Barcelona Chef Recruitment

Barcelona Chef Recruitment places chefs with luxury cruises, five-star hotels and fine-dining restaurants. It describes itself as Barcelona's only agency dedicated exclusively to culinary recruitment, and it matches multilingual chefs with establishments worldwide. The roles it covers include Culinary Directors, Patrón Chefs, Michelin-Starred Chefs, Executive Chefs and Sous Chefs.

Its process starts with a client consultation and a signed agreement, followed by candidate sourcing through job platforms, social media and its own database, a curated shortlist, interview coordination and onboarding support. It offers executive search, permanent recruitment, interim recruitment and candidate screening. It reports an 85% long-term employee retention rate and says it reduces hiring time by 50%.

The agency says it has completed projects in the USA, the Bahamas, the Caribbean Islands, France and Spain. It is led by founder and CEO Roger Ubach Bolde.