For Career-Driven Chefs
Build a career — not just a CV.
Chef’s Office Executive Academy helps chefs understand money, leadership, and career leverage — so you can move beyond survival and into control.
Our philosophy
Collaborative. Practical. Results-driven.
We believe chef careers stall not because of effort — but because of missing financial literacy, decision frameworks, leadership and leverage.
The Academy combines clarity, confidence, and execution — so you can move from where you are today to roles with authority, stability, and options.
At the highest level, chefs think like operators.
Technical skill gets you in the room.
Business understanding keeps you there — and moves you up.
The chefs who reach leadership, ownership, or real leverage all share the same advantage:
they understand both the kitchen and the business behind it.
Great chefs don’t just cook well.
They understand cost, margin, labour, decision-making, and power dynamics inside venues.
The Academy exists to close that gap — deliberately.
Business Mind for Chefs
Understanding food cost, labour, pricing, and structure isn’t “management work” — it’s how senior chefs protect their value and negotiate from strength.
Skill + Commercial Awareness
At the top level, execution and numbers are inseparable.
You don’t get promoted on talent alone — you get promoted on trust.
Career, Not Just Employment
When you understand how venues actually run, you stop chasing
jobs and start choosing roles.
Academy Pathways
Foundations (Free + Low-Cost)
Free eBook: Unlock Your Kitchen’s Profit Potential
Paid eBook: The Business-Minded Chef
Paid eBook: You Don’t Have to Be an A-hole to Lead a Kitchen
AI Applied to the Kitchen - SOON
Executive Academy (Flagship)
Financial clarity for chefs
Cost, margins & decisions
Leadership & positioning
Career leverage frameworks
Chef's Office Academy
Certification
AI OPS optimization
Workshops & One on One Sessions
Interview strategy
Resume & positioning
Leadership transitions
Real-world application
Ongoing Career Mentorship
If nothing changes, nothing changes.
Most chefs stay stuck because they never stop to reassess their direction.
The Academy exists for chefs ready to take responsibility for their next move.