Cook (f/m/d)
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:19 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Are you excited about innovative cuisine and a dynamic kitchen? Join us for a rewarding culinary experience!
Tasks
- Prepare and cook all dishes in both warm and cold kitchens.
- Assist with food service and participate in 'Front Cooking.'
- Plan and prepare dishes for special evening events.
Skills
- Completed chef training (EFZ) and strong German skills required.
- Creativity and high quality standards in food preparation.
- Team-oriented, flexible, and able to handle pressure.
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Are you interested in exciting culinary arts and eager for a fresh and varied kitchen? Then you are exactly right with us!
You with us - a recipe for success.
- Independent preparation and cooking of all dishes in the hot and cold kitchen
- Supervision of food distribution and participation in "Front Cooking"
- Plan, prepare, and cook food for special evening events (Flying Dinners, Dinners, Apéros)
- Preparation of production for the following day
- Proper receipt, storage, and documentation of goods, operating and cleaning materials
- Completed training as a Cook EFZ
- Very good German skills, both spoken and written; ideally, you also speak English
- Creativity and a high quality standard as well as a clean and independent working style
- Hands-on, flexible, resilient, and team-oriented
- Willingness to work evening shifts (weekend shifts possible)
- Feasting: Free, fresh, and healthy employee meals
- Discounts: Employee rates at SV-managed hotels and discounted meals in our restaurants
- Flexibility: Part-time work and job sharing possible, depending on the operation no hourly shifts
- Work clothing: We provide and clean employees' work clothing
- Compensation: Market-based salary and 13th-month salary
- Family-friendly: 5 weeks of vacation, purchase of additional vacation possible, 16 weeks maternity leave
- Bonus and vouchers: Employee referral program, gifts for anniversaries and birthdays
- Development: SV Academy with nearly 300 trainings, courses, further education opportunities, and e-learnings
- Additional benefits: Various discounts (e.g., at Sunrise, Reka, Migrol, Fleurop, collective insurance CSS/Helsana)
Patrick, HR Recruiter
The SV Group 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 other renowned brands as franchisee, public restaurants with innovative concepts, as well as catering and delivery services. The SV Group employs around 5,800 people, of which 4,000 are in Switzerland.
The SV Group traces back to the non-profit organization "Schweizer Verband Soldatenwohl" founded in 1914. Else Züblin-Spiller established soldiers' lounges nationwide and served balanced and affordable meals there. The founder's idealistic values are continued today by the SV Foundation. This charitable foundation is the majority shareholder of the SV Group and uses its funds for projects in the field of healthy nutrition and for the common good.
In the lecturers' foyer in the main building of ETH Zurich, our host team with 9 employees spoils around 300 guests daily. The attractive offer consists of three daily changing menus. The Chef's World is skillfully prepared by our employee. The menus "Favorite" and the vegetarian menu "Vitality" can be found at the Free Choice Buffets. Additionally, guests are offered a seasonal salad buffet. The gastronomy also includes a serviced restaurant area and a coffee lounge with a cozy atmosphere. In the evening, the lecturers' foyer is a popular place for numerous events. National and international events as well as apéros and banquets for up to 200 people take place here.
You work from Monday to Friday, from 07:00 to 16:00, depending on the duty roster. For occasional evening events or weekend events, you are flexibly available.
