Are you an experienced Head Chef with a true passion for creating wonderful culinary experiences while ensuring excellence in the entire kitchen operation?

Det Lille Hotel is looking for a talented ans experienced Head Chef to manage the full kitchen operations of our two popular restaurants.

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We are looking for a passionate, experieneced and talented Head Chef to join our team with the responsibility to mangage to complete kitchen operations of our two popular seafront restaurants – Tollboden 1865 and Park Cafè.

As a key member of the hotel`s Management, you will be responsible for delivering an exceptional dining experience for our guests while ensuring profitability and a friendly, creative and professional working environment.

Experience Needed:

• Previous Kitchen Experience: A minimum 2 years working as Head Chef in Norway with responsibility for menu creation, food cost calculations, inventory, ordering, delivery and quality maintaining routines.

• Staff Management and leadership: Ability and desire to lead by example and manage the kitchen team effectively. The Head Chef must be hands-on, offering guidance, training, and support to the chefs, as well as ensure good communication and a positive working environment, while maintaining high standards of food preparation and service. Experience with recruitment and having a large professional network is a plus.

• Culinary Knowledge: A strong understanding of cooking techniques, food safety standards, and kitchen operations. Familiarity with preparing fresh, seasonal ingredients and creating innovative dishes.

• Time Management: Ability to manage time effectively, both in planning and exectuting of duties.

• Adaptability: Able and willing to keep adapting and developing the menus and products to always creating the best possible experiene for the guest while ensuring highest possible profitability for the hotel.

• Customer-Focused: Endure food quality and presentation meet guest expectations. Ability to address any kitchen-related issues in a professional and effective manner to maintain guest satisfaction and exceed customer expectations.

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Key Responsibilities:

• Menu Creation & Food Cost calculations: Collaborate with management to develop seasonal menu options, with focus on correct food cost calculations, local produce and high quality dishes that align with the standards of the hotel and De Historiske Hotel og Spisesteder.

• Food Safety & Hygiene: Ensure that all kitchen operations adhere to current food safety standards as well as always maintain a clean and well organized workspace.

• Inventory Management and cooperation: Keep full control on kitchen inventory, ordering routines and ensure proper stock levels. Communicate and cooperate closely and openly with Management.

• Food Preparation & Cooking: Prepare and cook high-quality dishes according to the restaurant's menu, ensuring consistency and presentation.

• Customer Satisfaction: Ensure that food quality and presentation meet or exceed guest expectations, addressing any issues or concerns promptly.

• Time Management: Manage team shifts buy planning and approving shifts accorind to current regulations. Manage prep, cooking and cleaningn times whilse also ensuring all orders are completed in a timely manner.

• Collaboration: Work closely with front-of-house staff to ensure seamless communication and exceptional guest service.

We encourage applicants with atleast 2 years of professional Head Chef experienence in Norway to apply for the position.

We regret that we can not accept applicants without current rights to live and work in Norway.

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As our colleague, you will be part of a pleasant, inclusive and friendly working environment where making each other good is our greatest strength. We think it is important that everyone experiences a sense of mastery and room for autonomy at work, and we want all employees to feel a strong ownership of the hotel's development and success.

We are a small team that works closely, and here everyone gets the opportunity to contribute with their ideas and drive. We set high demands on ourselves and each other, and appreciate good cooperation, commitment and, not least, a lot of engagement and fun at work.

• A rewarding position in a professional and committed team.

• The opportunity to take use of your experience and knowledge to contribute to the success of the hotel.

• Large degree of autonomy and opportunity to influence your own everyday life and work.

• A workplace with tasks and responsibilities where you will be inspired and can find room to develop in your role and as a person.

• A working environment characterized by a focus on high quality and commitment in collaboration with good colleagues.

• Workplace on the edge of the pier in beautiful Risør.

• Employee benefits and competitive salary.