• Formal culinary experience in a 4-5 star luxury hotel environment or a high-end fine dining restaurant
• Good communication skills and ability to work with the President of the University  

The Process

• Engaged in a nationwide search, identifying executive chefs and executive sous-chefs at 4 and 5 Star luxury hotels and resorts
• Networked with our various contacts in the industry – including executive chefs, chef-owners, sous-chefs as well as fostering interest within the preeminent culinary institutions, including the Culinary Institute of America, French Culinary Institute, Cornell and Johnson & Wales
• Process initially centered on a targeted search of the local and east coast markets and then was broadened to a national search
• All candidate resumes were assessed and resumes culled, potential candidates were then interviewed 

The Stats

• We spoke to over a hundred candidates but presented only five finalists to our client for review
• Two of the five initial candidates proceeded to final interviews with the President of the university
• Candidates were presented three weeks after the search was initiated.