Head Chef (100%)

More than just a theater - the Casinotheater combines gastronomy, theater and events under one roof. In doing so, we put our customers at the center. Our approximately 60 employees ensure every day that our guests leave the house with a smile on their faces. With more than 250 theater performances and around 400 corporate and private events per year, as well as the in-house restaurant Fredi, the Casinotheater Winterthur is one of the leading cultural and event venues in the region.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for an engaged and creative

Head Chef (100%)

starting immediately or by arrangement.

What you bring with you:

You have successfully completed further training as a Head Chef with a federal diploma (eidg. Fachausweis). Further training as a federal certified Head Chef (eidg. dipl. Küchenchef:in) is an advantage.

You have several years of leadership experience as a Head Chef or in a comparable function with overall responsibility and have already led a larger kitchen team. Profound experience in both demanding and contemporary à-la-carte gastronomy as well as in the banquet and event sector is required.

You are a convincing leader and set high standards for quality, organization and your team. In doing so, you lead clearly, reliably and appreciatively and know how to develop employees professionally and personally.

You think and act entrepreneurially and have sound knowledge in the areas of budgeting, material costs, purchasing, calculation, personnel deployment and cost control. You analyze key figures, recognize the need for action and consistently initiate the necessary measures.

You work in a structured, solution-oriented and forward-looking manner, maintain an overview even during high workloads and convince through decisiveness, resilience and assertiveness.

You are fluent and stylistically confident in German, both spoken and written. Good user knowledge of common digital work tools is required; experience with MIRUS is an advantage.

Your tasks:

You bear overall responsibility for our kitchen area and lead a kitchen team of around 20 people.

Together with your team, you ensure a constantly high culinary quality for our restaurant Fredi as well as the entire banquet and event gastronomy. You continuously develop our culinary offering, combining quality, craftsmanship, innovation, sustainability and economic efficiency.

You are responsible for offering and menu planning, the deployment planning of the kitchen team, purchasing and goods management, warehouse and inventory as well as ongoing cost control. You also ensure compliance with all legal requirements as well as hygiene and occupational safety guidelines. You continuously optimize processes and workflows, develop new gastronomic ideas and offers and thereby make an active contribution to the qualitative and economic further development of our gastronomy. You bear budget responsibility for the kitchen area and work closely with the Head of Gastronomy as well as the other areas of the Casinotheater. As a member of the extended management team, you also actively contribute to the cross-departmental further development of the Casinotheater.

What we offer you:

The Casinotheater Winterthur with the in-house restaurant Fredi is a fixed entity in the Winterthur gastronomy and culture scene. A versatile and responsible leadership task in an extraordinary environment between gastronomy, culture and events awaits you.

You will have the opportunity to actively help shape and develop our kitchen area and, together with a well-coordinated team, shape the culinary future of the Casinotheater.

If you have the relevant experience, want to take on responsibility and are looking for a demanding gastronomic leadership task, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents.

If you have any questions, Sarah McMaster, Head of Gastronomy, will be happy to assist you.

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