Opfikon
Head Chef (f/m/d) 100%
- 23 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
Your next step: Kitchen legend!
You enjoy 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
- Ensuring smooth kitchen operations and managing the production of hot and cold dishes
- Menu and offer planning, ordering, cost calculation, inventory and administrative tasks
- Leading, training and promoting the kitchen team as well as working at all stations including front cooking
- Production, preparation and delivery of catering orders as well as on-site event support
- Responsibility for compliance with ISO and HACCP guidelines as well as general tidying and cleaning tasks
What you bring with you
- Completed chef apprenticeship with federal certificate of competence (EFZ) and at least 3 years of professional and leadership experience
- Solid experience in community catering, banquet and à la carte areas
- Very good German language skills
- Valid category B driving licence and good IT skills
- Independent, clean and flexible working style with high resilience, team spirit as well as courteous manners and confident appearance in front of guests
What distinguishes you
- Innovation and creativity
- Planning and organisational skills
- Quality awareness
- Service orientation
- Empathy and communication skills
- Teamwork
Your place of work
In the restaurant at the Ambassador House in Opfikon, our host team with 13 employees delights around 500 guests daily. With your team of 7, you take care daily of an attractive, fresh and high-quality offer consisting of 5 menus.
You work Monday to Friday during the day. For special events in the evening and at weekends, you are flexibly available.
With "The Way We Work" we create a culture of collaboration, openness and growth at SV. Personal responsibility, constructive feedback and clear decisions ensure our success. In your role, you support the team with a hands-on mentality, sense of responsibility, forward thinking and warmth - so everyone develops their strengths further and together we create unforgettable experiences for our guests.
What we offer you - among other things
What we offer you - among other thingsFeasting: 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, depending on the operation no clocking hours
Workwear: We provide and clean the employees' workwear
Remuneration: Market-based salary and 13th month pay
Family-friendly: 5 weeks holiday, purchase of additional holidays 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
Melanie, 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 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 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 founder's idealistic values 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.
