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Souschef

Location

Norway, Oslo

Location

Norway, Oslo

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2025-12-08

We’re looking for a strategic and creative Sous Chef to join one of Oslo’s most iconic hotels.


Amerikalinjen opened in 2019 and has since become one of the city’s leading boutique hotels –

consistently ranked as a top hotel on TripAdvisor. Our house is a vibrant blend of history, design, and

hospitality, home to several unique food and drink concepts:

Atlas Brasserie & Café, Haven, Pier 42, and Gustav Jazz Club.

Our passion lies in creating memorable guest experiences through food, atmosphere and hospitality.


About the Role

As Sous Chef, you’ll be part of our talented kitchen leadership team, working closely with the

Executive Chef to guide and support the kitchen team. You’ll play a key role in developing and

executing our culinary concepts — ensuring that every dining experience, from breakfast and lunch

to à la carte and events, delights our guests and reflects Amerikalinjen’s high standards of quality,

creativity, and hospitality.

You’ll also be part of the hotel’s extended leadership team, collaborating with other department

heads to drive development, efficiency, and growth across Amerikalinjen.

Your main responsibilities:

 Lead and support the kitchen team in daily operations

 Ensure high standards for taste, presentation, and overall guest experience

 Contribute to strategic menu development and seasonal concepts

 Oversee hygiene, safety and food control routines (HACCP)

 Train and motivate chefs, apprentices and kitchen staff

 Manage ordering, stock and cost control


Who You Are


 Several years of experience as a chef, including leadership responsibility

 Strategic mindset with a genuine passion for creating memorable guest experiences

 Structured, dependable and solution-oriented

 Up to date on culinary trends and inspired by creativity

 Fluent in English; Scandinavian language is a plus

Why Join Us

At Amerikalinjen, you’ll be part of an ambitious and international team with room to grow. We offer

a professional yet down-to-earth work environment where passion and personality matter.

We offer:

 4 free hotel nights per year at Strawberry / Nordic Hotels & Resorts

 Employee and Friends & Family discounts

 Food & beverage discounts for you and your friends

 Career opportunities across Strawberry’s hotel portfolio


Location: Oslo

Position: Full-time

Reports to: Executive Chef

Start: By agreement

Applicants must be residents of Norway and hold a valid Norwegian work permit.

Are you ready to take the next step in your culinary career?

Apply now and join the kitchen team at Amerikalinjen

Any Questions please reach out to: linus.anderberg@amerikalinjen.com

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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