Careers
Six open roles across three cities. Every one has a pay band printed below, because an advert without a number wastes your afternoon and ours.
How we hire
Read the role, email the address at the bottom of it, and tell us in a few paragraphs what you have cooked or served and what you want to learn next. We do not need a designed resume and we do not use an application tracking system. A person reads every email, usually within four working days.
If it looks like a fit, the process is a phone call, then a paid trial shift at your normal hourly rate, then a decision within forty eight hours of the trial. We pay for trials because working for free is how this industry keeps people out of it. We will tell you no clearly rather than going quiet.
Open roles
Pay bands are for the role as advertised. Where a role earns a share of the service charge, that is stated separately and is not counted inside the band.
Kitchen
Five nights, Tuesday through Saturday. Service finishes at 11:00 PM and the kitchen is closed and clean by midnight.
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Chef de Partie$28 to $32 per hour
- Run fish, garde manger or entremet on the tasting menu
- Three or more years in a professional kitchen, at least one on a tasting menu
- Overtime paid at time and a half after forty hours, never absorbed
- Apply to [email protected]
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Commis$22 to $24 per hour
- First or second kitchen job. We will teach you the rest
- You will spend real time in the fermentation cellar and on the butchery bench
- Apply to [email protected]
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Pastry Commis$23 to $25 per hour
- Work directly with Junsu Bae on a dessert course that changes daily
- Bread and mignardises in the afternoon, plating during service
- Apply to [email protected]
Floor
Five nights, Tuesday through Saturday. Twenty eight seats, so the section is small and the guest contact is constant.
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Sommelier$72,000 to $82,000 a year
- Run floor wine service and manage a four hundred bin cellar
- Plus an equal share of the service charge pool, historically $14,000 to $19,000
- Certification is welcome and is not a requirement
- Apply to [email protected]
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Server$28 per hour
- Plus an equal share of the service charge pool, historically $18,000 to $24,000
- Two years in a tasting menu or fine dining room
- Apply to [email protected]
Front of house
Four or five shifts, Wednesday through Sunday, including one Sunday lunch.
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Reservations Coordinator$58,000 to $64,000 a year
- Own the book for Georgetown, plus dietary notes and guest history
- Daytime hours, Wednesday to Sunday, one evening a week on the floor
- Apply to [email protected]
Always Open
These two roles are open continuously across all three cities because they are the hardest to keep staffed and the most important.
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Dishwasher and Kitchen Porter$21 to $23 per hour
- Paid breaks, provided meals, and overtime after forty hours
- The clearest promotion path in the building. Three of our current cooks started here
- Apply to [email protected]
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Host$25 per hour
- Plus an equal share of the service charge pool
- Four or five shifts, no experience necessary
- Apply to [email protected]
What we offer
The same for every employee, hourly or salaried, kitchen or floor.
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Health insuranceFrom day 31
- Medical, dental and vision. We pay 80 percent of the employee premium and 50 percent for dependents
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Paid time off15 days, rising to 22
- Plus six paid holidays. Accrual starts on your first shift
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Paid sick leave10 days a year
- Separate from vacation. Nobody should work a service unwell in a kitchen
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OvertimeTime and a half
- After forty hours in a week, without exception and without creative scheduling
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Retirement401(k) with 4 percent match
- Eligible after ninety days
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Staff mealEvery shift
- Cooked properly by whoever is on family meal that week
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Education budget$600 a year
- Courses, certifications, books, or a stage somewhere we do not run
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Transit$95 a month
- Pre tax commuter benefit in all three cities
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Dining benefit50 percent off
- At any location, twice a year, and you can bring three people
Equal opportunity
Maison Noir Hospitality LLC is an equal opportunity employer. We do not discriminate on the basis of race, colour, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity or expression, national origin, age, disability, veteran status, marital status, pregnancy, genetic information or any other characteristic protected by federal, state or local law.
We will make reasonable accommodations for applicants and employees with disabilities at every stage, including the trial shift. Tell us what you need in your first email or call +1 (212) 555-0142 and ask for the people team. Requesting an accommodation has no effect on your application.
In line with local law we do not ask about salary history in New York City, Washington DC or San Francisco, and we will not ask you to disclose it voluntarily.