EXPERIENCED CHEF

We are no longer accepting applications for this position for Winter 2024-25.

We are looking for experienced and enthusiastic chefs to work in our larger chalets and our Chalet Hotel in Val d’Isère, France

This is the perfect job for an experienced chef wanting to enjoy a winter season whilst being given the opportunity to do some top-end cooking. Once we can see that you know what you are doing, you’ll be given a free hand to serve more or less whatever you like. The budget is generous and our guests are pretty foodie.

Our wages are good as are the tips our staff get for excellent service, and you’ll have lots of time on six days of the week to ski or snowboard. It’s a wonderful life.

Even our short training course is more useful than you might imagine. Cooking at 1850 metres above sea level changes a lot, because nothing boils at the same temperatures. We ensure you have all the necessary information and skills to work in one of our chalets before your clients arrive.

Many of our chefs spend their summers working in luxury yachts and villas, an ideal accompaniment to working ski seasons.

Chalet Chefs cook breakfast, afternoon tea and three-course evening meals with canapés. It’s hard work, with early starts, but also a great opportunity for creative chefs wishing to work in a relaxed and supportive environment, where your menus are met with appreciation day-in-day-out by your chalet guests. There are two days off a week.

We welcome applications from individuals and also from couples who wish to run a chalet together. For this to work, however, one of you must be a qualified and experienced chef and the other must apply to be one of our Chalet Staff. Please complete the relevant forms for each position and send a covering email explaining that you wish to work together. This is the only combination of jobs available for couples.

In addition to a good wage, you will be able to ski on six days of the week. We provide an allowance for travel to Val d’Isère and travel back after a completed season, accommodation, food whilst you are working, medical insurance, a ski pass and the loan of skis or snowboards (snowboards with a supplement) and boots. There are two days off per week.

Please read the Recruitment Overview before applying to work for YSE.