Executive Chef

Assets Recruiting; Basel; Vor Ort; CHF 39.000 - 61.000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading recruitment agency in Switzerland seeks a Galley Manager to oversee food service operations onboard. The ideal candidate will ensure high standards of food quality and cleanliness while managing a multi-national team. Responsibilities include food production, safety compliance, and training team members. This role is critical for maintaining guest satisfaction and operational efficiency. Strong leadership and experience in food service are essential.

Qualifikationen

• Experience in managing food service operations.
• Strong leadership skills to supervise and train a multi-national crew.
• Knowledge of food safety regulations and HACCP procedures.

Aufgaben

• Manage entire galley operation onboard.
• Ensure professional food production and distribution.
• Supervise and motivate the galley team.
• Maintain cleanliness and food safety standards.
• Conduct stock takes and manage food supply orders.
• Daily Conduction of menu briefings with waiter staff prior to service and instruction of waiters to
• Preparation of opening and closing ships at start and end of season
• Supervision, motivation and training of the multi-national galley crew
• Participation in loadings and conduction of quality control
• Responsible for cost control and adherence to set budgets
• Conduction of stock takes; inventory according to company procedure
• Active participation in other ship functions, socializing with guests during meal times
• Aligning with Maitre to ensure high standards of the F&B Operation
• Executing full reports in MXP in compliance with the MXP Wait Order System (WOS)
• Organization, management, motivation and training of the galley team
• Conduct performance evaluations for direct reports
• Conduct departmental Daily Reunion on a daily basis
• Active participation on onboard training programs
• Ability to effectively deal with internal & external customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy to defuse anger, collect accurate information and resolve conflicts
• Responsible for the correct departmental manning in the line of the EU Regulations and given budgets

Jobbeschreibung

To manage the Galley Department by ensuring a high level of quality in every aspect of the food service operation, maintaining an efficient administration system and by creating a friendly and guest orientated service culture to ensure guest satisfaction and repeat business, which in turn will increase revenue and profitability of the company.

To provide at all times an excellent guest service, maintaining high standards and consistency of outstanding food quality, monitoring of all guest galley-related tasks and supervising and coaching the galley team.

YOUR RESPONSIBILITIES

• Responsible for the entire galley operation onboard
• Ensuring professional production and distribution of all meals for guest and crew in accordance with company standards, menu cycle and recipes
• Organization and execution of F&B related ship functions and special events (for example Welcome Dinner, Farewell Dinner, Afternoon Tea, VES Cocktail,...)
• Ensuring food safety, highest level of cleanliness in the galley and production areas at all times in accordance with Viking standards and HACCP procedures
• Ordering of food supplies with MXP in accordance with the budget and production planning, in a cooperation with the Maitre and the Hotel Manager, while keeping the food cost budget at all times
• Daily Conduction of menu briefings with waiter staff prior to service and instruction of waiters to
• Preparation of opening and closing ships at start and end of season
• Supervision, motivation and training of the multi-national galley crew
• Participation in loadings and conduction of quality control
• Responsible for cost control and adherence to set budgets
• Conduction of stock takes; inventory according to company procedure
• Active participation in other ship functions, socializing with guests during meal times
• Aligning with Maitre to ensure high standards of the F&B Operation
• Executing full reports in MXP in compliance with the MXP Wait Order System (WOS)
• Organization, management, motivation and training of the galley team
• Conduct performance evaluations for direct reports
• Conduct departmental Daily Reunion on a daily basis
• Active participation on onboard training programs
• Ability to effectively deal with internal & external customers, some of whom will require high levels of patience, tact and diplomacy to defuse anger, collect accurate information and resolve conflicts
• Responsible for the correct departmental manning in the line of the EU Regulations and given budgets

This document is not a definite overview of the expected responsibilities, tasks and duties. Items can be added in the future accordingly. The holder of this statement can be asked to take on other tasks in addition of the ones stated on the paper