Goldfinch Tavern - Assistant Restaurant General Manager

About Four Seasons:

Four Seasons is powered by our people. We are a collective of individuals who crave to become better, to push ourselves to new heights and to treat each other as we wish to be treated in return. Our team members around the world create amazing experiences for our guests, residents, and partners through a commitment to luxury with genuine heart. We know that the best way to enable our people to deliver these exceptional guest experiences is through a world-class employee experience and company culture.         

At Four Seasons, we believe in recognizing a familiar face, welcoming a new one and treating everyone we meet the way we would want to be treated ourselves. Whether you work with us, stay with us, live with us or discover with us, we believe our purpose is to create impressions that will stay with you for a lifetime. It comes from our belief that life is richer when we truly connect to the people and the world around us.

About the location:

Sleek urban retreat in the Pacific Northwest. Surrounded by snow-capped mountain peaks, deep-blue waters and swaths of evergreen forests, Seattle is as wild as it is trendy. Our Hotel puts you in the heart of the city’s downtown, with the Seattle Art Museum on one side, iconic Pike Place Market on another and the waters of Elliott Bay gleaming to the west. Wake to a fresh cup of coffee delivered straight to your room, then head out to explore eclectic neighbourhoods and craft breweries, or spend the day hiking up nearby Mount Rainier or kayaking on Lake Union. Come nightfall, meet us at Goldfinch Tavern, an Ethan Stowell Restaurant, and let our chefs show you all the best local flavours of your new favourite city.

Four Seasons Hotel Seattle is looking for a talented Assistant Restaurant General Manager. This position will report to the Director of Restaurants.

At Four Seasons we consider life and work to be richer when we develop connections with the people and environment around us. Our people are experts at cultivating craftsmanship and deep understanding – a gardener can become an artist, a manager a conductor, a chef an inventor. We are a team that lives by the Golden Rule; people who, by nature, believe in treating others as we would have them treat us. We look for individuals who celebrate character and personality and who infuse that enthusiasm into everything they do. 

About Us

Goldfinch Tavern: 

Our Restaurant was named for the state bird of Washington, the American Goldfinch, the restaurant is a collaboration between Four Seasons Hotel Seattle and Ethan Stowell Restaurants. Celebrating and embodying the neighborhood culinary spirit in Seattle, Four Seasons partnered with Seattle native and multiple James Beard Award nominee, Chef Ethan Stowell. His highly acclaimed restaurant group has more than a dozen neighborhood restaurants in the city. 

What You'll Accomplish 

The ideal candidate will plan, organize, control and direct the work of employees in the Hotel’s All-Day Dining Restaurant while ensuring guest satisfaction. 

 

Key Elements of the Job 

 Select, train, evaluate, lead, motivate, coach, and discipline all employees in the restaurant, to ensure that established cultural and core standards are met; daily activities and planning for outlet operation. 

 

• The ability to be visible in the operation, provide recognition, promote good public relations, and handle complaints, concerns, or special requests for guests, clients, and group contacts. 

• Describe and ensure the quality of all food items, ingredients, and preparation methods, as well as provide expert knowledge of wine and spirits in an elegantly appointed environment dedicated to an attentive and distinctive experience for breakfast, lunch, or dinner. 

• Control labor and operating expenses through effective scheduling, budgeting, purchasing decisions, and inventory and cash control. 

• Attend regular operational meetings to ensure effective coordination and cooperation between departments. 

• Observe the physical condition of facilities and equipm