Zürich
Head Chef (m/f/d) 100%
- 29 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
You like taking responsibility and have a good sense for people and gastronomy? Together with your team, you ensure a special guest experience and smooth operations every day.
You with us. A recipe for success.
What you will achieve
- Responsibility for compliance with personnel and material costs
- Management of the production of hot and cold dishes
- Production, preparation and delivery of catering orders
- Menu planning, ordering and inventory as well as other administrative tasks
- Responsibility for compliance with and implementation of ISO and HACCP guidelines
What you bring with you
- Completed chef apprenticeship with federal certificate of competence (EFZ)
- Business management thinking and acting
- German level C1-C2: competent language use
- Valid driving licence category B
- Hands-on, flexible, resilient and team-oriented
What distinguishes you
- Innovation and creativity
- Planning and organisational skills
- Quality awareness
- Service orientation
- Empathy and communication skills
- Teamwork
Your place of work
At the Stopover operation at the airport, our host team with 7 employees pampers around 210 guests daily. With great passion, creativity and a high standard of quality, we ensure unforgettable culinary experiences - and that’s exactly why we are looking for you! The varied offer in the self-service restaurant Stopover consists of the Chef's Choice, the Home and the Veggie menu. The extensive salad buffet, the yoghurt station and 1 daily soup complete the offer. Additionally, the Stopover gastronomy includes a separate coffee bar.
For this role, a valid category B driving licence is required. You work Monday to Friday between 06:00 and 15:30 according to the duty roster. For special events in the evening, you are flexibly available. Furthermore, to ensure deliveries to our customers at the airport, weekend shifts are also required - but not regularly every weekend.
What we offer you - among other things
Feasting: Free, fresh and healthy staff meals
Discounts: Staff rates at SV-managed hotels and discounted meals in our restaurants
Flexibility: Part-time work and job sharing possible, no clocking in at some operations
Workwear: We provide and clean staff workwear
Remuneration: Market-based salary and 13th month pay
Family-friendly: 5 weeks holiday, purchase of additional holiday possible, 16 weeks maternity leave
Bonus and vouchers: Employee referral programme, gifts for anniversaries and birthdays
Development: SV Academy with nearly 300 training sessions, courses, further education opportunities and e-learnings
Additional benefits: Various discounts (e.g. at Sunrise, Reka, Migrol, Fleurop, collective insurance CSS/Helsana)
I look forward to your application
Sandro, HR Business Partner
SV (Switzerland) AG
SV (Switzerland) AG
SV is a leading gastronomy and hotel management group based in Dübendorf near Zurich. The group operates in several business areas: restaurants for companies and schools, hotels with own brands as well as with other renowned brands as franchisee, public restaurants with innovative concepts as well as gastronomic delivery service and catering. SV employs around 5,500 people, of whom 3,300 are in Switzerland.
SV traces its origins back to the non-profit organisation "Swiss Association for Soldiers' Welfare" founded in 1914. Else Züblin-Spiller established soldiers' canteens nationwide and served balanced and affordable meals there. The idealistic values of the founder are continued today by the SV Foundation. This charitable foundation is the majority shareholder of SV and uses its funds for projects in the field of healthy nutrition and for the common good.
