Co-Department Head: Kitchen 100%

About the job

Naturalness, genuine hospitality and attention to detail. At Panorama Resort & Spa, we place the greatest value on personal service, which makes us so well known. Just a few minutes outside the cities of Zurich and Lucerne, the wellness hotel Panorama Resort & Spa is located in Feusisberg with a spectacular view over Lake Zurich. A first-class spa and thermal area of over 2,000 m², two sensual restaurants, a stylish sky bar as well as 86 rooms and suites guarantee our guests unforgettable moments in an exclusive location.

From autumn, we offer a responsible leadership position in the kitchen for a committed individual who lives quality, gladly takes responsibility and actively shapes the training of young talents.

Co-Department Head Kitchen Collina 100%
Member of the three-person management team | Main responsibility for apprentice training

The Collina restaurant stands for a true "revival" of the well-known and popular dishes - a rediscovery of dishes such as tartare, Ticino risotto, chateaubriand and many more.

We offer you

• Regular shift work without room hours

• Scope for design in a responsible management role

• Free cleaning of chef clothing

• Modern tools for time tracking and internal communication

• Attractive training and development opportunities

• Open corporate culture and collegial team

• Workplace in the best location with a view over Lake Zurich

• Staff apartment within walking distance (if available)

• Various benefits, including freshly prepared staff meals at a flat rate, free parking spaces as well as free use of the wellness area and much more

Your versatile tasks

• Plan guest- and season-appropriate menus and offers at a high quality level for the restaurant, seminar and banquet area

• Organise, control and further develop kitchen processes in close cross-departmental cooperation

• Ensure smooth production processes as well as consistently high product and service quality

• Develop creative offers including economic calculation

• Purchase foodstuffs taking into account quality, costs and sustainability

• Ensure professional storage and efficient inventory management

• Actively work in the kitchen and prepare and present dishes professionally at all stations

• Lead the approximately 20-strong kitchen and patisserie team professionally and personally together with the management team

• Main responsibility for the training of apprentices: Supervision of four apprentices in the 1st to 3rd year (chef EFZ) as well as other apprentices (e.g. HoKo) during their deployment in the kitchen.

• Promote and train employees

• Ensure that all hygiene, quality and HACCP regulations are complied with

Your profile

• Completed training as a chef EFZ with leadership experience in upscale gastronomy

• Further training as a vocational trainer completed or willingness to complete it

• Ideally further training (federal specialist certificate chef or hotel management school)

• Leadership personality with organisational talent and sense of responsibility

• Enjoyment of apprentice training and pedagogical support

• Very good German and good English skills

• Creativity, resilience and passion for high-quality products

• Confident handling of PC and MS Office

Would you like to become part of the Panorama team? Sabrina and Gabriela look forward to your meaningful and complete online application. If you have any questions about this position, you can reach us during the week at 044 786 00 32 or via email mitarbeiterabteilung@panoramaresort.ch .