Co-Kitchen Chef Central Kitchen with Focus on Administration (80-100%)

Zoo Zürich is the most visited educational, cultural, and leisure institution in Switzerland and, as a modern zoo, is committed to species protection, nature conservation, education, and research. Zoo Restaurants GmbH, a subsidiary of Zoo Zürich, focuses on service, quality, and sustainability in its operations. In addition to two shops, we operate a very dynamic and versatile gastronomy inside and outside the zoo.

Zoo Zürich is calling! Nature conservation organization. Habitat for 8,000 animals. Host. And an employer at eye level. Yours too?

For our central kitchen, we are looking for a committed and strong-willed personality as:

Co-Kitchen Chef Central Kitchen with Focus on Administration (80-100%)

Your tasks

In this responsible function, you will take on a central role between daily operational business, administration, and employee leadership. You will spend around half of your activity in the office, where planning, organization, control, and compliance with processes require the highest accuracy and structured working. At the same time, you remain close to the operation and support your team in production and, if necessary, at the service stations. Depending on the shift and operational situation, you lead a team of around 3 to 10 employees and actively promote their professional development.

Your main tasks include:

• Organization, coordination, and participation in warm and cold production according to internal recipes
• Ensuring timely production and delivery for the restaurants Pantanal, Masoala, as well as other external stations
• Responsibility and execution of internal and external orders as well as goods receipt
• Responsibility for inventories, warehouse management, and goods flows
• Leadership and guidance of employees in production, office, dishwashing, and at the counter
• Active participation in daily business at a station in rotation during rest days and holiday absences
• Responsibility for service readiness during high-frequency operational times
• Organization and coordination of large events in cooperation with the front office
• Promotion, coaching, and further development of employees and apprentices
• Conducting personnel discussions, training, and internal meetings
• Support in offer and menu planning
• Implementation and control of hygiene and safety specifications according to HACCP guidelines
• Leading kitchen meetings and active participation in the optimization of processes
• Maintenance and further development of digital systems and relevant portals

What you bring:

• Completed vocational training as Koch/Köchin EFZ
• Completed further training at a hotel management school, as Küchenchef/in with ED or as Chefkoch
• Several years of leadership experience, ideally as Küchenchef/in in a management function of a production kitchen
• Experience in communal catering, system catering, or in the area of Cook & Chill is an advantage
• Joy in the development of employees
• Organizational talent, sense of responsibility, and high commitment
• Joy in working with fresh products and large production quantities with consistently high quality
• Very good German skills, English skills are an advantage
• Very good user knowledge of common IT programs, ordering platforms, and recipe tools
• Joy in digitalization
• Driver's license category B is an advantage
• Teamwork, independence, and reliability

We offer you:

A exciting and varied leadership function awaits you in a lively 365-day operation with a motivated and helpful team. Modern employment conditions and long-term perspectives. A shift operation without a midday break, five weeks of vacation, a free parking space, and a zoo annual pass round off the interesting offer.

We look forward to your application. These will be collected until 30 October 2026. Subsequently, an initial pre-selection will take place. Selected candidates will be invited to a personal job interview.

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