Sous Chef, 2 paikkaa, SANTAPARK OY, Rovaniemi. Lappi

SantaPark Arctic World is a family-owned company with a big heart and a passion for excellence. Nestled in the heart of the Arctic, we offer a blend of luxury, local traditions, magic, and natures wonders all year round.

We are looking for new talents for Winter 2024-2025 from Finland and around the world

Are you our new

Sous Chef?

Main season 10/2024-4/2025)

Locations

Situated in the heart of the Arctic TreeHouse Hotel (https://arctictreehousehotel.com/), Rakas Restaurant & Bar (https://rakasrestaurant.com/) charms with its unique ambience and menu of meals made from fresh local ingredients prepared with a modern twist. We offer our guests a unique dining experience and are passionate about ensuring quality dining under the warm glow of pine cone lamps and stylish interior design. The name of our restaurant is Rakas, which is Finnish for beloved and perfectly describes our understanding of what great food should be - local food with love.

SantaPark - The Home Cavern of Santa Claus (https://santapark.fi/) is an indoor Christmas-themed park filled with activities, attractions, and experiences. One of the main attractions is Kota Café, where customers can enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. This ensures that visitors can spend the whole day in the park with a full belly!

Job description

The Kitchen team ensures extraordinary dining experiences by creating delicious food portions. While cooking, they facilitate smooth operations in the kitchen. Their professionalism, ingredient knowledge and consistency can significantly enhance the dining experience for customers. Duties include:

- Cooking, plating, portioning

- Ensuring every dish meets high standards

- Kitchen Team leading during shift

- Ensuring that all kitchen operations run smoothly and efficiently

- Assisting Head Chef

- Quality control

- Adapting to special requests

- Handling customer feedback

- Participate training and development

- Monitoring food cost and waste, striving to minimize both

- Inventory and ordering

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Following safety procedures

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Maintaining kitchen cleanliness

- Following the regulations and rules

General requirements

- Hygiene pass

- Culinary skills and knowledge

- Previous experience from a similar role (minimum of 1 year)

- Suitable educational background

- Team leader skills

- Organizational skills

- Capable of completing work tasks independently as well as working in a team

- Ability to take responsibility and maintain the highest level of standards

- Problem-solving skills and you are self-driven

- Good communication skills

- Fluent English language

- Ability to legally work in Finland

Considered as an advantage

- Additional languages

- Ability to read different situations and adapt to them

- You have an eye for detail

- Creativity

- A genuine passion for food and the culinary arts

- Development mindset

What to expect:

- Job-specific work training prior to the start of the season

- A fun international work environment

- A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work in the capital of Finnish Lapland

- Monthly salary (+supplements, holiday compensation)

- Collective Agreement for the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry (Sundays and official holidays are double paid in Finland)

- Flexible working hours from Monday to Sunday with alternating days off

- Average work hours 112,5 h/3 week (full-time worker)

- Day and evening shifts

- Company benefits (check the career page) (https://spaw.teamtailor.com/)

- Supported accommodation

Please send your application below and attach your CV with a picture; we look forward to it!