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Talent Acquisition & Recruiting

Restaurant Talent Acquisition & Hospitality Executive Search Services 

Success in hospitality comes down to one thing: people. 

Empowered Hospitality is a hospitality-only recruiting firm built by former restaurant and hospitality operators who understand what it takes to build strong teams. Our firsthand industry experience and deep talent networks allow us to support hospitality businesses with the leadership and talent they need to grow. 

Whether you’re hiring a key executive, filling a critical leadership role, expanding your team, or staffing an entire restaurant opening, we provide strategic hospitality recruiting services—from executive search to full team build-outs. 

We partner with restaurants, hospitality groups, and hospitality brands to deliver executive search, management recruiting, high-volume hiring for openings and expansions, and long-term talent strategy. Our team has successfully placed these roles across the hospitality industry—and we’re ready to help you build the right team, too.

We commonly support hospitality businesses with

Executive Search & Leadership Recruitment

Hiring the right leader is one of the most important decisions a restaurant brand can make. The wrong hire costs time, money, and momentum — the right one accelerates growth. 

Our restaurant executive search and hospitality leadership recruitment services are designed to help you secure high-impact leaders with confidence. Every search is customized to your organization’s structure, culture, and growth goals. 

We help you: 

✔ Define leadership competencies and success profiles
✔ Conduct salary benchmarking and hospitality compensation analysis
✔ Develop targeted search strategies
✔ Access passive candidates within our industry network
✔ Conduct structured screening and reference evaluation
✔ Manage offer negotiation and closing strategy
✔ Support onboarding and transition planning 

We don’t just fill roles. We help you secure leaders who drive performance and stay for the long term.

Recruiting Management & High-Volume Hiring Support

Scaling quickly? Opening multiple locations? Managing high-volume hiring? 

Our recruiting management services are designed for restaurant and hospitality brands that need structured, scalable hiring support beyond a single executive search. 

We provide high-volume recruiting services on an hourly or fractional basis, giving you flexible access to experienced hospitality talent acquisition professionals without committing to a full-time internal hire. 

Our support includes: 

✔ High-volume candidate sourcing and screening
✔ Full-cycle recruiting management
✔ Interview coordination and hiring workflow oversight
✔ Fractional talent acquisition leadership
✔ Hiring process design and optimization
✔ Employer branding and job posting strategy 

By strengthening your hiring systems and providing dedicated recruiting capacity, we reduce time-to-fill, improve candidate quality, and help your growth plans stay on track. 

Talent Acquisition Strategy for Growing Restaurant Brands

Sustainable growth requires more than filling open roles — it requires a structured, data-driven hiring strategy. 

We partner with restaurant and hospitality brands to evaluate, strengthen, and scale their current recruitment efforts. Whether you’re experiencing hiring bottlenecks, inconsistent candidate quality, or rapid expansion, we provide strategic oversight to improve performance. 

Our hospitality talent acquisition strategy services include: 

✔ Recruitment process audits and performance analysis
✔ Evaluation of current sourcing channels and job postings
✔ Time-to-fill and candidate quality assessment
✔ Compensation benchmarking and market positioning review
✔ Hiring workflow design and optimization
✔ Succession planning and leadership pipeline development
✔ Fractional talent acquisition leadership support 

We don’t just build new hiring strategies — we assess what’s working, identify gaps, and implement improvements that drive measurable results. 

Roles We’ve Successfully Placed

As a specialized hospitality recruiting agency, we support hiring across restaurant operations, culinary leadership, and corporate hospitality roles. Our restaurant executive search and talent acquisition services have placed high-performing professionals in positions including: 

Culinary & Kitchen Leadership 

✔ Executive Chef
✔ Chef de Cuisine
✔ Sous Chef
✔ Pastry Chef
✔ Corporate Chef
✔ Kitchen Manager 

Restaurant Operations Leadership 

✔ General Manager
✔ Assistant General Manager
✔ Director of Operations
✔ Multi-Unit Manager
✔ Regional Operations Manager
✔ Front of House Manager 

Corporate & Strategic Hospitality Roles 

✔ VP of Operations
✔ Chief Operating Officer
✔ Director of Human Resources
✔ Talent Acquisition Manager
✔ Finance & Accounting Leadership
✔ Marketing & Brand Directors 

Food & Beverage & Specialty Roles 

✔ Food & Beverage Director
✔ Beverage Director
✔ Sommelier
✔ Catering Director
✔ Event Operations Manager 

We specialize in recruiting leaders who understand hospitality performance, culture, and profitability — not just resumes. 

