Start: As soon as possible
Salary: Excellent package, dependent on experience
Confidentiality: Strictly confidential appointment
Highborn Global is recruiting an exceptional Performance Chef for a highly confidential private household based in Jordan.
This is a senior appointment for an experienced chef who combines outstanding culinary ability with a sophisticated understanding of performance nutrition, health-led cuisine and personalised dietary planning.
The successful candidate will be responsible for creating exceptional daily menus that support health, energy, performance and wellbeing while maintaining the standards expected within a prestigious private household.
The Role
The Performance Chef will:
- Create nutritionally balanced, high-quality daily menus tailored to the principal’s individual requirements.
- Work closely with any nutrition, medical or performance professionals involved with the household.
- Develop menus around specific health, fitness and performance objectives.
- Prepare healthy, varied and visually exceptional cuisine without compromising flavour or presentation.
- Adapt menus around training schedules, travel, recovery and changing dietary requirements.
- Source the highest-quality fresh ingredients and maintain excellent supplier relationships.
- Manage food purchasing, stock, kitchen organisation and food hygiene standards.
- Cater for private family meals as well as occasional guests and formal requirements.
- Maintain complete discretion and confidentiality at all times.
- Travel with the principal when required.
Candidate Profile
We are looking for an accomplished chef with:
- Approximately 15+ years of professional culinary experience.
- Significant experience in performance nutrition, healthy cuisine or personalised dietary cooking.
- Previous experience within a private household, royal household, elite sport, luxury hospitality or VVIP environment.
- Strong knowledge of nutrition, macros, dietary restrictions and health-focused menu development.
- Excellent international culinary repertoire.
- The ability to produce both sophisticated restaurant-quality food and clean, health-led everyday cuisine.
- Strong organisational skills and extremely high standards.
- A calm, confident personality and the ability to work successfully within a fully staffed private household.
- Excellent discretion and professional presentation.
- Flexibility regarding working hours and travel.
Formal culinary qualifications are expected. Additional qualifications or recognised training in nutrition or sports/performance nutrition would be highly advantageous.
Package
An excellent salary and overall package will be offered according to the calibre and experience of the successful candidate.
Further information regarding the household and position will only be disclosed to shortlisted candidates following an initial confidential discussion.
Please note: due to the highly confidential nature of this appointment, candidates should only be advised at the initial stage that the role is based in Jordan.