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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 real support behind the seat and direct access to our corporate food and beverage leadership.

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 menu 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
• Mentorship and development from our corporate food and beverage team, not just a reporting line
• Room to grow. We are a multi-property group, and for the right person this seat can open doors beyond Portland

How to apply

Click apply and send a resume, with a few photos of your food if you have them.

More detail about The Press Hotel, Autograph Collection, please visit https://culinaryagents.com/entities/147309-The-Press-Hotel%252C-Autograph-Collection