Chef de Rang (F/M/X)

Artisan of travel since 1883, Orient Express sublimates the art of travel with its luxury trains, hotels, and sailing yachts. The brand has just launched its first hotel, Orient Express La Minerva, in Rome – which will be followed by Orient Express Venezia  in 2026. The experience continues with the recent launch of La Dolce Vita Orient Express train, followed by Orient Express Corinthian in 2026, the first of two Orient Express Sailing Yachts, and finally, the return of L’Orient Express train to railways. Since 2022, Orient Express is part of Accor Group’s leading collection of luxury brands with a century-old legacy in the hotels and fine- dining sectors. In 2024, Accor and LVMH entered into a strategic partnership to accelerate the development of Orient Express. Follow the journey at @orientexpress on Instagram or visit the website at www.orient-express.com. 

About Orient Express Venezia 

Orient Express will open its second hotel in Italy at the exceptional in Venice. Architect and interior designer Aline Amar d’Amman, alongside her studio Culture in Architecture, has been entrusted to design and decorate the space. 

Venice, once the gateway to Constantinople and a mythical stop on the legendary Orient Express train – that opened its doors in 1919 with the completion of the Simplon tunnel linking Switzerland to Italy – will be the home of the second Orient Express hotel, set to open in 2026. 

Our Chef de Rang are a crucial member of the Food & Beverage team dedicated to providing exceptional quality and service to our guests. The Chef de Rang will be a part of the F&B Team to provide an outstanding breakfast, lunch and dinner experience in compliance with HACCP and the Hotel standards of excellence for the warmest welcome and guest centricity. 

Key Responsibilities 

• Ensure a timely, accurate and high-quality service, providing the work direction for the restaurant staff 

• Supervises wait staff, verifying that their workstations are stocked neat and orderly and ensuring that the restaurant premises, silver, glass, porcelain etc. are kept clean and in good working order 

• Ensures that the dining room is ready for guests by checking overall condition of restaurant regularly, according to HACCP and the Hotel standards and regulations 

• Provides guests with quality service by monitoring staff assignments and responsiveness 

• Greets and seats guests, making sure they receive the best-in-class service 

• Ensures readiness and compliance among all staff to gather all guest needs and to timely fulfill all their requests 

• Ensure that the food deliveries from kitchen to the guests match all the Hotel excellence standards 

• Proactively coaches effective relations between kitchen production and restaurant service 

• Reports all potential and real hazards immediately and takes action to prevent them from happening 

• Ensures that emergency procedures are enforced to provide for the security and safety of guests and employees 

• Ensures that the highest standards of personal hygiene, dress, uniform, appearance, body language and conduct is maintained by all employees in the department 

• Checks that all food and beverage sales is registered and paid for appropriately 

• Checks the restaurant reservations to be aware of VIP guests   

• Hotel School diploma 

• Minimum 2-years' experience preferably at a high-level Restaurant/Hotel in the same role 

• Flexibility, high team working and leadership 

• Curious, team player, caring about guests and employees, attention to details 

• Flexibility to work on several shifts, weekends and holidays 

• Ability to remain professional and calm in a fast-paced, high volume environment, consistently delivering impeccable and elegant service to our guests 

• Italian and English confidence are mandatory 

• Constant top-level grooming 

• Constant compliance with HACCP, Hotel’s hygiene standards, procedures and code of conduct, 

• Ability to work efficiently also under pressure 

• Legal right to work in Italy. 

• A competitive package (base salary and yearly bonus) 

• Medical Insurance, integrating Collective Labor Agreement one and extended to the family 

• Ticket Restaurant 

• Annual leave 

• ALL - Heartist® Program: Employee benefit card offering discounted rates at all ACCOR locations and partner venues worldwide. 

• Learning & development: Opportunity to develop your talent and grow within your property and across the world!  

• Our commitment to Diversity & Inclusion: We are an inclusive company and our ambition is to attract, recruit and promote diverse talent.