Summary
- THIS IS A LANDBASED ROLE AND YOU MUST HOLD AN EU PASSPORT OR THE RIGHT TO WORK IN POLAND TO BE CONSIDERED -
We have a great opportunity for an experienced private chef to join a VIP family in Warsaw, Poland. You will have complete responsibility of the kitchen, menu planning, shopping and preparing delicious and nutritious food to the family. The family consist of 2 adults plus frequent visitors, and they would like a large focus to be on healthy and clean food with as much as possible homemade. You will work closely with their nutritionist who will view and approve your menu plans. It is essential that you feel and behave as part of the small household team. The warm and caring environment the family have created in their home must be respected.
The role will evolve into a travelling chef role towards the end of 2025 when the family relocate to a 2nd home in Dubai when you’ll be required to spend 6 months in Dubai and 6 months in Poland.
This role is only suitable for female candidates due to the request of the family. We can only consider European candidates who are eligible to work in Poland.
Key Responsibilities
- Plan and prepare daily meals (breakfast, lunch, dinner) for the family
- Develop and rotate weekly menus to ensure variety and quality
- Ability to prepare meals that are healthy and nutritious, yet are still delicious without heavy reliance on oils, butter, salt or any other unhealthy methods to increase taste
- Current knowledgably and/or has the ability to learn, test, and become proficient in a variety of major cuisines to ensure variety of menu
- Find and purchase the highest quality ingredients from reputable suppliers, local markets, and specialty stores
- Manage kitchen and ingredient inventory, and ordering supplies
- Cleaning pots, pans, dishes and maintaining cleanliness and organization
- In the seldom event of dinner parties, and other functions as required, including menu planning, preparation, and presentation
- Collaborate closely with other household staff to ensure smooth operation and communication
Ideal Candidate
- Clean criminal record – no exceptions
- Professional culinary training and/or extensive experience as a chef
- Experience working in other VIP private households and/or high caliber restaurants
- Understands and religiously practices highest level of food handling/safety and storage
- Helpful personality that thinks proactively and is focused on principle satisfaction
- Goes the extra length to ensure principle high satisfaction
- Positive, optimistic, and pleasant personality and attitude towards work and life
- Honest, transparent, high integrity individual
- Maintains strict confidentiality
- No drinking alcohol or smoking during working hours
- Must agree to random polygraph test and interviews with security team
- Dependable, punctual, and predictable personality
- Good, positive, “can do” attitude that always looks for solutions – not finding problems or giving up
- Had pride in doing a good job and enjoys helping people
- Must not be scared of big dogs
- Fluent English
- Any knowledge/experience in nutrition is advantageous
- Any knowledge/experience in wine or cocktail making is advantageous
Benefits
- Respectful and positive working environment, colleagues, and principles
- Optimistic, upbeat and supportive work environment, colleagues, and principles
- Principals have a strong history of long-term working relationships with personal staff, with no team member having ever quit or left a position with the family in their nearly decade-long history of hiring
- Full time and long-term opportunity
- Opportunity to live in Dubai for the winter months from end of 2025
Package
- Accommodation – not provided. Fully furnished apartments in Warsaw are readily available and extremely affordable.
- Holiday Allowance
- Use of a household car
- Salary – €4,000 – €5,000 net per month