Qualifications depend on your restaurant’s cuisine, brand value, and expertise required to prepare the kind of dishes your restaurant specializes in.
If you are looking to hire a Sushi Head Chef for an upscale restaurant, you might need someone with certifications and training and 7-10 years of experience.
If you are planning to hire a Head Chef for a five-star hotel restaurant, you might need someone with qualifications in hotel management or a degree in culinary arts.
University degrees are not a necessity to hire a head chef for diners, casual food restaurants, or fast food restaurants. But a head chef will need tremendous knowledge and experience in food production management, including compliance with hygiene, health, and safety protocols.