Position: Executive Chef

Location: Edgewater Hotel, Seattle, WA

Management Company: Noble House Hotels

The 223 room Edgewater Hotel is laden with a rich musical past and surrounded by breathtaking views of the Olympic Mountains, Elliott Bay, and the sparkling city. Consistently named one of the best hotels in Seattle, our unique location on Pier 67 means you’re just a short walk to everything you want to do in our evergreen city. Relax in luxurious waterfront or cityside accommodations knowing you’re doing the same as the Beatles, Pearl Jam, and the Foo Fighters once did. We’ll even loan you complimentary rental guitars, sheet music, and record players to inspire you to fully experience life at The Edge.

Top 5 Best Hotels in Seattle
Travel & Leisure 2023 World’s Best Awards 

#10 Hotel in the Pacific Northwest
Condé Nast Traveler Readers’ Choice Awards – 2022

IMPORTANT:

• WE ARE LOOKING FOR Executive Chef candidates with current and past independent, luxury hotel culinary experience, this is highly preferred over branded hotel, casino, and country club experience. 
• We are looking for candidates with good experience that can drive results.
• Cleanliness of the workspace and the operation is really important, as is the ability to work with the front of the house staff, the ability to work with a tenured staff, a union staff.
• The ability to work with computers and systems, to build menu pricing and recipes. Able to cost things out and stay on top of that regularly. 

Key Relationships:External: Hotel guests/visitors and vendors/suppliers.
Internal: All hotel staff, managers, supervisors, and Executive Leadership

Essential Job Functions:

• Ability to operate in a full-service fine dining establishment.
• Familiar with all aspects of cooking, light butchering, light desserts, Banquets, and Ala Carte.
• Responsible for all F & B daily duties such as hiring, scheduling, effectively coaching, training new staff to resort standards, and resolving guest complaints.
• Responsible for overseeing kitchen staff, ensuring the quality of food items, developing the menu and maintaining food cost and pricing analysis.
• Ability to perform job functions with attention to detail, speed and accuracy.
• Must understand guest's service needs.
• Must have knowledge of F&B preparation techniques, health department rules and regulations, and liquor laws and regulations.
• Ascertain departmental training needs and provide such training to team members.
• Evaluate the direct performance of staff and follow up with corrections when needed.
• Input and access information in the property management point of sales system.
• Lead, motivate, and retain team members using strong leadership and interpersonal communication skills.
• Schedule and strategize departmental coverage while utilizing cross-training efforts on the team. 
• Must be open to a variable schedule and length of shifts
• Prepare weekly payroll submissions and edit/approve all timecards.

Essential Requirements:

• Previous Executive Chef experience
• Banquet Chef and or Sous Chef experience at a 4-star hotel or Resort for a minimum of 4 years
• Successful track record leading a diverse staff
• Strength to hold staff accountable for day-to-day actions
• Union experience is a huge plus

Experience: 

• Exert physical effort in lifting up to 50 pounds 
• Push/Pull 50 pounds 
• Endure various physical movements throughout the work areas.
• Remain in stationary and mobile position for 8 hours throughout the work shift.
• Satisfactorily communicate with guests, management, and co-workers to their understanding.

Position Reports To: Hotel General Manager

Positions Reporting To the EC: All Culinary Team Members - Approximately 33 team members – executive sous, sous chefs, kitchen supervisors AM/PM, cooks, pastry chef, EDR cook, stewards, banquet cooks etc.

Salary:  Generous, to be discussed

Bonus:  Annual and Quarterly Bonus Potential up to 25% of annual salary, subject to change

Relocation: Yes - to be discussed with the hotel 

Benefits: 

•  Medical/Dental/Vision/EAP
• Supplemental benefits to select such as Short-Term Disability, Life Insurance, ADD and Pet Insurance
• 401k plan, with matching
• Vacation, Sick and Personal Day
• Free onsite parking
• Commuter Reimbursement-50% or up to $75 a month
• Complimentary meal
• Complimentary dry cleaning for work-related clothing
• Uniforms
• PASSPORT Local and National Discount Program
• Noble House Hotels and Resorts discounts
• Career growth opportunities
• On-Demand Pay
• 3 weeks vacation

Work Permit: Applicants who do not already have legal permission to work in the United States will not be considered.

About the Edgewater Hotel:Be Part of History

Originally built for the 1962 World’s Fair, The Edgewater has hosted some of the most famous names in music, including Led Zeppelin, Neil Young, and The Beatles, who famously fished from the window of their suite – the photo and stories of which have become iconic.

www.edgewaterhotel.com 
About the Management Company - Noble House:Discover our curated collection of one-of-a-kind hotels, resorts and adventures.

Over the last 40 years, our hand-selected portfolio of experience-driven hotels and resorts has continued to deliver the unexpected. Centered within destinations worthy of every bucket list and layered with unique amenities that inspire adventure, our properties are known for creating unforgettable travel experiences. This is our passion. And while each property is meticulously designed to reflect its own local culture, infusing every layer with the Noble House Hotels & Resorts culture is equally important. It is what makes us who we are and allows our team to provide service that turns guests into family.Noble House HotelsHospitality Consulting Recruiting FirmRecruiting for this position is being provided by Missoula Montana-based, Q Hospitality Management
www.Qhospitalitymanagement.com 

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