Brand Head Chef – Mugg & Bean Ghana (Full-Time)

Location: Accra, Ghana

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Masco Foods is a leading food and hospitality company committed to delivering exceptional dining experiences through internationally recognized restaurant brands. As we expand the Mugg & Bean brand in Ghana, we are looking for an innovative and passionate culinary leader to shape the brand’s food offering and establish operational excellence from the ground up.

This is an exciting opportunity to lead the culinary vision for a growing restaurant brand, build high-performing kitchen teams, and create memorable guest experiences. If you are a strategic, hands-on chef with experience in casual dining, cafés, or bakery operations, we invite you to join us.

Employment Type: Full-Time

Location: Accra, Ghana

Application Deadline: 25 July 2026

Key Responsibilities

Culinary Development and Menu Excellence

As the Brand Head Chef, you will:

• Lead the development of the complete Mugg & Bean Ghana menu across casual dining, bakery, breakfast, and café offerings.
• Create, test, validate, and standardize recipes that can be consistently reproduced across multiple restaurant locations.
• Balance culinary innovation with operational efficiency while achieving food cost targets.
• Continuously review and improve menu offerings based on customer feedback, market trends, and business performance.

Standards, Recipes, and Operational Procedures

You will:

• Develop and maintain standardized recipes, product specifications, portion controls, and plating guidelines.
• Prepare and update kitchen Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Establish quality standards and ensure consistent execution across all restaurants.
• Prevent unauthorized recipe modifications or ingredient substitutions to protect brand integrity.

Kitchen Operations

You will:

• Lead day-to-day kitchen operations during the launch of the first Mugg & Bean Ghana restaurant.
• Provide technical input into kitchen design, equipment selection, workflow, and layout for new restaurant openings.
• Ensure production readiness across breakfast, lunch, dinner, bakery, and café operations.
• Monitor service performance, ticket times, food quality, and operational efficiency.
• Maintain clean, organized, and disciplined kitchen environments that meet brand standards.

Leadership and Team Development

You will:

• Recruit, coach, and develop high-performing kitchen teams for new restaurant openings and future expansion.
• Design training programmes, onboarding materials, and culinary development initiatives.
• Lead daily kitchen briefings and foster a culture of teamwork, accountability, and excellence.
• Conduct performance evaluations and implement coaching and corrective action where necessary.

Supply Chain and Cost Management

You will:

• Partner with Supply Chain and Procurement teams to source, evaluate, and approve ingredients and suppliers.
• Ensure compliance with approved product specifications and centralized purchasing requirements.
• Monitor inventory levels and minimize food waste, spoilage, and overproduction.
• Drive initiatives that improve food cost performance while maintaining product quality.

Food Safety and Compliance

You will:

• Ensure full compliance with food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and company policies.
• Monitor food storage, labeling, stock rotation, temperature controls, and sanitation practices.
• Maintain kitchen audit readiness through effective cleaning schedules and safe work procedures.
• Promote a culture of food safety and continuous compliance across all kitchen operations.

Qualifications and Experience

The ideal candidate should possess:

• Proven experience as a Head Chef, Executive Chef, Executive Sous Chef, or Senior Chef within a casual dining, bakery, café, or premium hospitality environment.
• Demonstrated experience in menu development, product validation, recipe creation, and culinary standardization.
• Experience establishing kitchens and leading restaurant pre-opening projects.
• Strong knowledge of bakery production, breakfast service, café operations, and casual dining concepts.
• Proven experience developing and implementing recipes, specifications, and Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs).
• Excellent knowledge of food safety regulations, hygiene standards, and quality assurance systems.
• Strong experience in inventory management, food cost control, supplier management, and purchasing.
• Proven ability to recruit, mentor, and lead high-performing culinary teams.
• Previous experience within the Ghanaian or West African hospitality market will be highly advantageous.
• Ability to work hands-on during a fast-paced business launch and expansion phase.
• Excellent communication and leadership skills with fluency in English.
• Willingness to be based in Ghana and travel within Ghana and the wider West African region when required.

Preferred Experience

Candidates with the following experience will have an added advantage:

• Experience managing culinary operations across multiple restaurant locations or franchise brands.
• Previous experience with internationally recognized brands such as Mugg & Bean, Paul, Maison Kayser, or similar casual dining, bakery, or café concepts.
• Experience training kitchen teams in new markets and supporting restaurant openings.
• Proven success opening multiple restaurant locations.
• Experience working with central production kitchens, commissaries, and approved supplier programmes.
• Demonstrated ability to scale culinary operations from a single restaurant to a multi-site network.

How to Apply

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