Head Chef (100%)

About the job

More than just a theatre - the Casinotheater combines gastronomy, theatre and events under one roof. We place our customers at the centre. Our approximately 60 employees ensure daily that our guests leave the house with a smile on their face. With more than 250 theatre performances and around 400 corporate and private events per year, as well as the in-house restaurant Fredi, the Casinotheater Winterthur is one of the leading cultural and event venues in the region.

To strengthen our team, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a committed and creative

Head Chef (100%)

What you bring:

You have successfully completed further training as a head chef with a federal diploma. Further training as a federally certified head chef is an advantage.

You have several years of leadership experience as a head chef or in a comparable position with overall responsibility and have already led a larger kitchen team. We expect sound experience both in demanding and contemporary à la carte gastronomy as well as in the banquet and event sector.

You are a convincing leader and set high standards for quality, organisation and your team. You lead clearly, reliably and appreciatively and understand how to develop employees both professionally and personally.

You think and act entrepreneurially and have sound knowledge in budgeting, cost of goods, purchasing, costing, personnel deployment and cost control. You analyse key figures, recognise the need for action and consistently initiate the necessary measures.

You work in a structured, solution-oriented and forward-looking manner, keep an overview even under high workload and convince through decisiveness, resilience and assertiveness.

You have fluent and confident spoken and written German. Good user knowledge of common digital work tools is expected; experience with MIRUS is an advantage.

Your tasks:

You bear overall responsibility for our kitchen area and lead a kitchen team of around 20 people.

Together with your team, you ensure consistently high culinary quality for our restaurant Fredi as well as the entire banquet and event gastronomy. You continuously develop our culinary offerings, combining quality, craftsmanship, innovation, sustainability and economic efficiency.

You are responsible for the offer and menu planning, the deployment planning of the kitchen team, purchasing and inventory management, storage and inventory as well as ongoing cost control. You also ensure compliance with all legal requirements as well as hygiene and occupational safety regulations. You continuously optimise processes and workflows, develop new gastronomic ideas and offers and thus make an active contribution to the qualitative and economic development of our gastronomy. You bear the budget responsibility for the kitchen area and work closely with the gastronomy management and other areas of the Casinotheater. As a member of the extended management team, you also actively contribute to the cross-departmental development of the Casinotheater.

What we offer you:

The Casinotheater Winterthur with its in-house restaurant Fredi is a fixed feature in the Winterthur gastronomy and cultural scene. You can expect a varied and responsible leadership role in an extraordinary environment between gastronomy, culture and events.

You will have the opportunity to actively shape and further develop our kitchen area and, together with a well-rehearsed team, to shape the culinary future of the Casinotheater.

If you have the appropriate experience, want to take on responsibility and are looking for a demanding gastronomic leadership role, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

If you have any questions, Sarah McMaster, Head of Gastronomy, will be happy to assist you.