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Executive Chef - Hotel Haven

Location

Finland, Helsinki

Location

Finland, Helsinki

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2025-02-28

Ready to create unforgettable guest experiences?

Hotel Haven, is in search of a new, experienced Executive chef. As a Boutique Hotel, we emphasize personalized, warm and genuine service. Both our team and our guests are made to feel at home at Haven. The team is passionate about food and dedicated to creating memorable dining experiences for our guests. We are now seeking a talented and experienced Executive Chef to lead our kitchen team. 

The restaurant services at Hotel Haven include hotel breakfast, brunch, room service/Bar Haven, and M&E functions. Restaurant Haven has a perfect location for anyone who wants to organize an event or a function, from cocktail parties to weddings.

What you'll do:

  • Oversee all kitchen operations, including staff management, menu planning and ensuring that the kitchen runs efficiently
  • Responsible for forecasting, profitability, inventory, monitoring & maintaining KPI's.
  • Ensure that all chefs have the tools they need in order to prepare all dishes to the highest standards of quality and consistency.
  • Manage and train kitchen staff, fostering a positive and productive work environment.

The Executive chef reports directly to the General Manager and is part of the hotel's management team.

This is a permanent position with a start date to be agreed upon. The position requires working also in varied shifts.

You’ll shine here if:

  • You have experience from a similar managing role in a hotel or restaurant.
  • You are flexible and reliable, with a passion for creating great food and experiences.
  • Turning challenges into opportunities, managing multiple tasks, and keeping high standards, even when things get tough is natural to you
  • You have strong problem-solving skills and a proactive approach.
  • You also identify with our values: WeCare about the environment (you are environmentally aware), our customers, and each other at Haven. It is important to us that we work together and help each other across departmental boundaries.
  • You are able to communicate well in Finnish and English, both verbally and in writing.
  • You can relate that we value the power of diversity within Strawberry. Different backgrounds, experiences, and ideas create a unique and inspiring work environment.

What we offer:

  • An exciting and unique work environment with amazing colleagues
  • The right tools and support to flourish both professionally and personally
  • Staff discounts and friends & family rates at our 200+ hotels
  • Four free hotel nights each year
  • Discount on food & beverages at all our restaurants & bars
  • Occupational healthcare at Terveystalo
  • ePassi benefits

About us

We are Strawberry. With over 245 hotels, 120 restaurants, 20 spas and more, we create thousands of experiences every day. Our team of 20,000 passionate individuals from more than 166 countries is what makes us grow! Strawberry is built on our core values: energy, courage and enthusiasm.

Ready to start an exciting journey with Strawberry and Hotel Haven? 

Apply today or at the latest 28th Feb and be part of the Havenly Team of Haven! Applications are reviewed continuously, and position may be filled before the deadline. Interviews are conducted on an ongoing basis.

If any further questions, please contact General Manager Marika Arnell, marika.arnell@hotelhaven.fi

Hotel Haven is an elegant and stylish boutique hotel by the South Harbour and the Market Square in Helsinki. Hotel Haven’s 137 comfortable and spacious hotel rooms, its versatile meeting facilities, the bar, the three high-class restaurants and a gym provide luxurious experiences for any and all tastes.

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.

Explore more

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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