Hiring the right leader is one of the most important decisions a restaurant brand can make. The wrong hire costs time, money, and momentum — the right one accelerates growth. 

Our restaurant executive search and hospitality leadership recruitment services are designed to help you secure high-impact leaders with confidence. Every search is customized to your organization’s structure, culture, and growth goals. 

We help you: 

✔ Define leadership competencies and success profiles
✔ Conduct salary benchmarking and hospitality compensation analysis
✔ Develop targeted search strategies
✔ Access passive candidates within our industry network
✔ Conduct structured screening and reference evaluation
✔ Manage offer negotiation and closing strategy
✔ Support onboarding and transition planning 

We don’t just fill roles. We help you secure leaders who drive performance and stay for the long term.

Scaling quickly? Opening multiple locations? Managing high-volume hiring? 

Our recruiting management services are designed for restaurant and hospitality brands that need structured, scalable hiring support beyond a single executive search. 

We provide high-volume recruiting services on an hourly or fractional basis, giving you flexible access to experienced hospitality talent acquisition professionals without committing to a full-time internal hire. 

Our support includes: 

✔ High-volume candidate sourcing and screening
✔ Full-cycle recruiting management
✔ Interview coordination and hiring workflow oversight
✔ Fractional talent acquisition leadership
✔ Hiring process design and optimization
✔ Employer branding and job posting strategy 

By strengthening your hiring systems and providing dedicated recruiting capacity, we reduce time-to-fill, improve candidate quality, and help your growth plans stay on track. 

Sustainable growth requires more than filling open roles — it requires a structured, data-driven hiring strategy. 

We partner with restaurant and hospitality brands to evaluate, strengthen, and scale their current recruitment efforts. Whether you’re experiencing hiring bottlenecks, inconsistent candidate quality, or rapid expansion, we provide strategic oversight to improve performance. 

Our hospitality talent acquisition strategy services include: 

✔ Recruitment process audits and performance analysis
✔ Evaluation of current sourcing channels and job postings
✔ Time-to-fill and candidate quality assessment
✔ Compensation benchmarking and market positioning review
✔ Hiring workflow design and optimization
✔ Succession planning and leadership pipeline development
✔ Fractional talent acquisition leadership support 

We don’t just build new hiring strategies — we assess what’s working, identify gaps, and implement improvements that drive measurable results. 

As a specialized hospitality recruiting agency, we support hiring across restaurant operations, culinary leadership, and corporate hospitality roles. Our restaurant executive search and talent acquisition services have placed high-performing professionals in positions including: 

Culinary & Kitchen Leadership 

✔ Executive Chef
✔ Chef de Cuisine
✔ Sous Chef
✔ Pastry Chef
✔ Corporate Chef
✔ Kitchen Manager 

Restaurant Operations Leadership 

✔ General Manager
✔ Assistant General Manager
✔ Director of Operations
✔ Multi-Unit Manager
✔ Regional Operations Manager
✔ Front of House Manager 

Corporate & Strategic Hospitality Roles 

✔ VP of Operations
✔ Chief Operating Officer
✔ Director of Human Resources
✔ Talent Acquisition Manager
✔ Finance & Accounting Leadership
✔ Marketing & Brand Directors 

Food & Beverage & Specialty Roles 

✔ Food & Beverage Director
✔ Beverage Director
✔ Sommelier
✔ Catering Director
✔ Event Operations Manager 

We specialize in recruiting leaders who understand hospitality performance, culture, and profitability — not just resumes. 

Success Stories

Partnering with E|H has given us real breadth of support in place of having a single HR resource, and, most important of all, our team in the restaurant loves them!

— Ceri Gott, People and Performance Director, Hawksmoor

The entire E|H team is made up of visionaries, strategists and forward thinkers. It is a pleasure working with them as they consistently exceed expectations. E|H is an asset no company should be without.

— Todd Millman, Owner, Blue Radish & Bay Market Kitchen

Let’s Build a Smarter People Strategy

If you’re looking for outsourced hospitality HR support, restaurant executive search, payroll consulting services, fractional HR leadership, or a hospitality recruiting partner, we’re ready to help. Let’s talk about your people!