per month

Application Question(s):

• What is your expected salary?
• what is your notice period?
• Do you have experience in a Lebanese Restaurant ? And where ?

Work Location: In person