Sous Chef Zürich 100%

Company Description

Hotelis is one of the leading Swiss companies for the placement of temporary and permanent positions in the hotel, restaurant, and contract catering sectors.

On behalf of our client Eldora, which operates a large company in contract catering directly in Zürich, we are offering a position starting 01. August 2026 to a motivated and experienced person as

Sous chef

100%

Job Description

Are you ready to live out your passion for gastronomy in the kitchen and demonstrate high hospitality?

Your main tasks include:

• Production of food in the hot and cold production kitchen for the daily lunch service as well as for aperitifs, caterings, and events.
• Assistance with plating at the menu station, setup and dismantling of the buffet in the self-service restaurant, meal service during lunch service, direct guest contact.
• Assistance in the compilation of diverse menu plans
• Responsibility for the use of goods, monitoring of production, cold storage, warehouse, etc.
• Application and control of the cleaning and hygiene concept according to HACCP
• Various cleaning tasks and washing-up tasks are, of course, also part of it
• Supporting the head chef with ordering and goods control.
• Coordinating, leading, motivating, and developing the six-member kitchen and office team.

As a Sous chef in this operation, you are flexible and very independent. You contribute to the success of this operation and can demonstrate your high hospitality both in the kitchen as well as with the guests.

Since it is a large-scale operation, it is essential that you have experience and can organize yourself accordingly to cook in large quantities.

We are talking here about a canteen that is not open to the public and prepares approx. 600 lunches.

A Barista Bar with an Italian concept. In addition, caterings and conference deliveries.

You contribute to the team, live a hands-on mentality, are not too good for anything, roll up your sleeves, and help with the work processes.

Desired Profile

• Completed vocational training as Koch EFZ and at least 2-3 years of professional and leadership experience, ideally in contract catering
• Service- and guest-oriented
• You communicate fluently in German and can deal with both employees and customers confidently and professionally.
• Are an organizational talent, balanced, team-oriented, and capable of conflict management

We offer:

• Attractive working hours: Monday to Friday [empty] to [empty]
• Weekends and public holidays off
• Good social benefits and a very good pension fund solution
• Further education and development opportunities, e.g., internal training, specialist courses, and programs for kitchen, nutrition, hygiene, or leadership.
• A modern working environment with room for creativity
• An appreciative team and an open corporate culture
• Long-term perspectives in a successful Swiss gastronomy company

Do you feel addressed?

Then we look forward to your application!

Take this chance to become part of our motivated team and play a central role in the further development of our operation.

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