The Armadillo resort team is at the heart of all our guests’ experiences, representing the Armadillo brand throughout the resort, and delivering luxury service to the highest standards. Our Chefs are there to inspire the dinner plate, working creatively, and designing bespoke menus.
We are looking for passionate Chefs, with excellent technical cooking ability, who are detail-oriented and excel in luxury customer service delivery. Our Chef team is responsible for designing menus, and working to a budget, needing strong communication skills to work effectively with a resort team.
Chalet kitchens are open-plan, providing a natural setting for guest interaction. We ask our team members to be highly adaptable when navigating the demands of luxury hospitality. The right team member needs to be able to work in an organized, methodical and clean manner.
The Chef team works, individually, across all chalet bookings, in a range of properties, not being assigned to one chalet for the season. Our chalets range from 3 guest rooms to 8 guest rooms and are supported by either a Host or Housekeeper, depending on the size of the guest booking.
Our resort team is the face of Ski Armadillo, needing to take pride in personal appearance, uniform, and working practices, always striving to deliver the highest standards. We are looking for someone to bring creativity to their menus, be passionate about delighting guests, and work hard with dedication to the role
Chef Role overview:
Chalet Chef Role Overview
- Freedom to design and deliver a fresh exciting, bespoke menu for guests; breakfast, homemade afternoon tea and a three-course meal 5 days a week accompanied by canapes and aperitifs. Catering for any dietary requirement or special request.
- Menu discussion with group leader, before they arrive to ensure a professional and personal service.
- Versatile planning and timings to cater for younger children within family groups.
- Maintaining hygiene and cleanliness in all chalet kitchen and dining areas, working to company standards
- Flexibility to work in a variety of our luxury chalet kitchens throughout the season.
- Taking responsibility in managing all aspects of your chalet kitchen; working to a budget and accurately recording expenditure.
- Chalet change over day, working within team to deep clean and turn around all properties needed, ready for guest check in.
- Shopping local for all ingredients and produce
- Collect guest feedback weekly, analysing the feedback.
- Ensure all guest expectations are met, or exceeded, always.
- Complete weekly guest preference feedback, damage deposit feedback, and accurately reporting guest billable activities.
- Adapt to varied schedule, working across a number of luxury properties, and with a number of team members.
Must Have
- EU Passport, or valid work/residency permit for the country of work
- Luxury service experience of 2 years or more, with either luxury ski chalet, Michelin restaurant or super yacht experience.
- Knowledge of ski resorts/season life
- Fluent in English, French desirable
- Available all winter season, November to April
The salary and inclusions are individual to each resort:
Verbier:
3,666 CHF (Gross) per month + 13th Salary + EofS discretionary performance-based bonus (4 Valley Ski Pass reimbursement) or equivalent for any non skiers.
** Accommodation is not included in the salary package, but we secure beds for the Armadillo team through a local partner. This provides security and takes some concerns off you when moving abroad.
Meribel:
2 100 Euro gross salary per month (before tax) + Shared Accommodation (worth approx 1000 euros per month) + EOS bonus Meribel Valley ski pass reimbursement subject to meeting performance targets.
