We are a service-oriented team and love what we do! This is a rare and incredible opportunity for the right candidate!

Ken's Artisan Pizza (KAP) has an opening for a Head Chef with wood-fired oven experience. The restaurant is busy (250+ covers per night, at least 3 full turns per evening), and your kitchen crew gets a significant share of the tips pool, so they are both appreciated and motivated. This position comes with health insurance and we have a health insurance option for all full time staff.

Ken's Artisan Pizza (KAP) has been a leader in wood-fired pizza in Portland since we opened in 2006, and we are well known nationally and internationally, as well. KAP ranks as a top 10 pizzeria in the USA and top 25 in the world for 2022, 2023 and 2024, according to 50 Top Pizza. widely considered the world's foremost evaluator of pizzerias. The Oregonian ranked us as Portland's #1 pizza restaurant. Best Margherita pizza in PDX, too.

Retired Founder Ken Forkish is a four-time James Beard award finalist, and the author of Flour Water Salt Yeast, and The Elements of Pizza and Evolutions in Bread. Now owned by 35yr veteran restaurateur, Peter Kost.

This position is Full time. Working alongside a very capable team in a premiere restaurant, is an opportunity to contribute and grow with a dynamic leader in the industry. Leaderhship skills and a service-oriented philosophy are key to this role.

This position requires a highly knowledgable Chef who has experience working with dough, especially pizza dough and is learned in the art of wood-fired ovens. We are dedicated to local produce, etc. whenever possible.