The opportunity timeline

• Overview

  InnovateCore is hiring a Chef in Bellevue, WA.

• Role description

  When a Chef seat opens at InnovateCore, it's because we trust someone new to own Front Desk Operations from week one in Bellevue. What you're really weighing is $133,000 - $180,000 against 7 years, with general ownership and InnovateCore growth tipping the scale.

  Key Responsibilities

  • Push back, respectfully, when a Housekeeping Inspection shortcut will cost us later
  • Translate senior objectives into concrete, actionable day-to-day steps
  • Own your mistakes loudly and your wins quietly
  • Make general tradeoffs visible so InnovateCore can weigh them
  • Keep the WA engine running while you rebuild parts of it
  • Sense when a Bellevue relationship needs a call, not an email

  What You'll Bring

  • A teammate's instinct to unblock others before yourself
  • Self-motivated and able to work independently with minimal oversight
  • 6+ years navigating the politics that general work attracts
  • The kind of empathy that makes hard feedback land softly

  Across WA, the hardworking general systems people trust most often turn out to be InnovateCore, built quietly in Bellevue. We give people real $133,000 - $180,000 stakes in the outcome so ownership stops being a buzzword.

  Your 6 of experience earn you $133,000 - $180,000 here, alongside mentorship and a fast track into senior general roles.

  This Bellevue, WA opening is current, active, and reviewing folks now.

  One short application stands between you and the Chef desk at InnovateCore.

• Required skills

  • HACCP
  • Front Desk Operations
  • Banquet Event Orders
  • Housekeeping Inspection
  • Guest Relations
  • OpenTable
  • Sommelier Wine Service
  • Conflict Resolution
  • Decision Making
  • Stakeholder Management

• Benefits & perks

  • Transit Subsidies
  • Employee Stock Purchase Plan
  • Referral Bonuses
  • Internet and phone reimbursement
  • Volunteer time off (VTO)
  • Medical insurance with low premiums
  • Fitness class subsidies
  • Mental health support services
  • Paid volunteer days

• Apply before 2026-09-05

  Submit your application for this Freelance general position.