Head Chef (d/f/m)
SV (Schweiz) AG
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:21 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join an exciting culinary team at SV Group, a leading hospitality firm! Embrace the opportunity for growth in a dynamic work environment.
Tasks
- Ensure smooth daily operations and events with your team.
- Support all activities across the ETH building.
- Plan offerings and maintain quality standards for continuous development.
Skills
- Completed culinary training or relevant experience required.
- Several years in à la carte, at least Chef de Partie level.
- Fluent in German and English, with a creative, hands-on mindset.
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Are you interested in exciting culinary arts and eager for a fresh and varied kitchen? Are you ready for the next career step? Then you are exactly right with us!
You with us. A recipe for success.
- You ensure the smooth running of daily business and events with your team
- Support in daily business throughout the entire ETH building
- Planning offers for both operations as well as ensuring all quality standards and continuous development of the team and operation
- Deputy to the Restaurant Manager in their absence
- Support the entire team with tasks outside the regular kitchen area as well
- Completed training as a cook or comparable professional experience
- Several years of experience in the à la carte area, at least Chef de Partie
- Several years of leadership experience as Sous Chef or Junior Head Chef
- You can communicate very well in German and English
- Creative mind with hands-on mentality and joy in direct guest contact
- Doer, go-getter, brings high quality awareness, enjoys setting new accents in a dynamic environment
- Feasting: Free, fresh and healthy employee meals
- Discounts: Employee rates in SV-managed hotels and discounted meals in our restaurants
- Flexibility: Part-time work and job sharing possible, depending on operation no room hours
- Work clothing: We provide and clean employees' work clothing
- Compensation: Market-based salary and 13th month salary
- Family-friendly: 5 weeks 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)
Christian, Co-Team Lead HR Recruiting DE & CH
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 with other renowned brands as franchisee, public restaurants with innovative concepts as well as gastronomic delivery service and catering. The SV Group employs around 5,800 employees, of which 4,000 are in Switzerland.
The SV Group goes 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 idealistic values of the founder 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 9-member host team pampers up to 300 guests daily. The attractive and varied offer consists of three daily changing menus. Additionally, the gastronomy includes a serviced restaurant area as well as a coffee lounge with a cozy atmosphere. In the evening, the lecturers' foyer is a popular place for numerous events. National as well as international events, aperitifs with up to 160 people and banquets with up to 130 people take place.
You usually work from Monday to Friday, between 6:30 a.m. and 5 p.m., depending on event business, evening shifts are possible.