Ski Chalet Chef and Catering Jobs

France has more ski resorts and more opportunities to find the right job, than anywhere else on Earth. While resorts in countries like Canada and the USA are expanding, nowhere yet eclipses France when it comes to choice for winter season workers. Chefs, reps, instructors, childcare; staff are needed in growing numbers.

If you want to work in this country please see the ski jobs in France below for our current vacancies.


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Ski Chalet Chef

Ski Chalet Chef

location France

Each year we recruit chefs to work in luxury chalets throughout Europe. And our search for qualified and experienced chefs and chalet cooks to work during the coming season is now underway.
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Childcare

Childcare

location Europe

Fancy spending your winter living in a ski resort? We are looking for qualified childcare staff who have a great work ethic and fun and engaging personality.
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Chalet Chefs (Couple or Team of two)

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Resort Jobs Chalet Couples
location France Morzine - Portes du Soleil

Two positions available for qualified chefs with 2+ years’ AA Rosette-level experience (or equivalent). Work in a closed, professional kitchen within a private chalet, alongside a KP and chalet hosts. Ideal for a chef couple or team of two. Confident, organised, and guest-focused.
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Chalet Host

Chalet Host

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Resort Jobs Chalet Couples
location France La Tania, Courchevel & Meribel

We are a small luxury chalet company with 14 chalets in the resorts of La Tania/ Courchevel and Meribel in the Three Valleys ski area in France, we are lucky to have a high level or returning staff each season and we hope this reflects our quality of package offered to our team. We employ experience
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Chalet/Resort Host

snowflake Drivers Maintenance Chalet Staff Resort Jobs
location France Morzine - Portes du Soleil

As a Chalet Host, you are responsible for delivering the high standards of hospitality that Skizeen is known for. You’ll help create a warm, welcoming atmosphere for guests while ensuring the chalet is clean, well-presented, and running smoothly.
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CURRENTLY RECRUITING


The Chalet Kitchen

snowflake Cookery Course
location France Val d'Isere

The Chalet Kitchen is your ticket to an amazing winter season! Our hands-on course teaches you the top cooking and hosting skills to work a season in a chalet. We also connect and assist you with job opportunities at leading chalet companies.
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Chalet Host

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples Cookery Course
location France Val d'Isere, Courchevel, La Tania

As a Chalet Host you will create a welcoming home-from-home for your guests. Preparing and serving fantastic home-made meals and going the extra mile with customer service to make sure their holiday is one to remember!
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In Resort & Transfer driver

In Resort & Transfer driver

snowflake Drivers Maintenance
location France Courchevel

We are looking for experienced Drivers to join our small Boutique chalet company based in Courchevel. The duties of a driver role will include: providing in-resort Driving, guest support and maintenance. DRIVERS MUST HAVE AN EU PASSPORTS OR ANNUAL CDS (5 or 10 Year)
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Chalet Couple

Chalet Couple

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples
location France La Tania

We are seeking a dedicated, experienced chalet couple to manage and host a 14-person chalet in La Tania for the upcoming 2025/26 winter season. This role is ideal for a couple with previous ski season or hospitality experience, a passion for food and service, and a proactive, can-do attitude.
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Maintenance People

snowflake Drivers Maintenance
location France & Austria Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel, Val d'Isere, Tignes, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe d'Huez & St Anton

All the drills and all the skills… Our maintenance team are the mortar that keeps our chalet service strong and our resort teams stable.
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Resort Managers

snowflake Hospitality Management
location France & Austria Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel, Val d'Isere, Tignes, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe d'Huez & St Anton

By combining your managerial experience with your season knowledge, you can carve out the perfect team to ensure your resort runs as smoothly as a well-oiled chairlift on a powder day.
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Chalet Chef

snowflake Catering Chalet Couples Cookery Course
location France Vaujany

We are the specialist chalet caterer in Alpe d'Huez, Vaujany and Oz en Oisans, offering private chefs to self catered accommodation groups We offer 3 menu options to our guests (organised in advance), aimed around fresh, tasty & healthy produce, locally sourced and purchased - This is a FUN role!
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Ski Resort Manager Jobs

snowflake Management
location France Various

We regularly receive jobs for ski resort staff of managerial level. If you have already worked a season and are looking to step up to a more senior role, or if you have management experience in another field, we may have the right job for you!
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Ski and Snowboard Instructors

Ski and Snowboard Instructors

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location France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland Various

Looking to get paid to teach people how to ski and snowboard this coming winter? At OutdoorJAC we help recruit for multi-resort tour operators and small specialist independent ski holiday companies. Share your CV with us to improve your chances of a job offer!
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Driver/Maintenance Person

snowflake Drivers Maintenance
location France, Italy, etc Various ski resorts

We are looking for qualified and experienced drivers, and maintenance people, to help maintain chalet for the coming winter season.
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Chalet Host Couples (French Alps)

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples
location France Morzine

Our chalet couples host our larger 14-16 person chalets. The role is an all-round chalet hosting role shared between the two of you, and includes preparing & serving delicious homemade meals, housekeeping and providing an excellent guest experience.
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Chalet Hosts

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location France Morzine

Jack & Jill is a small independent chalet company based in Morzine, France and we offer amazing catered chalet holidays to skiers and snowboarders. We're a friendly team and our focus is on providing an exceptional service whilst enjoying what the mountains have to offer.
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Chalet Couple (professional chef & host)

