Chalet Host jobs in Alps, France with Mountain Heaven Ltd

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Chalet Host

Company:

Mountain Heaven Ltd

Location:

Alps, France

Benefits:

Competitive salary + free accommodation + medical insurance + travel to and from resort + equipment hire + lift pass

Start:

Early December 2012

Duration:

End of April 2013

Description

We are now recruiting for Chalet hosts for our 8-10 person chalets in La Rosiere for next winter

All our chalet hosts must have experience of cooking quality food
for groups and you must be mature and outgoing. Whilst professional
chefs are not required you must be able to cook high quality meals to a number of people in one go!

Of paramount importance is your ability to welcome the guests and keep them happy alongside doing the more mundane tasks such as keeping the chalet clean.

We expect you to run and look after the chalets as if they were your own, although its hard work we do expect that you should be able to ski/snowboard on about 5 days during the week, both with the guests and by yourselves.

Job Description

Provide all meals to a high standard, 6 days per week. Meals to consist of breakfast, afternoon tea, children's high teas, when necessary and dinner (taking account of any special requirements such as vegetarian meals and allergies etc.)

Presenting all meals in a careful and imaginative way

Serving, clearing away and washing up

Planning and Shopping for food

Be responsible for ensuring that all budgets are adhered to and that all financial records are maintained for inspection

Maintain adequate records for things such as tax de sejour payments

Responsible for the overall cleanliness and presentation of the chalet on changeover day and throughout the week

Ensure that excellent standards of hygiene and cleanliness are maintained in/around the chalet at all times

Help to set up and close down the chalet at the start and end of the season

Prepare laundry for collection /possibly help with delivery of laundry as required

Clean as needed during the week.

Take the guests skiing as a ski host (i.e. no instruction simply social skiing)

Collect guests lift passes and take guests to lessons on the first day and to the ski hire shop.

Keeping to all procedures and menu plans as laid down by Mountain Heaven limited

Requirements

Skills and Experience Required

Good communication and organisational skills
Ability to cook high quality meals under a strict budget and for a number of guests sometimes with differing dietary requirements
Ability to work very hard all season whilst remaining cheerful and courteous to all guests (even difficult ones!)
To be clean, tidy and cheerful at all times
You must be able to ski/snowboard
You must be computer literate and be able to use spreadsheets

NOTES:

You must have a UK National Insurance number and a UK bank account -
all applications that do not fit this basic criteria will be ignored

In addition to attaching a CV please also send a recent photograph

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