Executive Chef Resume Example (2026) — Bullets, Skills & Tips

Summary

Executive chef with 16 years in Michelin-starred and hotel kitchens in Lyon and London. I write seasonal menus around British produce, run brigades of up to 34, and keep food cost and waste under tight control without compromising the plate. My current restaurant has held one Michelin star since 2022 and 3 AA Rosettes, at a 27% food-cost ratio.

Experience

Executive Chef

The Langdon, Mayfair (hotel & restaurant) · London, UK

Feb 2020 – Present

★ 1Michelin star since 2022

27%Food-cost ratio

−42%Food waste

Run all food operations for a 140-key hotel: a 70-cover fine-dining restaurant, all-day brasserie, banqueting for 300 and in-room dining; brigade of 34
Earned and retained a Michelin star (2022–2025) and 3 AA Rosettes with a tasting menu built on 15 small British farms and day-boat fishermen
Brought food cost from 33% to 27% and cut waste 42% through whole-animal butchery, a fermentation room and Winnow tracking

Sous Chef

Restaurant Paul Bocuse (L'Auberge du Pont de Collonges) · Lyon

Sep 2013 – Dec 2019

★★★Michelin (until 2020)

Ran the hot kitchen and sauce section for 160 covers a day; trained 12 commis chefs through the classical brigade

Chef de Partie

Hôtel Le Royal Lyon (MGallery) · Lyon

Jun 2009 – Aug 2013

Led the fish and garnish sections, wrote the weekly market menu and built HACCP records that passed every Lyon health inspection

Summary example

Executive chef with [N] years in Michelin-starred and hotel kitchens in Lyon and London. I write seasonal menus around British produce, run brigades of up to [N] and keep food cost and waste under tight control without compromising the plate. My current restaurant has held one Michelin star since [N] and [N] AA Rosettes, at a [X%] food-cost ratio.

Example bullet points for an Executive Chef

Run all food operations for a [N]-key hotel: a [N]-cover fine-dining restaurant, all-day brasserie, banqueting for [N] and in-room dining; brigade of [N]
Earned and retained a Michelin star ([N]–[N]) and [N] AA Rosettes with a tasting menu built on [N] small British farms and day-boat fishermen
Brought food cost from [X%] to [X%] and cut waste [X%] through whole-animal butchery, a fermentation room and Winnow tracking
Ran the hot kitchen and sauce section for [N] covers a day; trained [N] commis chefs through the classical brigade
Led the fish and garnish sections, wrote the weekly market menu and built HACCP records that passed every Lyon health inspection

Replace the [brackets] with your own numbers and facts. Never claim results you didn't achieve.

Skills to include

Menu engineering
Whole-animal butchery
Fermentation
Pastry basics
Food-cost control
HACCP
Winnow
Brigade leadership

Tips for an Executive Chef resume

Put the hard requirements recruiters screen for in the top third: Menu engineering, Whole-animal butchery, Fermentation.
List current credentials with the issuing body, e.g. Level 4 Food Safety & HACCP, Personal Licence holder.
Give every recent role at least one measured result — for example michelin star since 2022.
Match the job title in your headline to the posting where it is honest to do so.
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Executive Chef Resume Example