Apprenticeship - Cook CFC - 100%

Company Description

With more than 12,000 employees representing 160 professions, the University Hospitals of Geneva are a reference institution at the national and international level. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2024 retrospective by clicking  here .

The apprenticeship offer at HUG is developing and diversifying. Apprenticeships cover 24 different professions across several hospital activity areas. Discover more information about apprenticeships at HUG  or watch  videos of apprenticeships at HUG .

To contribute to your success, your supervision is provided by certified trainers, and throughout your training, internships are organized within the institution or in collaboration with partner companies and institutions to guarantee you a diversified, innovative, and quality training.

For the 2026 intake, our Catering Service teams are looking for their future apprentice cook CFC.

Job Description

The Catering Service includes seven kitchens and eleven catering units (brasserie, cafeteria-restaurant, café, sandwich shop) serving about 9,000 meals per day. This service's mission is to offer quality services and pleasant, friendly moments to patients, staff, and customers, through attentive service meeting the criteria of a balanced and varied diet that meets high hygiene and flavor standards. The Catering Service also offers catering services (banquets, aperitifs, etc.) on the institution's various sites. Throughout HUG, the Catering Service focuses on fresh products and local products labeled Geneva Region Earth Future.

As a cook, you prepare dishes and culinary specialties for HUG restaurants, hospital meals (specific diets, textures, etc.), and catering services. You also participate in welcoming, serving, and advising restaurant customers.

The variety of services provided and the demands of the hospital environment allow our service to offer a varied and comprehensive training path, with rotations through different kitchen stations (including pastry). Internships inside and outside the institution, allowing discovery of products, types of catering, and working methods, complement this path.

Through learning various culinary skills (cooking and production methods, food preparation, hygiene and safety rules, etc.), you will acquire the basic techniques included in the progression of your training curriculum.

Qualifications

You have successfully completed your compulsory schooling.

You have a strong interest in cooking and discovering different catering sectors and demonstrate creativity.

Thanks to your interpersonal skills and sense of hospitality, you ensure adapted service.

Friendly, you enjoy teamwork and communicate easily with your interlocutors.

You have an interest in the hospital environment and are ready to commit to a professional training alternating work in a company, practical courses, and theoretical courses at school.

Additional Information

• Start date: 14.08.2026
• Number of positions: 1
• Activity rate: 100%
• Contract: 36-month apprenticeship
• Application deadline: 31.01.2026

Your application file must include a letter demonstrating your motivation, your curriculum vitae, your report card from the last three months, and copies of your diplomas.

Having completed an observation internship related to the chosen apprenticeship is an asset and helps clarify your professional choice.

Having completed the EVAtech test is also a major asset for your application: https://www.eva-evatech.ch/

This announcement is addressed equally to women and men.

Only applications submitted via the recruitment platform will be considered. Paper and email applications will not be processed.