Company description

Lambert’s Cove Inn is a beautiful, historic 8-acre property located in West Tisbury, a rustic, agricultural town, up-island on Martha's Vineyard. The Inn's food and beverage program revolves around its restaurant and its booming wedding and event business. The inn boasts spectacular gardens that we are working to restore and plant with more native plants and trees to support our pollinator population. Current long-term managers are in the process of leasing-to-own the business, and we are currently rebranding the business. A warm, naturally-inspired, easily navigable new website and fun, telling branding are on the way. Our very talented kitchen team sources from the island as much as possible. We farm flowers and herbs on our property and are expanding our capacities to include produce this season. We are farmers and cooks, gardeners and land stewards at heart with a deep commitment to local community. If you share these values, please reach out to us.

Job description

We seek someone passionate about sincere hospitality, a person who loves hosting heartfelt gathering experiences around the table. We need a professional who gets joy out of and is highly skilled at recruiting, managing, and maintaining staff. We love leaders who teach by example. Currently, our staff members are mostly return employees, and we strive to take very good care of them. If you like being part of a team and love to get your hands dirty; if you swear by local food and exquisite beaches; if you have the desire to grow and foster things including: businesses, relationships, your local environment, flowers, and produce, please reach out and join us on Martha's Vineyard.

You will be responsible for managing the overall food and beverage experience for our guests which includes--but is not limited to--dinner, bar service, and events.

As Food and Beverage Hospitality Manager, you will be responsible to and report directly to the owners and to the Director of Events. You will creatively build on an already profitable and well-reviewed restaurant and events program. You will be the hands-on staff coordinator and manager of the restaurant and events and weddings, and you will be the administrative lead for the restaurant.

Lambert’s Cove Inn hosts up to 20 weddings and events per year, all between May and November. During the peak season of July and August, the inn’s bar: The Mermaid Bar and its restaurant: Foster are fully open and very busy. In the shoulder season (April, May, and June and from September through the end of the year), only the Mermaid Bar remains open, with the restaurant operating on holidays. This is a year-round position with housing included, but island business is seasonal, and you will have ample time to self-refresh in the off-season. We are currently in the process of rebranding, so new website and branding materials will be rolled out this spring.

We are looking for someone who deeply believes in the food philosophy of the inn, which is rooted in local, seasonal sourcing and rustic, flavorful cuisine. Whenever possible, the kitchen sources organically and locally. We work with local farms (a few of whom grow specifically for us) and anglers and also farm our own land. We grow flowers we use for weddings and inn decor as well as herbs and edible flowers for our kitchen. This coming season, we will also grow produce.

We seek an individual who exudes warm and sincere graciousness. We are often told that coming into the inn feels like entering someone's home, and we aim to continue this deeply personal, egalitarian approach to hospitality.

Qualifications

• Hospitality degree or 2-3 years of operational management or supervisory experience in upscale dining room.
• Knowledge of and passion for wine.
• Computer experience: must be adept at word processing and spreadsheets. Must know Open Table or have ability to master it.
• Warm, outgoing personality.
• Must enjoy being part of a team and must be a good, positive, inspiring team member.

Duties and Responsibilities:

General

• Represent Lambert's Cove Inn in the community.
• Ensure exceptional guest satisfaction.
• Create and maintain a culture of hospitality and positivity based on a guest-centered philosophy.
• In the off-season, act as server for in-house guests.
• Become familiar with all aspects of the business (rooms, farming, food) so as to better represent the inn.

Events and Weddings

• Report to Director of Events.
• Plan and coordinate staffing.
• Act as FOH Lead Coordinator.
• Create teams and assign tasks day of.
• Act as primary liaison with event vendors.

Restaurant

• Act as maître d’.
• Act as wine lead.
• Develop wine list, wine-based cocktail list, and mocktail list.
• Lead by example in providing warm, flawlessly-executed, team-driven, knowledgeable service.
• Along with hostess, ensure dining room is clean, beautiful, and properly stocked.
• Create server sections & assign tables.
• With hostess, ensure menus are printed and in presentable shape.
• Create structured side work system and oversee and implement.
• Create and maintain warm, professional atmosphere.
• Along with gardening team, oversee upkeep of flowers.
• Close restaurant after each shift. This includes running server reports and end of day reports, reconciling cash in drawer daily, and preparing deposits for the following day.

Administrative

• Act as technical coordinator for Toast.
• Develop FOH schedule weekly and post through Sling.
• Act as administrative connection for FOH staff.
• Onboard FOH employees.
• Oversee logistics/inventory of beverage program.
• Manage dining room reservations and food and beverage guest questions and needs.
• Recruit and retain quality staff for FOH.
• Review FOH staff and correct for infractions.

Educational Responsibilities

• Continue to develop own wine knowledge.

Social Media

• Support the team by providing restaurant content to the Director of Rooms and Events for Instagram.

Farming

• Support the gardening team by providing daily need sheets for edible flowers and drink garnishes.

Compensation

this position is: salaried, $75,000 - $100,000

Application instructions

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Deadline

May 01, 2026