Genf
Gastronomic Head Chef
- 20 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- French (Fluent)
- Genf
About the job
Gastronomic Head Chef
100%
Workplace: Geneva
Operation: UBS Bel-Air Restaurant
Are you our new team member in French-speaking Switzerland, who will assist us as Head Chef? From Monday to Friday, 6:00 am to 3:00 pm
Our task menu
- He/she ensures customer satisfaction and adherence to the company’s high standards.
- Represent the role of host or hostess as well as that of head chef.
- Organise and execute banquet services, cocktails, buffets or gala dinners within the bank.
- Work with fresh, local, seasonal, often premium products, offering modern, healthy and refined cuisine.
- Ensure daily cold chain transport from the production centre to the UBS executive lounges.
- Ensure the sending of plates, paying attention to perfect presentation and consistent flavours.
- Work closely with the maître d’hôtel to monitor and respect merchandise cost ratios and contribute to achieving turnover targets.
- Be responsible for orders with suppliers referenced via Gastroport as well as inventory management, conducting monthly inventories.
- Carry out assigned administrative tasks.
- Apply and control quality standards as well as hygiene and safety directives.
- Guarantee impeccable results during internal and external hygiene inspections.
- Manage logistics and transport of foodstuffs between the production centre and the operating site.
- Ensure daily cold chain transport from the production centre to the restaurant.
- Actively combat food waste.
The recipe for your success
- Apprenticeship certificate as a cook or higher culinary training deemed equivalent.
- Proven experience as Head Chef or Sous Chef in gastronomic catering (Gault&Millau/Michelin or executive dining).
- Excellent mastery of gastronomic, contemporary cuisine and pastry.
- Creative, able to design bespoke menus and services.
- Autonomous, organised and proactive.
- Team spirit, discretion and excellent service sense.
- Flexible and rigorous, including when faced with unforeseen events and specific requests.
- Impeccable presentation and ease with high-level clientele.
- Mastery of HACCP standards, stock management and cost optimisation.
Your benefits with us
Benefits & discounts: 20% on all ZFV establishments, hotel and partner discounts
Additional holidays: Day off granted on your birthday
: Participation in achieving objectives
Employment conditions: Monday to Friday, no night shifts
Holidays & public holidays: Public holidays falling on weekends can be compensated
Employer: As a ZFV-Unternehmungen cooperative, we are active in seven business areas and around 200 meeting places throughout Switzerland. As a fair employer, we are committed to equal opportunities and inclusion and foster an open corporate culture with plenty of room for personal development. In all our activities – from partnerships to innovation to lived hospitality – collaboration on an equal footing is just as central as our commitment to sustainability.
Place Bel-Air 2, 1204 Geneva
Your contact
Katia Gundín
Business Partner People & Culture
kgundin@zfv.ch
