Are you ready for the next step in your culinary career? Taste! is an established name in Antwerp’s hospitality scene and operates several dynamic restaurants: Brasserie Appelmans & Absinthbar, Black Smoke, and Bistro & Bar Monroe – each with its own unique identity. We are looking for an experienced and passionate Executive Chef to strengthen the kitchen brigade of our flagship venue.

As Executive Chef at Appelmans, you are given the space to be creative and work with a professional team that values both innovation and quality. Supported by a strong management team and a warm group of colleagues, we offer an inspiring working environment.

As Executive Chef, you enjoy a high level of autonomy in your kitchen: you develop daily specials, seasonal dishes and your own culinary signature. You assist in creating staff schedules, allowing you to build flexibility into your planning while respecting a healthy work-life balance. We are looking for someone who can work both independently and in a supportive role within the team.

PROFILE
• Proven experience in a leadership role within a professional kitchen team
• Strong knowledge of food cost control, stock management and kitchen organisation
• A coaching, positive leadership style
• Broad culinary interest – from classic to modern, from local traditions to international influences
• Hands-on mentality and a genuine passion for hospitality

To be agreed upon, with Monday always as a fixed day off.

To be discussed.

• A dynamic and stimulating working environment with room for personal growth and development
• A varied position with plenty of diversity – no two days are the same
• A full-time permanent contract (Category IX Chef, 38 hours/week)
• Possibility to perform up to 30 gross-net overtime hours per month under attractive conditions
• Meal vouchers of €8 per working day
• Pension savings plan
• Full mobile phone subscription via Orange or an equivalent provider
• Fixed expense allowances
• Subscription to (electric) Swapfiets
• Annual cookbook budget
• Access to high-end workshops and exchange projects with (inter)national top chefs

Send an email with your CV and motivation to kasper@taste.nu

WORKPLACE ADDRESS
Brasserie Appelmans & Absinthbar
Papenstraatje 1
2000 Antwerp

Interested? You can find all information about Brasserie Appelmans & Absinthbar at www.brasserieappelmans.be

More details about the Taste restaurant group, to which Brasserie Appelmans belongs, are available at www.taste.nu