Culinary Innovator (Head Chef)

Alpine Culture is a small privately owned company specializing in luxury catered chalet holidays. We have exclusive chalets in the beautiful French resorts of Val d'Isere, Tignes and Sainte Foy.

We are looking for an experienced chalet chef to join our team for the Winter Season. The job is a blank canvas for a creative and ambitious chef to create his or her own menu to impress and delight the guests. Involved is full cooked breakfast 6 days of the week, along with a differing afternoon tea treat each day and a full 3 course meal each evening, with Canapés and cheese boards to compliment.

The job is hard work with long hours but we have some wonderful guests who really make it all worth while. This is a fantastic opportunity to live and work in one of the worlds premium resorts for a small high quality business at the top end of the service industry.

In this role you will have total ownership of all areas of the kitchen involving menu design, budget control, ordering, stock control, cooking and presentation. You will also be shopping once a week.

Benefits

• Great staff accommodation- own room
• Competitive wages
• Lift pass and full cover insurance
• Bonuses for your hard work and dedication
• Plenty of time for skiing and 1 full day off per week
• Full ownership of the kitchen and no budgets

Requirements

• We expect you to be bright, flexible and customer oriented. You should be happy to get your hands dirty as cleaning is a primary part of this role. Previous hospitality experience is essential as is a driving licence.
• Applicants must be over 22 years old.
• Must have over 5 years experience in professional kitchen.
• Full manual driving licence