Who We Are

Founded in 1926, the Colonial Williamsburg Foundation is a private, not-for-profit educational, historic, and cultural institution that owns and operates one of the largest and best-known museum complexes in the world. Our mission is “that the future may learn from the past” through preserving and restoring 18th-century Williamsburg, Virginia’s colonial capital. We engage, inform, and inspire people to learn about this historic capital, the events that occurred here, and the diverse peoples who helped shape a new nation. Today, Colonial Williamsburg is the largest living history museum in the U.S. The Historic Area is the 301-acre restored colonial capital with 88 original buildings and 525 buildings reconstructed to how they appeared in the 18th century through extensive archaeological, architectural, and documentary research. The Historic Area is staffed by highly trained, historically dressed interpreters and expert tradespeople who bring the 18th century to life. The Foundation also owns and operates two world-class museums, the DeWitt Wallace Decorative Arts Museum, and the Abby Aldrich Rockefeller Folk Art Museum, and a renowned research library, the John D Rockefeller Jr Library. Additionally, Colonial Williamsburg is home to five world class accommodations at the Williamsburg Inn, Williamsburg Lodge Autograph Collection, the Giffin Hotel, the Williamsburg Woodlands Hotels and Suites and the unique Colonial Houses in the Historical Area. Visitors may also indulge in food and drink at our many on site restaurants and taverns that blend a historically inspired dining experience with today’s evolved tastes. Each year over 5 million people visit Williamsburg and another 20 million engage with us digitally.

Job Description

• Must meet requirements for Cook 3 and Cook 4
• Four years of experience in a restaurant specializing in continental or classical cuisine, for a total of ten years experience.
• Demonstrate knowledge of product utilization, stock rotation, food cost, and waste control.
• Must demonstrate initiative and creativity.
• Ability to plan daily work based on general instructions from the supervisor.
• Superior knife handling abilities.
• Maintain standards listed below

Benefits: 

• Beautiful historic setting 
• Competitive benefits for eligible employees include:
• health insurance
• pension plan 
• vision plan
• medical and dependent care flexible spending accounts
• Sick, vacation, and holiday pay 
• 401(k) plan with a portion of contributions matched
• life insurance
• long-term disability 
• accidental death and dismemberment insurance 
• group travel accident insurance