Company Description

At The Ivy Hotel, our staff makes every effort to give each guest an outstanding experience, whether they’re here for dinner or an extended stay. We strive to maintain our reputation for sterling service, and are always looking for exceptional staff members ready to join the team at our historic Mount Vernon hotel, located in Baltimore, Maryland.

The 17-room Mount Vernon mansion defies the traditional luxury hotel experience by inviting guests to make the house their own magnificent home in every sense of the word. Similar to a European countryside chateau, the property’s mystique comes from a combination of history dating back to 1889 and curated treasures collected from around the world. Each room, from the public spaces like the Conservatory and Library to the nine suites and eight bedrooms, is a completely different work of art. Just like the all-embracing warmth of Baltimore, The Ivy is a place for guests to slow down and nurture their true selves.

Job Description

The Ivy Hotel Baltimore is seeking to add a dedicated culinary professional to its ranks. This rare opportunity allows for the chance to join the culinary team of a Relais & Chateaux property which is a global leader in culinary excellence as well as setting standards for the rest of the world. Magdalena is an American Contemporary restaurant running a French brigade-style kitchen with Chef Scott Bacon at the helm. The Magdalena practices refined culinary techniques for an almost entirely locally driven menu including whole animal butchery/utilization, methods of seasonal preservation, as well as in-house baking and pastry to create an artistic expression of from scratch Maryland.

The team at The Ivy Hotel and Magdalena are taking our time to find the right candidates as we are offering high reward to the team that will take us to a nomination. This establishment and team recently featured in Food and Wine is a great opportunity for worldwide recognition where hard work and refined excellence are frequently recognized.

Does your ideal work week look like preparing your weekend service by breaking down whole fish, dry aging ducks, drying spices, pickling harvest end produce, going to farms to pick up seasonal bounties, clipping flowers for garnish, and then leading a world-class team into a sold-out weekend to perfectly execute dinner service with regional defining cuisine?

Magdalena is closed Sundays and Mondays with a last seating during the week at 9 and weekends at 10.

Qualifications

The Ideal Candidate:

• Exceptional ability to remain on brand and identify with Chef Bacon’s style, cuisine, and leadership
• Can hold themselves accountable for work that needs to be done and constantly identify solutions to keep the team on track
• Ability to motivate and bring a team up to withheld standards quickly and efficiently
• Understands the importance and value of continued and consistent standards of excellence in all departments
• High adaptability to strong pressure and new ingredients as well as new styles of cooking
• Has worked in a brigade-style kitchen with a high capability for consistent quality at high-paced functionality
• Will come standard with a high drive to continually be better, a built-in understanding of job versus career
• Proficient knife skills on par with a knife as an extension of one's arm
• Can be an on par stand in for the Executive Chef as needed without compromise
• If missing any of the above, at least having a strong desire and dedication to learn

Previous knowledge and experience in high functionality of maintaining logs, ordering, delegation, safe practices, HAACP, punctuality, mise en place, managing multiple employees, and problem-solving.

Additional Information

Benefits:

• Paid Vacation and Holidays
• Medical and Dental Insurance
• Short and Long Term Disability Insurance
• Basic and Optional Life Insurance
• Retirement Savings Plan

The Ivy Hotel is an Equal Opportunity Employer. All employment offers are contingent upon successful completion of a background check, and pre-employment drug test conducted in accordance with applicable federal, state and local laws. The Ivy Hotel is a COVID-19 Vaccinated workforce and employment is contingent upon proof of full vaccination within 30 days of start date.