Head Chef

Head Chef Hamesha

Location: HSR, Bangalore

Type: Full-time

Brand: Hamesha a warm, thoughtful caf built around comfort food, good conversations, and honest ingredients.

About Hamesha

Hamesha is a new caf opening in HSR, Bangalore. We are building a space that feels warm, personal,

and familiar - the kind of caf where people come for good food, slow afternoons, conversations, and

comfort.

Our food philosophy is simple: familiar flavours, thoughtful execution, fresh ingredients, and food that

feels comforting but still interesting. Plant-based and vegetarian-forward food is an integral part of

Hameshas menu and identity. We want to create food that feels nourishing, creative, satisfying, and full of flavour without making it feel restrictive or overly complicated.

We are looking for a Head Chef who can help bring this vision to life and build a strong, consistent

kitchen from the ground up.

Role Overview

We are looking for a passionate and reliable Head Chef to lead the kitchen at Hamesha. The ideal

candidate should have strong experience in caf-style food, casual dining, bakery-style snacks, salads, pastas, desserts, and modern vegetarian and plant-based dishes.

This role requires someone who is not only a good cook, but also a strong kitchen leader. If you can

manage prep, quality, hygiene, costing, staff training, consistency, and daily operations, you are the

person for the job!

Key Responsibilities

• Lead the kitchen team and manage daily kitchen operations.
• Work closely with the founder to develop, test, and finalise the caf menu.
• Create vegetarian-forward and plant-based dishes that are flavourful, thoughtful, and

commercially viable.

• Maintain consistency in taste, presentation, portion size, and quality.
• Prepare and supervise dishes across sections such as breakfast, sandwiches, snacks, salads,

mains, desserts, and beverages where required.

• Create and follow standard recipes and SOPs.
• Manage kitchen prep, stock planning, inventory, wastage control, and ordering.
• Ensure food costing, portion control, and profitability are maintained.
• Train junior chefs, commis, and kitchen helpers.
• Maintain high hygiene, cleanliness, and food safety standards.
• Coordinate with vendors for ingredients and kitchen supplies.
• Help plan specials, seasonal dishes, supper club menus, and limited-time offerings.
• Take ownership of the kitchen and solve daily operational issues responsibly.

Requirements

• Prior experience as a Head Chef, Sous Chef, or Senior CDP in a caf, casual dining restaurant,cloud kitchen, bakery caf, or similar setup.
• Strong knowledge of caf-style food, continental cuisine, sandwiches, salads, pastas, comfort food, and desserts.
• Good understanding of vegetarian and plant-based food is important.
• Ability to develop dishes that are creative but also practical for daily caf operations.
• Ability to follow and create recipes with consistency.
• Strong understanding of kitchen hygiene, food safety, and storage practices.
• Experience with costing, portioning, inventory, and wastage control.
• Ability to train and manage a small kitchen team.
• Calm, reliable, organised, and solution-oriented.
• Must be comfortable working in a new caf setup and helping build systems from scratch.
• Creativity is important, but consistency and discipline are essential.

Work Days & Timings

Salary- To be discussed based on caf operations. Salary will be better than industry standard.

Salary will be based on experience, skill level, and fit for the role.

How to Apply

Interested candidates can share their resume, previous work experience, and a few photos of dishes

they have worked on.

Please contact:

Akhila Jaishanker

Email: akhilajaishanker@gmail.com

Phone : +91 7406660401

Hamesha, HSR Bangalore