Dachsen
Head Chef (f/m/d) 100%
- 31 July 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Dachsen
About the job
You are a committed leader with a passion for gastronomy and want to take the next step in your career? Then you are exactly right with us.
For our à la carte restaurant, we are looking for a motivated and strong leadership personality who takes responsibility, inspires their team and together with us creates culinary experiences at the highest level.
In this key position, you lead the à la carte area with a great deal of personal responsibility. Together with the team, you ensure consistently high quality, efficient workflows and a professional kitchen operation. You work closely with the banquet kitchen management to ensure a smooth process together.
You will be supported by the overall kitchen management, with whom you will advance strategic and cross-departmental topics in partnership. You will have the necessary freedom to bring in your own ideas, further develop processes and actively contribute to the success of our kitchen operation.
This position is ideal for an ambitious sous chef who is ready to take the next step into a responsible leadership role.
What you will do
- Responsible for smooth operations in the kitchen
- Assisting with menu planning
- Training and promoting the kitchen team
- Event support on site and assistance in all stations
- Mise-en-place tasks
- Assisting with ordering and inventory as well as other administrative tasks
What you bring with you
- Completed training as a cook with at least 3 years of leadership experience
- Professional experience in banquet and à la carte areas
- Clean and independent working style
- Hands-on mentality, flexibility, resilience and your team-oriented working style
- Passion for the cooking profession and enjoyment of guest contact
- Good manners and confident appearance in front of guests
What distinguishes you
- Commitment and willingness to perform
- Quality awareness
- Goal-oriented thinking and acting
- Thinking and comprehension skills
- Planning and organisational skills
- Resilience and perseverance
Your place of work
In our Erlebnisreich Schloss Laufen, 70 m above the Rhine Falls, our guests enjoy relaxing hospitality. This special location is an attraction for a wide variety of events. A rich selection of culinary delights is just one highlight among many. You work in a 7-day operation, depending on the duty roster. You are flexibly deployable for evening and weekend shifts.
What we offer you - among other things
Feasting: Free, fresh and healthy staff meals
Discounts: Staff rates in SV-managed hotels and discounted meals in our restaurants
Flexibility: Part-time work and job sharing possible, depending on operation no hourly rooms
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
Further benefits: Various discounts (e.g. at Sunrise, Reka, Migrol, Fleurop, collective insurance CSS/Helsana)
I look forward to your application
Betina, Manager HR
Schloss Laufen
Schloss Laufen
Well-maintained history for over 1100 years. Since the gentle renovation in 2009/10, Schloss Laufen has been a tourist highlight directly at the Rhine Falls. SV operates the entire facility above the largest waterfall in Europe on behalf of the Canton of Zurich.