Our Services

We’re a hospitality-first search partner delivering leadership hires and recruiting advisory across Culinary, Food & Beverage, and People & Culture. Our work bridges operations and people strategy so you can elevate guest experience and build strong, scalable teams.

Direct-Hire Search

We place Culinary, Food & Beverage, and People and Culture leaders who move the business.

Engagement Options:

Retained Search (Executive or Confidential)

Initiation fee with staged billing. 120-day replacement guarantee.

Engaged Search (Exclusive)

Kickoff deposit applied to the final placement fee; exclusive partnership. 90-day replacement guarantee.

Contingent (case-by-case, speed prioritized)

No upfront fee. Used case-by-case for well-defined roles when speed is the driver.

Roles we specialize in:

Culinary (C-suite-Director/Sr.Manager): Executive Chef, Corporate Executive Chef, VP Culinary, Senior Sous, and Pastry Leaders
F&B (C-suite-Director/Sr.Manager): Multi-Outlet/Restaurant F&B Leader, Corporate Beverage Director, VP of F&B, Director of F&B
People & Culture (C-suite-Director/Sr.Manager): Head of People, HRBPs, Talent Acquisition Leaders, Total Rewards, Learning & Development

How we work:

Success profile & scorecard
Targeted search & outreach
Structured screening
Curated slates with write-ups
Interview orchestration & feedback
References & offer support
30/60/90 post-hire check-ins

Consulting & Advisory

We help hospitality groups build recruiting engines that scale. Projects run as fixed-fee sprints or monthly advisory.

Where we help

TA function build-out: intake workflows, scorecards, interview guides, hiring-manager enablement.
ATS/HRIS transformation: selection, implementation, and adoption.
Embedded Sourcing on Your ATS: We plug directly into your system to build pipelines and fill roles where you work.
Monthly On-Demand Talent Partner: An option for ongoing support or to build/scale TA team without a full-time hire.

Popular packages

TA QuickStart Audit (2–3 weeks) – Current-state map, gap analysis, and a 90-day roadmap.
Deliverables: process map, KPI baseline, priority plan, role scorecard template.
ATS/HRIS Tune-Up (4–6 weeks) – Clean config, better templates, real adoption.
Deliverables: config audit, req/email templates, interview kits, dashboards, training.
Hiring Event in a Box (4 weeks) – Branded event that converts.
Deliverables: run-of-show, staffing plan, assets, candidate journey, post-event funnel tracker.
Manager Enablement– Faster, fairer decisions.
Deliverables: training deck, interview guides, evaluation rubric, feedback loop templates.

Let's Talk

Need to fill a leadership role or tune your hiring engine?

Email: valarie@thevcsearchgroup.com

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