Company description

The team behind the critically acclaimed Take Root in Brooklyn, earning both James beard recognition and a Michelin star, are opening a restaurant set on a farm in the Catskills. More about the project below...

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Vale is a mountain farm and restaurant nestled in the heart of the Catskills. Family owned and operated, we have been stewarding this land for nearly eight years. That time has given us an intimate knowledge of what grows, lives, and thrives here, from native flora and fauna to the produce we cultivate each season. The farm is both the backdrop to our dining room and the backbone of our kitchen, shaping the food we serve, the way we work, and the experience we hope to create for our guests.

The farm currently encompasses nearly an acre of produce, a 40-foot greenhouse, maple trees, and mushroom logs. We are also home to forty laying hens, five roosters, four goats, and four honeybee hives, with more animals and plants added each season. Our long-term goal is for the farm to sustain the restaurant almost entirely, and eventually to feed the broader community as well.

The restaurant is small but mighty, with just 26 seats and a set menu with rotating supplements. These additions are not frivolous upsells, but opportunities to follow interesting and creative threads, and offer our guests a more meaningful experience. We are open evenings Thursday through Saturday, and Sunday mornings and afternoons. The four-day week gives our team time to explore and lay roots in the region, rest, and return to do their best work.

This rhythm reflects a core belief and driving force behind this project: our desire to work somewhere beautiful, where quality of life for our family and employees is the highest priority. We encourage our staff to walk the trails, dip in the river, and harvest from the fields. Our onsite employee space includes a kitchenette and full bathroom for use after time spent farming or exploring.

We hope to build Vale with people who feel the pull of this place and want to help bring its possibilities to life.

Job description

Our restaurant will have both daytime and evening service, with pastry and bread considered significantly important to the dining experience in both. You have high level skills in baking bread and executing pastry, experience working closely with the savory kitchen to create a cohesive menu and comfort with all manner of daily operations and overseeing staff. For the right candidate there can be administrative and management duties with this role. Some shifts will include early morning hours. Interest to work closely with our farmers and other farms to utilize our regions grains, fruit, and vegetables, both cultivated and foraged is necessary.

Compensation

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

Application instructions

Deadline

August 01, 2026