Head Chef (m/f/x)

Flavors on the plate. Quality service thanks to teamwork.
This is the recipe that leads to success within SV Group.

• Ensure the complete culinary management of the kitchen and guarantee a tasty, creative production that meets SV Suisse standards.
• Create and implement varied and balanced menus adapted to the needs of the establishment's customers.
• Constantly maintain high quality standards: production, presentation, taste, hygiene, and food safety.
• Unite, motivate, and develop your team through inspiring leadership, supporting employees in their progress, conducting constructive interviews (feedback, evaluations, etc.), and leading briefings and meetings to ensure cohesion and performance.
• Manage orders, stocks, and goods receipts, and ensure optimal product availability.
• Contribute to the organization of culinary events and support the establishment's promotional activities.
• Respect budgets and optimize resources while maintaining the quality and creativity of culinary productions.

• Complete training as a chef with a federal certificate of competence (CFC) and a head chef diploma or equivalent qualification
• Minimum 5 years of experience in a similar position, with management experience
• Experience in collective catering and high-end gastronomy
• Excellent computer skills 
• Excellent command of French and English
• Good communication skills, ability to assert yourself while being team-oriented
• Passion for the chef profession and enjoyment in customer contact, sense of organization and responsibility

• Catering: balanced meals made from fresh products, free for staff
• Discounts: employee rates in hotels managed by SV and reduced-price meals in our restaurants
• Flexibility: part-time work and job sharing possible, no on-call hours in some establishments
• Workwear: we provide and clean the workwear for our staff
• Compensation: market-conform salary and 13th month pay
• Work-life balance: 5 weeks of vacation, possibility to purchase additional holidays, 16 weeks of maternity leave
• Bonuses and vouchers: "Employees recruit employees" program, gifts on service anniversaries and birthdays
• Career development: SV Academy with nearly 300 trainings, courses, continuing education offers, and e-learnings
• Other benefits: various discounts (e.g., with Sunrise, Reka, Migrol, Fleurop, and the CSS/Helsana collective insurance)

Anica, HR Assistant

SV Group is a leading catering and hotel management group based in Dübendorf, near Zurich. The group operates in several sectors: restaurants for companies and schools, hotels with their own brands as well as other renowned brands as franchise partners, public restaurants with innovative concepts, a gourmet delivery service, and a catering service. SV Group employs about 5800 people, including 4000 in Switzerland.
SV Group originates from the non-profit organization "Schweizer Verband Soldatenwohl," founded in 1914. Else Züblin-Spiller created homes for soldiers throughout the country and served balanced and inexpensive meals there. SV Foundation today continues the founder's ideals. This public utility foundation is the majority shareholder of SV Group and uses its funds to support projects aimed at promoting healthy nutrition or the common good.