Sous Chef

Mövenpick Hotel Amsterdam City Centre; Amsterdam; On-site; EUR 35,000 - 45,000; Full time

Benefits offered by this job

Travel allowance up to €200/month

Pension contributions

Uniform + laundry service

Meals for staff

Discounts on rooms, food and drink

Job summary

Mövenpick Amsterdam City Centre is seeking a motivated sous chef to lead a vibrant kitchen at our Amsterdam venue. You will oversee the line, ensure consistent, high-quality dishes, and maintain exemplary hygiene throughout the kitchen.

Collaboration with other departments is essential to deliver the guest experience we are known for. The role focuses on evening hours within a 38-hour workweek, offering a competitive salary and benefits.

Qualifications

• Two years of experience as a junior sous chef.
• Knowledge of HACCP regulations or willingness to train.

Responsibilities

• Oversee kitchen flow and ensure dishes meet standards in taste and presentation.
• Provide motivating leadership and ensure team readiness during service.
• Ensure hygiene and cleanliness across the kitchen; direct where needed.
• Order supplies when required to keep operations smooth.

Skills

Sous chef experience

HACCP knowledge

Education

SVH chef diploma

Job description

At Mövenpick we make moments, do you?

Be limitless

Running or standing still, this dynamic in the kitchen is where you, as a sous chef, feel like home. And this is the kitchen of a large hotel with an event venue in Amsterdam. You ensure good and original recipes, satisfied guests and good hygiene.

Responsibilities

The kitchen opens, and it’s showtime. You gather your team, give a motivating pep talk, and ensure everyone’s ready to deliver excellence. You oversee the flow of the kitchen, ensuring all dishes meet our standards in both taste and presentation. You make sure that everything in the kitchen runs smoothly. You are also responsible for ensuring that all chefs have what they need. You order extra when needed. There is no limits to what you can do.

In addition, you will be:

• A flying keeper. That means that during busy times you do not only overlook but jump in where it is needed.
• Responsible for the hygiene. You keep an eye on it and direct where necessary to keep everything clean and tidy.
• The leader that supervises that everyone is doing their tasks correctly.

Your new job is mainly during evening hours.

Proud to present

Mövenpick: the place to enjoy life. Inside, we create a space for our guests to enjoy by relaxing at the bar with a delicious cocktail or a creamy cappuccino. In our restaurants, you can discover the most delicious special dishes. We are originally from Switzerland, and we carry this luxurious gastronomic hospitality with us. ‘Enjoying life to the fullest.’ That is our mantra for our guests, but also for you as an employee.

‘Enjoying food’ is the motto for you and your team. The composition of your team is ever-changing and depends on your shifts at our beautiful 4-star hotel looking out over the IJ river in Amsterdam. There is no shortage of variety with us. You are just as happy baking snacks as coming up with a brilliant dish. It all goes into giving our guests the true experience. You will work in a hotel that works together with the Passenger Terminal Amsterdam, a total combined conference space of over 1900 m2, including 11 modern and spacious conference and directors’ rooms. Through the emergence of ijVENUES, Amsterdam’s new exhibition centre, everything only becomes bigger and better. On a lovely, sunny day, you can choose between a 10-minute walk or a 5-minute cycle ride from the central station. Or you can hop on the tram from the other side of our hotel.

In short: we have it all.

From omelette to fish, at Mövenpick we have every dish – Executive Chef Mövenpick.

Don’t Work, Do What You Love Instead

If anyone has a true passion for food, it is you. And you know rich gastronomy above all. You are always busy trying out new tastes and dishes. You work in a clean and orderly manner, and you enjoy working with others. And that’s great because here, you will communicate closely with all departments, not only the kitchen.

You must have:

• At least two years of experience as a junior sous chef.
• Preferably an SVH chef’s diploma or another similar diploma.
• Knowledge of the HACCP regulations or the willingness to follow the training course for this.

We offer

• A monthly gross salary of between €3.176 - €4.027 in accordance with scale 8 of the Collective Labour Agreement for the Dutch hospitality and catering industry.
• A contract of 38 hours per week.
• 25 leave days and time off for any overtime.
• Extra day off during your birthday month.
• A travel allowance up to €200 per month, on the basis of the actual number of kilometres.
• A night-shift allowance of 20% and a Sunday allowance of 5%.
• Pension contributions with the Horeca & Catering pension fund.
• National and international opportunities for growth (cross) training opportunities.
• A uniform, laundry service and meals.
• Discounts on rooms, food and drink at Mövenpick Hotels & Resorts, Accor & Revo Hospitality hotels.
• Enjoy an overnight stay with dinner and breakfast in the hotel where you work at with feel like a guest experience
• Recruitment bonus for new a colleague.
• 50% F&B discount at various hotels in Amsterdam.
• Various staff outings.