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Hotel Okura Amsterdam is an international 5 star hotel. Step in our world and experience how Eastern and Western influences are uniquely entwined through our mix of Japanese and Dutch culture. All our colleagues ensure an authentic service and experience to all guests. In order to achieve this, we are looking for an enthusiastic colleague to strengthen our team. Are you the best in offering service to guests? Do you go the extra step in offering the guest a culinary experience of the highest level? Is catering in your blood and do you want to work at one of The Leading Hotels of the World? Then this vacancy is for you!

What to expect?

On the ground floor of Hotel Okura Amsterdam you will find the authentic Japanese Yamazato Restaurant. Yamazato is the first traditional kaiseki restaurant outside of Japan that is awarded with a Michelin star. More than fifty specialties from traditional kaiseki ryori cuisine, the Japanese haute cuisine, are prepared by the skilled hands of Executive Chef & Manager Masanori Tomikawa and the team of Japanese chefs. By using typical Japanese materials in the interior, and the adjacent garden with a beautiful cherry blossom in spring, you feel as if you are in Japan. The authentic Japanese Yamazato Restaurant has been awarded with a Michelin star since 2002.
The standards that apply to kaiseki cuisine greatly differ from the modern Japanese cuisine. The Yamazato menu is composed according to the classic kaiseki structure. The kitchen distinguishes itself by focusing on the purity of seasonal, traditional Japanese ingredients. The style is minimalistic and all dishes are in balance, from the taste and texture to the appearance and colours of the dishes. The dishes, tableware as well as the kimonos of the waitresses are all immersed in symbolism according to the changes of the season.

As a Demi Chef de Partie, you are responsible for preparing the restaurant dishes at the highest level, conducting mise en place activities, cleaning of the kitchen, guiding the necessary areas of the kitchen and developing new items for the menu. Your main tasks will be:

Preparation of dishes according to standards, recipe and planning;

Carrying out activities for the assigned area;

Providing suggestions to the Chef;

Contribute to the development of products and items for the menu;

Ensuring the best quality, taste, texture and colour of food items and making adjustments when necessary;

What do we offer?

Contract: 1 year, with the possibility of extending. We want you to stay!

Salary: Group 4. Click for the salary scale based on a full-time employment

Bonus: 1 week salary when the hotel reaches the budgeted GOP (Gross Operating Profit) level and you get a minimum total score of successful in your yearend evaluation

8% holiday allowance (pro rata);

25 vacation days per year (pro rata).

Compensation for National Holidays;

Horeca CAO applies;

We invest in your personal and professional development with a training and education budget of €1,000;

General Pension Scheme of Hospitality and Catering;

General Survivors pension;

Fun and social staff events (such as the annual staff party, Sinterklaas celebration, team outings, and boot camps);

Attractive family and friends rates on overnight stays at Hotel Okura Amsterdam;

Once a year staff discount in one of the restaurants (50%);

Staff discount in our restaurants (20%);

Contribution to travel expenses from 10 km (one way);

After obtaining the probationary period, you will receive an overnight stay with breakfast as a gift (2 people), so that you can experience the hotel as a guest!

What are we asking?

Of course, we are first and foremost interested in you and what we as an employer can do for you to provide a great workplace. Nevertheless, we expect from you that:

You are an enthusiastic professional who would like to develop in the luxury segment;

You possess a SVH or similar certification;

You are creative and enjoy coming up with new ideas;

You have relevant work experience in a distinguished company;

You speak fluent English (oral and written).

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