Job Description – Chef & Kitchen Operations Manager (Equity-Based)Company
Kefilo
Role Type
Equity-Based | Full-Time | Startup Building Role
About Kefilo
Kefilo is a future-driven wellness and lifestyle startup focused on building innovative meal systems, smart kitchen operations, and scalable wellness-focused food ecosystems. The goal is to make healthier living practical, accessible, and engaging through food, technology, operations, and community-driven experiences.
Role Overview
We are looking for a highly passionate and execution-oriented Chef & Kitchen Operations Manager who can help build and scale the food operations backbone of Kefilo. This role combines culinary understanding, kitchen management, operational efficiency, experimentation, and startup execution.
The ideal candidate should be excited about building systems from scratch, experimenting with wellness-focused meal concepts, and creating scalable kitchen workflows for future expansion.
Key Responsibilities
- Manage day-to-day kitchen operations and food production systems.
- Design and standardize meal preparation workflows for consistency and scalability.
- Collaborate with nutrition and wellness teams to create balanced and innovative meal solutions.
- Handle kitchen inventory, vendor coordination, procurement, and wastage control.
- Maintain hygiene, food safety, and operational quality standards.
- Support experimentation with new meal concepts, subscription models, and wellness-focused offerings.
- Build SOPs for future kitchens, kiosks, and scalable operational models.
- Coordinate with technology and operations teams for automation and process optimization.
- Train and manage kitchen staff and operational teams when required.
Requirements
- Experience in kitchen management, food operations, cloud kitchens, catering, restaurants, or food startups.
- Strong understanding of kitchen workflows, inventory management, and food operations.
- Interest in wellness-focused and scalable food systems.
- Ability to work in a fast-paced startup environment with ownership mindset.
- Problem-solving and operational execution skills.
- Basic understanding of food costing and process optimization is preferred.
What We're Looking For
- Someone who enjoys building systems from the ground up.
- Passion for food innovation and operational excellence.
- Ability to balance creativity, efficiency, and scalability.
- Experimental mindset toward future food and wellness models.
- Long-term vision for startup growth and ecosystem building.
Equity Structure
This is an equity-based role focused on long-term startup building and value creation. The selected candidate will work closely with the founder and core team in shaping the future kitchen systems, operational models, and food innovation ecosystem of Kefilo.
Skills: wellness,operations,chef
