The Role… 

The Head Chef is responsible for leading and inspiring the kitchen team to deliver exceptional culinary experiences while driving operational and financial performance in Soho House Bangkok. Acting as a key leader within the business, this role oversees all aspects of kitchen management including menu development, food quality, cost control, and team leadership.

As the driving force behind the food offering, the Head Chef creates seasonal, innovative, and relevant menus that enhance member satisfaction and retention. Working closely with the Executive Chef and senior leadership team, this role ensures efficient kitchen operations, strong supplier partnerships, and full compliance with health, safety, and hygiene standards.

Why work with us…
Soho House offers a competitive compensation package along with a range of global benefits and perks. Whether you’re seeking a new challenge or looking to grow within your profession, we provide the support and development opportunities to help you progress in your career.

• Career Development opportunities across a global organisation
  • Soho Impact – our commitment to sustainability, community, and social impact
  • Learning & Development programmes to support your growth
  • Cookhouse & House Tonic – access to food and beverage perks
  • Regular team events and social activities
  • Birthday leave to celebrate your special day

Key duties…

Your normal responsibilities and duties shall include but are not limited to:

Culinary Leadership & Menu Development

• Lead the creation of seasonal, innovative menus aligned with Soho House standards and member expectations
• Ensure consistency, quality, and presentation across all dishes
• Develop and maintain a recipe and dish bible for the kitchen team
• Stay current with global culinary trends and bring fresh ideas to the food offering

Kitchen Operations & Team Management

• Lead, train, and develop a high-performing kitchen brigade, including interns and apprentices
• Foster a positive, disciplined, and creative kitchen culture aligned with The Soho Way
• Oversee daily kitchen operations, ensuring efficiency and high standards at all times
• Manage rotas, staffing levels, and productivity to control labour costs
• Act as the main point of contact for kitchen-related matters and problem-solving

Financial Management & Cost Control

• Maintain food cost and wage margins in line with budget and financial targets
• Prepare and present food costings for all menu changes
• Control waste, stock levels, and inventory to maximise profitability
• Identify opportunities to improve financial performance across the kitchen

Supplier & Stock Management

• Build and maintain strong relationships with local suppliers to source high-quality seasonal ingredients
• Oversee procurement, stock control, storage, and inventory processes
• Ensure accurate receipt and monitoring of all goods

Health, Safety & Compliance

• Ensure full compliance with HACCP and all food safety standards
• Maintain high levels of hygiene, food labelling, and temperature control
• Ensure all team members are trained in health and safety procedures
• Monitor and maintain kitchen equipment, reporting any issues promptly

Commercial Support & Collaboration

• Work closely with the Executive Chef and management team to drive member satisfaction and retention
• Support menu tastings, feedback processes, and continuous improvement initiatives
• Ensure front-of-house teams are fully knowledgeable about menu offerings
• Act on feedback, including mystery diner reports, with clear action plans

Measures of Success

• Achievement of financial targets including food revenue, cost of sales, and EBITDA contribution
• Consistent delivery of high-quality, innovative dishes aligned with brand standards
• Effective control of food costs, waste, and kitchen profitability
• High levels of member satisfaction and retention
• Strong team engagement, development, and retention
• Full compliance with health, safety, and hygiene standards

What we are looking for...

• 5–8 years’ experience in a high-volume, high-profile kitchen, ideally in a similar role
• A creative and innovative culinary leader with strong operational expertise
• Proven ability to lead, inspire, and develop a high-performing team
• Strong financial acumen including food cost control and inventory management
• Excellent knowledge of food safety, hygiene, and HACCP standards
• Strong organisational skills and ability to perform under pressure
• Thai Native with Fluent in English; additional languages are a plus
• Relevant culinary qualifications preferred

We are Datadog's in-house product experts. The technical solutions team enables Datadog's worldwide growth by educating potential clients and ensuring that existing customers are happy and successful. A Technical Account Manager (TAM) will continue to provide hands-on technical services to our largest customers by supporting, adopting and providing guidance over the comprehensive suite of products and features available at Datadog. A TAM is held in high regard as an expert and trusted advisor for how IT Operations translates to business value.

What You’ll Do:

• Advise on technical support and product adoption for customers in line with pre-sales, post-sales and the renewal processes
• Analyze customer’s IT Operations environment on a regular basis and provide recommendations that will maximize Datadog’s value.
• Be the customer’s advocate by knowing their goals and use cases then suggesting process changes, product adoption, configuration and additional features to meet their requirements
• Participate and prepare for Monthly and Quarterly Business Reviews with customers
• Collaborate with Datadog’s product management, engineering and technical services teams to help identify new features and products
• Continuously evolve best practice to technical product adoption and customer success

Who You Are:

• Someone with a solid technical grounding and hands-on experience of IT Operations
• Confident in your hands on experience AWS, Azure or GCP
• Comfortable scripting languages like Python, Javascript, Ruby, Perl, Go, PHP, or Chef/Puppet etc.
• Skilled in using CI/CD tools e.g. Jenkins, Gitlab etc.
• Knowledgeable about Containerization tools e.g. Docker, Kubernetes or Rancher etc.
• Able to travel via auto, train or air up to 30% of the time
• Previous experience working as a TAM supporting mid-market and/or Enterprise customers in the cloud space
• Experience working with cross functional teams Sales, Support, Engineering
• Experienced using Datadog and/or other cloud monitoring tools
• Thai language proficiency is a requirement as this role focuses on Thai speaking clients in the region

Datadog values people from all walks of life. We understand not everyone will meet all the above qualifications on day one. That's okay. If you’re passionate about technology and want to grow your skills, we encourage you to apply.

Benefits and Growth:

• Best-in-breed onboarding
• Generous global benefits
• Intra-departmental mentor and buddy program for in-house networking
• New hire stock equity (RSUs) and employee stock purchase plan (ESPP)
• Continuous professional development, product training, and career pathing
• An inclusive company culture, able to join our Community Guilds and Inclusion Talks

Benefits and Growth listed above may vary based on the country of your employment and the nature of your employment with Datadog.

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