The job description
a typical day in resort
Duties include:
Offering warm hospitality and looking after guests during their stay
Creating and designing your own menu to include breakfast with cooked option, afternoon tea with homemade cakes, and a 4-course evening meal (including cheese course)
Canapés or amuse-bouche at least twice a week
• Welcome and farewell sparkling wine aperitifs
• Preparing, laying out, plating up and clearing of all meals
• Daily cleaning and tidying of the chalet (making beds, cleaning bathrooms, kitchen and any shared space in the chalet)
• Weekly cleaning of chalet on change-over day, preparing for the arrival of new guests
• Cleaning and maintaining the hot tub
• Weekly stock-take, and shopping for food, according to a budget and guest levels
• Maintaining and observing all hygiene, health and safety standards
• Clearing snow and ice from steps, paths and parking spots
• Preparing kindling and laying and lighting fires most evenings
• Occasional driving of guests in company vehicles to and from ski lifts
• Arranging and delivering list passes to guests as required by Alpine365
• Ad-hoc other duties as required
Who are we looking for?
what makes you the ideal candidate
The chef must be passionate about food and beautiful presentation, professionally trained, preferably with fine dining restaurant experience, and be able to design his or her own menu within a budget. With a maximum of 12 to cook for, the chef will have time to add some creative garnishes and plate up beautifully. Although we offer a high level of dining, we don’t ask our chefs to spend all day in the kitchen, preparing 7-course tasting menus – and therefore, this position is highly sought-after as you will get plenty of time to ski.
The chalet host will be professional, presentable and friendly, and their role will involve looking after our highly valued guests, making them feel welcome and happy in the chalet that will become their home for the week. Your main role will involve maintaining extremely high standards of cleanliness, which will involve daily cleaning throughout the chalet and adhering to strict Covid-19 hygiene protocols. You will also be “front of house” at meals, ensuring that the quality of the food delivered by the chef is matched by your levels of service. Previous experience in catering and hospitality is a real bonus, but not a pre-requisite for an applicant with the right level of drive, a positive outlook to work, and an ability to get on with people of all ages, from children to grandparents.
We are looking for couples with an EU passport OR if you are a UK resident, we are able to apply for work permits and visas to allow you to work in France.
Ideally at least one of you will hold a clean, valid drivers’ licence and be over the age of 25 (for car insurance purposes).
What can we offer you?
why choose us for your ski season
We offer a very strong package for the right staff:
• French CDD seasonal contract
• Highly competitive weekly wage
• Holiday pay
• 2 full days off a week
• Additional performance related bonus at end of season
• 5% commission on any staff-generated bookings (can be worth £1,000s!)
• Access to customer tips – can be up to €300 per week per chalet
• Operation of chalet honesty bar – all profit for staff
• Excellent staff accommodation - you get your own studio apartment to yourselves
• Travel to and from the UK/Europe to the resort
• All relevant pre-season training
• Full Paradiski (Les Arcs and La Plagne) season lift pass
• Specialist ski insurance
• All meals, taken at the chalet/apartment
• Ski hire equipment, if required
• Subsidised ski lessons (in low season)
• Access to free wifi, TV, Xbox360/Wii
• As a small, family company that cares about our staff and guests, you will have the chance to make a real difference
• The chance to experience a great, French ski resort and live in the mountains for 5 months!
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