Chef de Cuisine
The Press Hotel, Autograph Collection | Portland, Maine | Full time, salaried
We are hiring a Chef de Cuisine to run our kitchen.
The scope is a full hotel operation off one line: a restaurant serving three meals a day, a cafe and bar, in-room dining, and a banquet calendar. You will run all of it, with a Culinary Director above you and real support behind the seat.
About us
The Press Hotel lives in the old Portland Press Herald building, and the newspaper never really left. It runs through the rooms, the art, and the way we work. We are a boutique Autograph Collection property in the heart of the Old Port, in a city that takes food more seriously than almost anywhere its size. Our kitchen feeds a restaurant, a cafe and bar, our guest rooms, and a full event calendar. Same team, same standard, all of it.
What you will do
- Run the kitchen across four outlets: Union, our restaurant; Inkwell, our cafe and bar; in-room dining; and banquets and catering
- Execute our menus to spec and contribute to development.
- Cost the plates and hold the food cost, with real purchasing data and real vendor relationships to work with
- Lead banquet execution alongside your sous team, from a twelve seat private dinner to a full buyout
- Build the team. Hire, train, and move people up. We would rather promote a cook than post a job
- Own food safety, sanitation, and every log behind it
- Work with a Portland sourcing network that is genuinely one of the best in the country
What we are looking for
- Progressive culinary leadership, including time as a Sous Chef or Chef de Cuisine
- You have owned food cost, purchasing, and inventory. Not watched someone else do it
- Banquet production at volume, alongside a la carte service. Both, not one
- Experience with curing, smoking, aging, or fermentation is a strong advantage
- Working knowledge of HACCP
- ServSafe Manager certification, or the ability to earn it within thirty days
- Comfortable in the systems side of the job: ordering, inventory, scheduling, and reading a cost report
- You lead the way you want to be led. Direct, clean, and without theatrics
What we offer
- Salary range: $90,000- $100,000
- Bonus eligibility, health and dental, paid time off, and 401(k)
- Marriott associate travel benefits worldwide
- A property investing in its food and beverage, with leadership that backs the kitchen
How to apply
Click apply and send a resume, with a few photos of your food if you have them.