What is required?
- Mbo+ work and thinking level
- At least 2 years of experience as a Junior Sous Chef or strong experience as a Chef de Partie
- Good command of the English language, both verbally and in writing. Proficiency in other languages is a plus
- Strong communication skills, good in a team and able to work under pressure
- Innovative and creative
What will you get?
- A salary between €2.975 and €3.175 gross per month (depending on knowledge and experience)
- 38-hour working week
- 25 vacation days
- Training options varying from foreign languages to first aid courses
- For yourself: 30 hotel nights per year in Hilton Hotels worldwide for €50.00 per night + great discounts for friends and family
- 50% discount at our in-house Coffee Store and various restaurants in Amsterdam
- Discount on in-house Food & Beverage
- Travel allowance of €7.66 per shift
- Free use of the in-house fitness area
- Option to lease a VanMoof e-bike for only 1 Euro per day
- Staff clothing and free in-house dry cleaning
What will you do?
- 35% Assisting in the kitchen
- 30% Checking activities and directing colleagues
- 15% Processing orders at suppliers
- 10% Administration and consultation
- 10% Working on personnel planning
This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.
I'm interested
Do you have a question or are you interested? Contact us.Dirk Peters
HR Manager
Vacancy
As a (Junior) Sous Chef at DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station you are responsible for coordinating all activities in and around the kitchen. You mainly have a supervisory function, but you regularly help out in the kitchen because of peak periods. You manage colleagues and ensure that everything runs smoothly and quickly. You tackle problems or challenges, solve them and give colleagues the right instructions. You are always alert to quality and hygiene in and around the kitchen and restaurants. You also focus on the smooth running of room service, catering for staff and banqueting (meetings & events). In the meantime, all work for breakfast, lunch, drinks and dinner continues, so it is important that you maintain an overview at all times.
There are currently three other Sous Chefs and 12 chefs. In addition, you work together with your F&B colleagues. You work in the two restaurants on the ground floor (Eastwood Beer & Grill and the City Café) and in our Award-winning Rooftop Bar Amsterdam, located on the 11th floor of the hotel. All three restaurants are working from one kitchen; it differs per shift how many colleagues are scheduled. You are also responsible for drawing up the personnel planning. Finally, you take on some administrative tasks, such as ordering products from suppliers on a daily basis. You always do this in close consultation with the other Sous Chefs. In addition, you keep various documents up-to-date, for example with the temperatures of all refrigerators. The kitchen downstairs is open from 7 AM to 11 PM and the SkyLounge kitchen is open from 11 AM to 11 PM. There are four shifts: 5 AM – 1 PM, 7 AM – 3 PM, noon – 8 PM or 3 AM – 11 PM.
Working week
On a nice working day you know exactly where you stand and there are no sudden changes. The work runs smoothly and all work during the morning shift is fully completed.
On a day when not everything is going according to plan, a last minute reservation comes in for a large group. This could mean you will have to order extra ingredients, but you have to deal with suppliers who cannot deliver on such short notice.
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- Break
- Briefing with shift colleagues
- Place orders suppliers
- Clean breakfast buffet
- Checking the kitchen
- Meeting with Sous Chefs
- Help out banqueting
- Update emails
- Managing colleagues
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- Break
- Place orders suppliers
- Meeting with supplier(s)
- Administrative tasks
- Checking the kitchen
- Complete hygiene lists
- Meeting Sous Chefs
- Managing colleagues
- Help out kitchen
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- Break
- Briefing with shift colleagues
- Checking the kitchen
- Help out kitchen
- Meeting with Sous Chefs
- Meeting with kitchen colleagues
- Making staff planning
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- Break
- Meeting with Sous Chefs
- Checking the kitchen
- Help out kitchen
- Update emails
- Complete hygiene lists
- Make staff planning
- Creating an order list
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- Break
- Meeting with Sous Chefs
- Complete hygiene lists
- Managing colleagues
- Administrative tasks
- Help out kitchen
- Creating an order list
- Clean kitchen
Firsthand experience
Growth
Various training courses are offered by the hotel. This can vary from social hygiene and food safety trainings, to a wine course or a first aid course. Whatever may pique your interest, may just very well be in the books for you.
Working at DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station has been one of the capital's most iconic hotels for over ten years. The hotel is centrally located and offers stunning views, extraordinary service and multiple food & beverage restaurants. The hotel is best known for its award-winning rooftop bar, but also features fifteen meeting rooms, an inhouse Coffee Store and one of the best grill restaurants in town. The team of DoubleTree is extremely diverse and full of energy and enthusiasm. This is very much needed, since during a busy weekend the hotel welcomes over 1.000 guests per day!
- More than 170.000 employees worldwide
- Active in over 120 countries
- 50% / 50%
- Average age 30
- Depends on function and department
- Remote work negotiable for office positions
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