Food & Beverage Director

Season 2026  ·  May–October  ·  Waldoboro, Maine

 

We’re entering our 10th season and we’re looking for one key hire to complete the 2026 team: a Food & Beverage Director who thinks like an owner, leads from the floor, and cares about what this place is becoming — not just what’s on the schedule this Saturday.

You have the instincts of a founder but you’re not looking to start from scratch. You want to bring that energy to somewhere with a real foundation and genuine room to grow. The vision here is set. The opportunity is to help it become everything it’s capable of.

What You’ll Own

•  Full FOH execution for 16 private events — 130+ guests, from cocktail hour through close

•  Willingness to deep dive into our platforms and processes - Asana, LOGBOOK, and the systems that keep 16 events running without chaos

•  Season readiness, training, final scheduling & communication, and managing the seasonal server and bar team

•  Complete beverage inventory: purchasing, par levels, COGS tracking, vendor relationships

•  Weekly labor cost monitoring with direct reporting to ownership

•  Coordination with our culinary & event planning team on service flow and guest experience

•  A genuine seat at the table in a small team that takes its work seriously

What We’re Looking For

• 3+ years in a senior FOH role — restaurant, boutique resort, or event venue

• Real team management: hired, trained, and held people accountable

• Comfort reading a beverage P&L and owning the numbers in it

• Someone who leads by doing — the most capable person in the room on a Saturday night

• An eye for what could be better and the initiative to bring it forward

• Calm under pressure, direct with people, proud of the rooms they run

 

Who Thrives Here

• You show up when you say you will, and you own it when something doesn’t go to plan

• You adapt quickly — hospitality is unpredictable, and you treat that as part of the work, not a disruption to it

• You treat everyone — guests, colleagues, vendors — with the same steady respect

• You’re a team player who understands that the floor wins together or loses together

• The guest experience is personal to you — not a metric, not a checklist

•  You want to keep getting better at what you do, and you look for the lessons in every season

The Details

Season

Late May/June – October 2026

Schedule

Wednesday – Sunday; Monday & Tuesday off

Compensation

Competitive seasonal base + gratuity participation

Reports to

Sarah Pike, Owner

If this sounds like the season you’ve been looking for, we’d love to hear from you.


Please submit your cover letter & resume and a bit about why this job appeals to you.

hello@topslfarm.com