The quiet search for the right operator.
We place the chefs, general managers and F&B directors who run world-class rooms — through introduction, conviction and slow, careful work. Most of our mandates never see the open market.
Senior placements, made with care.
Black Salt's talent practice is led by operators, not recruiters. We've sat in the chairs we hire for. That changes the conversation — with the client, and with the candidate.
We don't volume-spam CVs. A mandate is closed when the right person is in the role, the team around them is steady, and the brand is better for it.
Heads of kitchen, group culinary directors, signature-restaurant chef-patrons.
Hotel GMs, cluster GMs, standalone-restaurant general managers.
Property-level and group F&B leadership; openings and turnarounds.
End-to-end build-outs from sous chef to sommelier in tight windows.
Coaching, compensation benchmarking and retention partnerships.
Unattributed mandates where discretion is the entire brief.
Four steps. No drama.
We meet you, the room and the team. We agree on a profile we'd actually hire ourselves.
Quiet outreach to the people we know — and the people they know. No advertising, no scraped lists.
Three to five candidates we'd vouch for, each with a written read on fit, motivation and risk.
Offer choreography, onboarding, and a 90-day check-in. We stay close until the role is steady.