Executive Head Chef

Skills & Requirements

As a global leader in adventure travel, Hurtigruten strives to optimize hotel operations on board to give our guests the best experience. We are continuously working on the further development and implementation of new concepts that will create even better experiences for our guests. We work to further develop our employees so that together we can provide world-class service and quality.

Are you passionate about working with local food and love providing world-class service? Are you hungry for new challenges and want to work with our concept that is a world leader in local food and adventure travel? Then it is you we seek!

For 130 years, we have worked to provide our guests with unforgettable experiences and offer those we work together with an exciting and rewarding work environment.

Do you want to help create world-class adventure travel? Are you able to drive the team through change and development? Are you hungry for new challenges in a company with high ambitions and full speed ahead?

We are now looking for an executive head chef with an interest in good, local ingredients and a desire to work with our renowned food concept Norway's coastal kitchen. We hope you will help create food delivered by Norwegian, local producers along the coast, where sustainability, animal welfare, unique products and the good stories are in focus. For Hurtigruten, the entire value chain is important.

Working on ships is a way of life and you will get a unique chance to become part of a working environment with passion and determination to succeed. Collaboration, trust, respect and empathy are qualities we value highly and which are important for maintaining an environment based on diversity and inclusion.

Do you recognize yourself in our values: We Inspire, We Empower, We Care, We Explore?

Duties and responsibilities

• The operator of the galley and provision rooms, including proper cleaning/hygiene in accordance with applicable procedures/instructions, and co-responsible for the operation of all catering premises associated with the galley

• Supervisor of galley employees and ensure efficient and economical utilization of available resources

• Co-responsible for provisioning according to pre-prepared menus, incl. quantity calculation

• Goods orders in cooperation with the warehouse manager

• Responsible for inspection of all food delivered to the ship with regard to shelf life, temperature, packaging and quality in accordance with applicable procedures/instructions

• Dietary manager for a professionally correct and varied diet for our crew

• Co-responsible for supervision and maintenance of galley equipment, including provision rooms

• Budget manager within your area of work

• Responsible for training galley personnel

• Responsible for ensuring that instructions in the manual for warehouse management system are followed up in the galley

• Responsible for ensuring that the ship's operational and safety management systems, including HACCP and internal control food routines, are followed up within the area of responsibility

• Check that work and rest time registrations for employees in the galley are kept correctly

• Ensure that the company's standards in relation to service and quality are met

• Ensure the quickness, freshness and quality of dishes

• Quality control in all departments

• Follow-up of food waste

• Coordinate the chefs' tasks

• Responsible for holding cooking classes and presentations

Qualifications

• Certificate of apprenticeship as a cook

• At least 10 years of experience in management and kitchen operations

• Quality conscious

• Good knowledge of HACCP and internal control food

• Personal suitability will be emphasized

• Good knowledge of German and English, advantage of Scandinavian language

• Hurtigruten set high demands for safety on board, which means that all employees must have; Basic safety course for seafarers, Crowd and Crisis course, and approved health certificate from authorized seafarer doctor. There is no requirement to have completed the courses before applying, but you must be willing to take them, and please note that the individual must pay for the courses themselves.

Personal qualities

• High focus on safety
• Confident leader who is able to motivate and inspire your employees

• Sociable, solution-oriented and flexible

• You have control over the details, while being able to see the big picture

• You like working in a team

• You have good communication skills, both orally and in writing, and are responsible and decisive

We offer

• A challenging position where you work with one of Norway's strongest brands together with good colleagues

• An exciting future characterized by new initiatives and great drive

• Exciting F&B concept

• Varied working day with 1:1 shifts (two round trips)

• Salary according to Norwegian tariff

• Food and lodging on board

• Paid travel to and from the port of departure, by arrangement

• Competitive terms with, among other things, good pension and insurance terms

• A unique workplace with good colleagues of all ages and social cohesion

Applications received will be processed on an ongoing basis

Do you want to know more about our renowned food concept Norway's Coastal Kitchen? Cooking with Culinary Ambassadors - YouTube