Resort Restaurant Manager

Schlossandassociates; Virginia, Northern (MN, KY); Hybrid; USD 90,000 - 130,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Health insurance

Housing provided (30-60 days)

Job summary

Schlossandassociates in a remote Blue Ridge Mountains resort seeks a seasoned hospitality leader to manage the resort's signature restaurant with a focus on dinner service. The role drives Forbes Five Star standards through a premier beverage program and luxury service.

You will lead and develop the Food & Beverage team, coordinate with departments, and apply financial acumen to maximize profit while delivering genuine hospitality to guests.

Qualifications

• Five years’ experience in a luxury hospitality fine-dining restaurant, ideally in a resort setting.
• Familiarity with luxury hospitality principles, beverage concepts, and trends.
• Experience with Forbes Five Star standards.
• Certified Sommelier, preferably Advanced Sommelier.
• Strong leadership and communication skills.
• Proficiency with Microsoft Office and reservations management systems.
• Ability to learn and use resort POS software.
• Detail-oriented with the ability to handle multiple tasks simultaneously.
• Able to work nights, weekends, and holidays.

Responsibilities

• Provide leadership in the daily operation of the resort's signature restaurant, with a focus on dinner service.
• Elevate service and beverage programs to support Forbes Five Star goals.
• Manage F&B department functions and coordinate cross-department communication.
• Operate elements profitably while delivering luxury hospitality.
• Communicate effectively within the department and across departments.

Skills

Leadership

Communication

Profitability mindset

Beverage program management

Forbes Five Star standards

Microsoft Office

Reservations systems

POS software

Team development

Tools

Microsoft Office

Resv systems

POS software

Job description

Provide leadership in the daily operation of resort’s signature restaurant, with a particular focus on dinner service.

Utilize advanced knowledge of luxury hospitality service and beverage alcohol to maintain and elevate the standards of service and the beverage alcohol program in elements, with the aim of attaining a Forbes Five Star rating.

Provide managerial and leadership skills to assist in the organization and execution of Food and Beverage department functions, including communication skills to communicate within the department and across departments.

Utilize financial acumen and entrepreneurial drive to operate elements in a profit-maximizing manner, while also providing luxury-quality genuine hospitality.

Requirements

Five years’ experience in a luxury hospitality fine-dining restaurant, ideally in a resort setting.

Wide-ranging familiarity with the principles of luxury hospitality and food and beverage products, concepts, and trends.

Experience with Forbes Fives star standards.

Highly developed knowledge of beverage alcohol – Certified Sommelier, preferably Advanced Sommelier.

Highly developed leadership and communication skills.

Ability to use a computer for functions such as the Microsoft Office programs.

Familiarity with reservations management systems, and the ability to use or to learn how to use resort POS software.

Be detail-oriented and be able to manage and prioritize multiple responsibilities.

Ability to maintain composure under stressful and high-paced environments.

Availability on nights, weekends, and holidays.

Ability to work a schedule determined by the tasks at hand, until the job is done.

Desire to live and work in a remote area of the Blue Ridge Mountains, where winter weather conditions are common.

Ability to left, bend, safely lift and move objects such as chairs and tables. Able to work a shift where you are standing and moving for 10 or more hours per day.

Have a positive attitude and be motivated to spread a culture of cooperation.

A commitment to success, and the understanding how flexibility, adaptability, and focus play a role in achieving the attainment of goals.

The drive to win every day.

Salary and Benefits

Salary DOE

Health insurance, after an introductory period

30-60 days of company provided housing

The chance to work at a world-class resort in a one-of-a-kind location with an amazing team and fabulous guests!