Chalet Couple (professional chef & host)

snowflake Chalet Couples
location France La Plagne

Now in our 16th season, Alpine365 is an award-winning, friendly, independent chalet company with 5 lovely chalets in La Plagne. We're looking for chalet couples for Winter 2024/25 - one of you is a professional chef with restaurant experience; the other a welcoming, experienced host.
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Ski Chalet Chef

Ski Chalet Chef

snowflake Catering Hospitality
location France Various

Each year we recruit chefs to work in luxury chalets throughout Europe. And our search for qualified and experienced chefs and chalet cooks to work during the coming season is now underway.
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Chalet Managers

snowflake Chalet Staff Management
location France & Austria Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel, Val d'Isere, Tignes, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe d'Huez & St Anton

Do you have a taste for leadership, a passion for food, and a knack for creating a flavourful guest experience? You'll mix your seasonal expertise with your love for customer service to create the perfect Skiworld holiday.
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Chalet Chef

Chalet Chef

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples
location France La Tania, Courchevel & Meribel

We are looking for talented Chefs to join our small team and spend this winter in one of our Boutique Ski chalets in the 3 Valleys, France. Our chefs have two full days off per week, cooking breakfast, afternoon tea & dinners only !
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Childcare

Childcare

snowflake Childcare
location Europe Europe

Fancy spending your winter living in a ski resort? We are looking for qualified childcare staff who have a great work ethic and fun and engaging personality.
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Resort Managers (French Alps)

snowflake Management
location France French Alps

Our Resort Managers are required to effectively manage the hosting team, develop & maintain supplier relationships and deliver the highest standard of customer service to ensure our guests have a great holiday! Positions available in Morzine and La Tania Courchevel.
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Chalet Couple

Chalet Couple

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples
location France Three Valleys

Spend the winter in the heart of the Three Valleys running one of our beautiful chalets! We are looking for couples or friends to be part of our small luxury chalet company. Applicants must be legal to work in France
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Chalet Couples

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location France Various

If you and your partner or close friend would like the chance to work a ski season as what the ski industry terms a chalet couple, we would love to hear from you.
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Experienced Chalet Hosts

snowflake Chalet Staff
location France, Italy, Austria, Switzerland Various

We would like to hear from people who have previous experience working as chalet hosts in a winter resort. If you have at least one season under your belt please get in touch.
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Chalet Hosts (French Alps)

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff Chalet Couples
location France Rhône-Alpes

Across our portfolio of properties in Morzine, Courchevel/La Tania and La Plagne, our chalet hosts are responsible for providing our guests with a great catering experience, a clean and comfortable chalet and a wealth of knowledge about the resort.
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Chalet Housekeeper

snowflake Catering Chalet Staff
location France & Austria Val Thorens, Meribel, Courchevel, Val d'Isere, Tignes, La Plagne, Les Arcs, Les Deux Alpes, Alpe d'Huez & St Anton

Sweep into action and help make our chalet as fresh as the first snow of the season. It’s time to dust off those ski legs and come join us for the winter.
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Working a ski season in France

Do you need a visa: If you are an EU citizen you do not need a visa to work in France. If you are a British citizen you no longer have a right to work in the Alps.

Some companies will assist you in getting permission to work in the EU. They will apply for your work permit and once that is approved, they will assist you in applying for your long stay visa. Visa's last 3 months, but once you are in France, you can apply for an extension that will allow you to work for the full duration of the ski season.

Do you have to learn French: It would certainly help, though if you are working for a British company, with British guests, you should be able to get by with basic school level French.

So you want to work in France
When it comes to powder, there is no denying that France has it all. In spades. Blessed with a large slab of the European Alps in its back garden, France has created a series of winter playgrounds that attract people from all over the world. We have all heard of the popular resorts, made famous by films and as the winter retreats of the rich and famous, examples include Les Arcs, La Plagne, Meribel, Val d'Isere, Courchevel, Chamonix, Tignes, Val Thorens, the list goes on. And with well over two hundred resorts offering good quality terrain for those of us who like to slide about on snow, it is no wonder that France grabs a huge proportion of market share. What does that mean for us? Plenty of opportunities to work in France during the ski season!

Choosing a resort?
France is probably the obvious choice for most Brits, being easy to get to and having lots of opportunities, but while you may view choosing to spend your winter in the country as a bit of a no brainer, you won't all be lucky enough to choose your resort. In general, the bigger the resort, the more opportunities to find employment. Don't let that put you off though, some of the smallest resorts are also the most charming, and are more likely to have held on to their true alpine character. It all depends on the experience that you are looking for.

If you manage to secure a job with one of the big companies, like Neilson, or Mark Warner, they need staff in lots of different French resorts, and while some may ask your preferred choice, most will send you to where they need you most, so don't automatically think biggest company equals best choice. Alternatively you may have decided that you really want to work in a specific resort and apply for employers solely in that area. This is great if you know where you want to be, and location is one of your biggest criteria. No matter who you apply to, make sure you do your homework on their resorts. If you can talk about the place with some knowledge you are sure to impress at the interview stage.

Types of ski resort jobs
Every resort will have a range of jobs to suit everyone, both with and without previous experience. Obviously, the more qualifications you need, the less competitive the position will be - for example, if we are advertising a position for bar staff in Meribel then we will get thousands of applications, whereas a head chef may get less than ten. The best thing to do is accept that other people are going to apply for 'your job', and concentrate on making your application better than everyone else's. If you are one of the many who like the idea of working in the French Alps for a few months, but you don't really know what type of work you want to do, have a look at the above categories for some good inspiration and insight, or view the links on the right for all current French resort work opportunities for the coming season.