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Finland, Helsinki

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Finland, Helsinki

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2024-12-31

Head Chef – Meeting & Events, Klaus K Hotel

Klaus K Hotel, a relaxed city center hotel on Bulevardi, has been welcoming guests since 2005. The hotel features the Italian restaurant Toscanini, the seasonal Sky Terrace rooftop bar, and Restaurant Monsieur K, which offers a unique culinary experience for our guests. Additionally, the hotel boasts seven meeting rooms, ranging from intimate spaces for 5 people to the impressive Rake Hall, accommodating up to 120 guests.

We are now looking for a full-time Head Chef (112.5 h/month) to join our international top team. In this role, you will ensure exceptional quality in our Meetings & Events customer experience while delivering high-level service and excellent food.

Who We Are Looking For

You are a positive, bold, and creative team player who thrives on delivering first-class experiences to our customers. In addition, you are outgoing, flexible, and bring proven experience in a supervisory role. You are innovative, passionate about following industry trends, and eager to bring new ideas to the table.

Your Responsibilities

As the Head Chef, you will oversee the planning, preparation, and execution of culinary services for our Meetings & Events operations. Your role will focus on delivering high-quality dining experiences while ensuring the efficient management of kitchen activities.

Key Responsibilities:

  • Designing and executing menus tailored to client needs.
  • Leading, motivating, and scheduling the kitchen team.
  • Managing inventory and ordering ingredients.
  • Ensuring compliance with hygiene and quality standards.
  • Maintaining budget and cost-efficiency in kitchen operations.

What We Expect From You

  • Proven leadership experience in a professional kitchen environment.
  • Creativity and a strong understanding of food trends and customer expectations.
  • A positive and solution-oriented mindset with excellent teamwork skills.
  • A valid hygiene passport.
  • Fluent in Finnish or in English.

What We Offer

At Klaus K Hotel, you’ll become part of an international and dynamic team. We offer competitive benefits through the Strawberry Hotels staff program, enabling you to enjoy a wide range of perks.

Our core values – humanity, open-mindedness, and courage – guide everything we do. We are committed to creating a fair and inclusive environment where diversity is celebrated. We welcome applications from individuals of all ages, genders, languages, and cultural backgrounds, including minority groups. In line with our equality and diversity plan, we may implement positive measures to promote a diverse team structure.

Interested?

Submit your application no later than December 31, 2024, via the designated application link (applications submitted through other channels will not be considered).

For more information, please contact our Executive Chef, Toni Leskinen:
📧 toni.leskinen@klauskhotel.com
📞 +358 400 114 88

The position will start in January 2025 or  will be filled as soon as the right candidate is found.

 

Klaus K Hotel is located in the heart and center of Helsinki. We are the first Preferred Hotels & Resorts property in Finland. Inspired by the national epic Kalevala we provide you modern, indigenous, memorable and uncomplicated experience. Our Italian restaurant Toscanini will make sure to keep you satisfied. 

What’s in it for you?

As part of of Strawberry, you will get the best employee benefits of the industry.

A culture to cherish

A culture to cherish

Our people always make guests their top priority! Our warm and welcoming atmosphere creates the right setting for you to flourish and work your magic. You will get the freedom you need to perform your tasks and solve problems as they arise in the best way you see fit. A strong team spirit and family-feeling foster a culture of collaboration. And when there’s something to celebrate, we make sure to have some fun! In larger cities, we also regularly host after-work events to allow colleagues to mingle. How do we achieve all this you may wonder? We believe it’s down to the fact that we’re a diverse crowd full of energy, courage and enthusiasm. That’s how we create extraordinary experiences every single day!

A culture to cherish

Job security for peace of mind

Job security for peace of mind

When you work with us, we’ll take your whole life situation into consideration. We offer good job security through collective agreements and insurances, as well as paid parental leave, holiday leave, wellness allowance, attractive pension plans and competitive salaries. We’re there for you.

Job security for peace of mind

Room to grow

Room to grow

With more than 200 hotels across the Nordics, we offer you endless opportunities for career progression! Would you like to work full-time, part-time, a few hours here and there, or perhaps only a season? We have room for you, no matter where you’re at. We encourage creativity and curiosity, and we make every effort to foster a culture of learning for professional development. Ready to take your next career leap within the company? We applaud you and will help you achieve this! An academic degree isn't the most important thing for us. If you have the right mindset, we can certainly promise you a bright future!

Room to grow

Explore more

Explore more

We encourage you to get out and explore all that life has to offer! So, we always give numerous discounts to you and your friends and family at our hotels, bars and restaurants. As part of Strawberry, you get four FREE nights at our hotels each year* To remind you just how important you are, we’ll always do our best to offer you an upgrade! And on top of that, we’ve also partnered with other companies to give you sweet deals on air travel, charter holidays, car rental and lots more. 

*If you are employed on a contract for at least 20% of full-time working hours.

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Open mind, open hearts

Open mind, open hearts

Our heart beats for the world around us. To meet global challenges, we support the transition to clean energy, and we recently opened the first zero-energy hotel in the Nordics. We seek to use organic produce and have championed the elimination of unsustainable palm oil. We promote equal rights above all and are proud sponsors of Pride. Regardless of your ethnicity, gender, religious beliefs, disabilities or age - our doors are always open.

Open mind, open hearts

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