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Hurtigruten

Assistant Chef

August 26, 2024


Are you passionate about working with local food and love providing world-class service? Are you hungry for new challenges and want to work with our concept that is a world leader in local food and adventure travel? Then it is you we seek!
For 130 years, we have worked to provide our guests with unforgettable experiences and offer those we work together with an exciting and rewarding work environment.

We are now looking for an assistant chef with an interest in good, local ingredients and a desire to work with our renowned food concept Norway's coastal kitchen. We hope you will help create food delivered by Norwegian, local producers along the coast, where sustainability, animal welfare, unique products and the good stories are in focus. For Hurtigruten, the entire value chain is important.
Do you want to help create world-class adventure travel? Are you able to drive the team through change and development? Are you hungry for new challenges in a company with high ambitions and full speed ahead?
Working on ships is a way of life and you will get a unique chance to become part of a working environment with passion and determination to succeed. Collaboration, trust, respect and empathy are qualities we value highly and which are important for maintaining an environment based on diversity and inclusion.
Do you recognize yourself in our values: We Inspire, We Empower, We Care, We Explore?
Duties and responsibilities
The duties and responsibilities of the ass. chef shall include, but are not limited to:
  • Responsible for the daily operation and production of cold and hot kitchen
  • Responsible for follow-up of breakfast, lunch and evening buffet, as well as the food in the mess
  • Responsible for ensuring that food is prepared according to set menus/information from the chef and in cooperation with this ensure that the withdrawal/consumption of provisions corresponds to the number of passengers
  • In cooperation with the chef ensure the development of existing products and routines
  • Efficient and economical utilization of available resources
  • Co-responsible for provision rooms and proper cleaning
  • Assist in the training of galley personnel
  • Inform your immediate manager about nonconformities, so that this can be handled by those responsible
  • Responsible for ensuring that the ship's operational and safety management systems, including internal control food routines, are followed up within its area of responsibility
  • Other pending work in the hotel ministry by order of the chef and hotel manager
  • During downtime, the ass. chef shall participate in incidental work
  • The assistant chef is required to follow the procedures, routines and instructions prepared for the position

Qualifications/Experience
  • Certificate of apprenticeship as a cook
  • Relevant work experience
  • Must be fluent in Norwegian and English
  • Desirable with good knowledge of HACCP
  • Desirable with medical first aid courses
  • Personal suitability will be emphasized
  • Hurtigruten set high demands for safety on board, which means that all employees must have; Basic safety course for seafarers, Crowd and Crisis course, and approved health certificate from authorized seafarer doctor. There is no requirement to have completed the courses before applying, but you must be willing to take them, and please note that the individual must pay for the courses themselves

Personal qualities
  • You are quality conscious
  • You have a high focus on safety
  • You are a confident leader who is able to motivate and inspire your employees
  • You are sociable, solution-oriented and flexible
  • You have control over the details, while being able to see the big picture
  • You like working in a team
  • You have good communication skills, both orally and in writing, and are responsible and decisive

We offer
  • An exciting future characterised by new initiatives and great drive
  • A challenging position where you work with one of Norway's strongest brands together with good colleagues
  • Varied working day with shifts 1:1 (two round trips)
  • Exciting F&B concept
  • Food and lodging on board
  • Paid travel to and from the port of departure, by arrangement
  • Salary according to Norwegian tariff
  • Competitive terms with, among other things, good pension and insurance terms
  • A unique workplace with good colleagues of all ages and social cohesion
  • Challenging working days with Norway's most beautiful views

Applicants will be considered for our entire fleet and applications received will be processed on an ongoing basis
Do you want to know more about our renowned food concept Norway's Coastal Kitchen? Cooking with Culinary Ambassadors - You Tube

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We are an iconic brand at the heart and soul of the Norwegian coast, sailing ‘The World’s Most Beautiful Voyage’ for over 130 years. Through our sailings, our guests don’t just travel Norway, they live its legendary landscapes, its culture, and cuisine.
Aboard with us are local Norwegians, who travel with us either on holiday or to visit friends and family along the coast, and international travellers who come for the fjords, mountains, and archipelagos Norway is so famous for, as well as the enchanting Northern Lights.
Our aspiration is to create heart-felt stories that resonate with our audiences, chronicling the beauty and culture of Norway, and the people who live, work, and visit this special part of the world.


Single-use plastic ban
Hurtigruten was the first major travel company to have removed single-use plastic from its entire fleet and our hotels.
Hurtigruten Foundation
The Foundation specialises in the conservation of endangered species, fighting against marine and plastic pollution.
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