Executive Chef - Keefer House Hotel Downtown Hillsdale, MI
Soon to open Red Room Restaurant
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Looking for Executive Chef with roots to Michigan!
Hillsdale, MI offers family-friendly activities such as boating and fishing on Lake Baw Beese , enjoying Sandy Beach , and biking the Baw Beese Trail . The area is known for its historic downtown and provides numerous opportunities for outdoor recreation, making it a charming and accessible location for families looking for a combination of community life and natural amenities. The city is also home to Hillsdale College , which features public lectures and cultural events, and the historic Hillsdale County Fairgrounds . Hillsdale is situated in southern Michigan, approximately 90 miles west of Detroit.
Job Summary:
The Chef & B for The Red Room at The Keefer House Hotel will play a pivotal role in ensuring the restaurant's successful pre-opening and ongoing operations. This includes overseeing kitchen operations, maintaining exceptional food quality and presentation, managing the restaurant’s front of house staff and delivering a memorable dining experience. From hiring and training staff to menu development, cost management, and equipment procurement, this role requires a creative and organized leader to set the standard for excellence.
Restaurant Overview:
This is a new restaurant located within a boutique hotel. The primary dining room has 45 seats with an overflow flex space for private dinning or additional table service for approximately another 20 – 30 seats. The restaurant has a lobby bar adjacent to the main dining room with another 12 seats. The overall approach will be a high-touch feel.
Pre-Opening Duties:
Ongoing Duties & Responsibilities:
Qualifications:
Why Join Us?
At Red Room (located within the soon-to-open Keefer Hotel), you’ll have the unique opportunity to shape a new dining experience within a historic hotel. This is a hands-on leadership role where your creativity, expertise, and vision will leave a lasting impression on guests and the local culinary scene.
Excellent benefit package, and work/life balance.
Please email resume to Ben Schwartz: ben@harperjobs.com
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