About us

We founded Face Plant to cook you the best tasting fast-food cheeseburger in the country and serve it with a form of hospitality that doesn’t exist today in the industry. Fast food is the greatest chance in the world to take care of folks – something the big corporations forgot about long ago. We’re going to remind them.

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It took us three years to craft our burger. It took us two years to get our shake right. It took our founder Matt – who lives 5min away – 18 months to find the perfect first location for our flagship here on Swan Island. The team and I cannot wait to go live and start cooking for y’all – and we can’t thank you enough for the honor and the privilege of serving you and your families and friends.

“For Plitch, the flagship is the beginning of what he hopes will be a chain that can expand far beyond Portland, Oregon. But right now, he’s focused on starting to welcome customers in.”

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Founding Team

Matt Plitch

Founder and CEO

Matt founded the world’s first carbon neutral food brand – Neutral – and scaled it nationally across 2,000 farms, 500 Whole Foods locations, and investors like Bill Gates. Prior to Neutral, Matt spent six years at Nike – focused on product innovation as a leader in the company’s footwear division. Way back when, he received his MBA from MIT, and has lived in Portland for the last 11 years with his brilliant wife and two adventurous daughters.

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Sarah Hurley

Flagship General Manager

With 19 years of experience in QSR and retail management, Sarah has cultivated a reputation for strong leadership and a deep passion for building amazing teams. Most recently serving as the General Manager for Panera Bread, Sarah has demonstrated a consistent ability to develop and grow teams with care and dedication, ensuring a customer-first mentality that fosters genuine connections. Outside of work, Sarah is an artist at heart, with a creative touch that transcends into everything they do. As a dedicated mom, balancing family and career with passion and heart, Sarah is driven by the simple but powerful belief that great teams and human connections are the foundation of success.

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Will Young

Head Of Customer Experience / Digital Product

Will was an exec product + design + eng leader at Zappos, Wish, and various other tech companies. He's a former dishwasher, busboy, waiter, and host at O'Donals family restaurants (RIP) and is actually In-n-out famous. He's a proud #girldad with 2 little ones.

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Molly Baz

Head of Culinary

Molly Baz is a 2x New York Times bestselling cookbook author of Cook This Book (2021) & More is More (2023), recipe developer, and video host whose number one goal in life is to convince the world that cooking is fun, and not that hard to do if you’re properly set up. When she’s not writing books, Molly hosts a subscription digital recipe club, The Club, where she drops new recipes weekly for her fans. When she’s not doing that, you can find her at home sipping on a glass of Drink This Wine (that’s her natural wine company!) in her butter-colored kitchen while filming her hit YouTube series, Hit The Kitch; a casual, never too serious but always educational cooking show. Molly lives in Los Angeles with her husband Ben, their son Gio, and their mini dachshund, named Tuna.

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Nora Singley

Culinary Lead

Nora is a seasoned food stylist, recipe developer, and culinary producer with over a dozen years of training in food television, video production, and recipe development across editorial, web, and commercial industries. Her clients include Martha Stewart Living, PBS, Bon Appétit, Real Simple, Epicurious and The Food Network.

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Join our team

We're building up our flagship staff at 3110 N. Going St. and have lots of great openings.

Interested in learning more before you apply? Email us at hiring@eatfaceplant.com or text us at 503.517.4688.

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Perks and benefits

Competitive Pay

You can expect competitive pay and benefits at Face Plant. And we'll be constantly listening to our crew to see how it can evolve and grow to serve you best. Check out open roles for specific ranges.

Paths to Growth

We want to be the most loved fast food brand in the world. We need your help to get our flagship right, but when we do, we're going to grow quickly and that means growth opportunities for our early team.

Open Roles

Crew – All Roles

We are seeking individuals who are passionate about creating meaningful change in the world through kindness, empathy, and open-mindedness. If you are ready to explore new concepts and deeply rooted causes that contribute to a better future for all, we want to meet you! Apply below, or you can email hiring@eatfaceplant.com directly if you are interested.

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