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Magnus on Water
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About UsMagnus on Water isn't defined by a style of cuisine or the name on the kitchen door. We're defined by the whole of the experience: food, drink, service, and space working together to make people feel welcome, curious, and cared for. Great food that arrives alongside indifferent service, or a room that doesn't feel right, is not what we're after we believe hospitality is the sum of every part, and no single element (including the chef) carries the restaurant alone.
We've built a culture around openness, curiosity, sharing, and drive. We invite guests to engage with what they're eating and drinking to learn something, to ask questions, to feel like part of a community rather than a transaction. We expect the same spirit inside our kitchen as we do in our dining room.
The RoleWe're looking for a Head Chef to lead our kitchen team and shape our food program going forward. This is a wide-open creative mandate: we have no attachment to any particular cuisine, technique, or style. What we care about is that the food is authentic that it comes from somewhere real in the chef leading it and that it fits a place like Biddeford, where a sizable, adventurous summer crowd gives way to a smaller, loyal, year-round local base for about nine months of the year. Your menu needs to earn and keep both audiences.
You'll have real authorship over your food. You'll also be expected to work in close, ongoing collaboration with the owners and with the bar team, so that food, cocktails, and wine feel like one considered experience rather than three separate menus sharing a room. We're looking for someone who wants that kind of partnership, not someone who wants to build a solo fiefdom.
Above all, we prioritize a healthy kitchen physically and emotionally over everything else, including ego, and including any individual dish. We do not run a yelling kitchen, and we do not tolerate bigotry of any kind. We're looking for a leader who runs a tight, well-organized, high-standards kitchen through clarity, respect, and care, not fear.
We believe hospitality starts from within the kitchen. We're looking for a chef who stays on the line, knows their team well, and can spot and solve problems in real time not someone who leads from a distance.
What You'll DoOwn and lead all aspects of the kitchen, including a seasonally rotating menu that reflects your point of view while remaining accessible to our local, year-round guestsRecruit, train, and mentor a small kitchen team typically one other cook in the off-season and two in the high season, plus a dishwasher/prep cook during the high season and on some days in the off-season fostering a collaborative, respectful environmentBuild and maintain kitchen systems prep, ordering, inventory, food cost, and waste management that keep the kitchen efficient and sustainableManage and analyze food costs, COGS, and labor costs, in partnership with ownership, to keep the kitchen running healthily on both sides of the ledgerCollaborate closely and consistently with the bar team to keep food, cocktails, and wine in conversation with one anotherPartner with the owners on menu direction, pricing, and guest experience bringing your own voice while staying open to their read on what our guests wantRun service five days a week, with the restaurant closed for two weeks each JanuarySet the tone for a kitchen culture that is kind, calm, curious, and collaborative model that culture yourself, every shiftWhat We're Looking ForExperience running or co-running a professional kitchen, including staff leadership and schedulingA genuine, personal point of view on food we're not hiring for a cuisine, we're hiring for a voiceProven ability to manage food cost, waste, and kitchen systemsA track record of leading with kindness and steadiness, even under pressure someone whose team would say they feel respected and safe at workComfort with collaboration and shared authorship you'll be one strong voice among several, not the only oneCurrent Food Safety Manager certification (e.g. ServSafe or equivalent), or ability to obtain one prior to startFlexibility and range: ability to read a room and adjust for a broad summer crowd and a smaller, discerning local crowd across the rest of the yearAlignment with an ethos of inclusivity, learning, and community-building in how you lead your team and in how your food invites guests inHow to ApplyWe welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are especially glad to hear from candidates who don't see themselves reflected in a typical head-chef job posting. Magnus on Water is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.
We've built a culture around openness, curiosity, sharing, and drive. We invite guests to engage with what they're eating and drinking to learn something, to ask questions, to feel like part of a community rather than a transaction. We expect the same spirit inside our kitchen as we do in our dining room.
The RoleWe're looking for a Head Chef to lead our kitchen team and shape our food program going forward. This is a wide-open creative mandate: we have no attachment to any particular cuisine, technique, or style. What we care about is that the food is authentic that it comes from somewhere real in the chef leading it and that it fits a place like Biddeford, where a sizable, adventurous summer crowd gives way to a smaller, loyal, year-round local base for about nine months of the year. Your menu needs to earn and keep both audiences.
You'll have real authorship over your food. You'll also be expected to work in close, ongoing collaboration with the owners and with the bar team, so that food, cocktails, and wine feel like one considered experience rather than three separate menus sharing a room. We're looking for someone who wants that kind of partnership, not someone who wants to build a solo fiefdom.
Above all, we prioritize a healthy kitchen physically and emotionally over everything else, including ego, and including any individual dish. We do not run a yelling kitchen, and we do not tolerate bigotry of any kind. We're looking for a leader who runs a tight, well-organized, high-standards kitchen through clarity, respect, and care, not fear.
We believe hospitality starts from within the kitchen. We're looking for a chef who stays on the line, knows their team well, and can spot and solve problems in real time not someone who leads from a distance.
What You'll DoOwn and lead all aspects of the kitchen, including a seasonally rotating menu that reflects your point of view while remaining accessible to our local, year-round guestsRecruit, train, and mentor a small kitchen team typically one other cook in the off-season and two in the high season, plus a dishwasher/prep cook during the high season and on some days in the off-season fostering a collaborative, respectful environmentBuild and maintain kitchen systems prep, ordering, inventory, food cost, and waste management that keep the kitchen efficient and sustainableManage and analyze food costs, COGS, and labor costs, in partnership with ownership, to keep the kitchen running healthily on both sides of the ledgerCollaborate closely and consistently with the bar team to keep food, cocktails, and wine in conversation with one anotherPartner with the owners on menu direction, pricing, and guest experience bringing your own voice while staying open to their read on what our guests wantRun service five days a week, with the restaurant closed for two weeks each JanuarySet the tone for a kitchen culture that is kind, calm, curious, and collaborative model that culture yourself, every shiftWhat We're Looking ForExperience running or co-running a professional kitchen, including staff leadership and schedulingA genuine, personal point of view on food we're not hiring for a cuisine, we're hiring for a voiceProven ability to manage food cost, waste, and kitchen systemsA track record of leading with kindness and steadiness, even under pressure someone whose team would say they feel respected and safe at workComfort with collaboration and shared authorship you'll be one strong voice among several, not the only oneCurrent Food Safety Manager certification (e.g. ServSafe or equivalent), or ability to obtain one prior to startFlexibility and range: ability to read a room and adjust for a broad summer crowd and a smaller, discerning local crowd across the rest of the yearAlignment with an ethos of inclusivity, learning, and community-building in how you lead your team and in how your food invites guests inHow to ApplyWe welcome applicants from all backgrounds and are especially glad to hear from candidates who don't see themselves reflected in a typical head-chef job posting. Magnus on Water is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability, or any other legally protected status.