Chef de Partie / Cook - Nestlé Research

Location:

Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland
Work model:

Office-based / Full time
Contract type / duration:

Limited contract – 12 months

Shape the future through scientific breakthroughs and innovation.

As a Chef de Partie / Cook at Nestlé Research, your mission is to deliver high-quality food preparation and service within your assigned kitchen section, ensuring consistency, efficiency, hygiene, and excellent standards every day. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with the Sous Chef, Head Chef, kitchen team, apprentices, and the wider Food and Beverage community. This is your opportunity to turn ideas into sustainable and innovative solutions for people, pets, and the planet.

How you’ll make an impact as a Chef de Partie / Cook

• Delivering consistent, high-quality dishes that meet recipe standards, presentation expectations, and portioning guidelines.
• Ensuring smooth service execution by preparing your station efficiently and staying ready throughout service periods.
• Maintaining excellent food safety and hygiene standards through disciplined, clean, and organized daily practices.
• Optimizing ingredients, stock planning, and ordering to reduce waste, respect budgets, and support operational needs.
• Contributing ideas for menu development and kitchen improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, and customer experience.
• Supporting colleagues, apprentices, events, and cross-team activities with reliability, professionalism, and a strong team mindset.

What will make you successful

• Bringing at least 6 years of professional kitchen experience in fine dining or luxury environments, with exposure to high-volume operations and banqueting.
• Applying solid food safety, hygiene, and workstation organization practices in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Using time management, cost awareness, stock anticipation, and waste reduction practices to support efficient operations.
• Collaborating with a positive, hands-on, and reliable approach while supporting knowledge sharing with junior team members.
• Communicating fluently in French; good command of English.
• Bringing collaboration, fresh thinking, bold questions, respect, and a positive, wellbeing-oriented mindset.

At Nestlé Research, we place people at the core of everything we do.

Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:

• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Performance based bonus
• Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
• Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
• Attractive employee discounts across various products and services

What to expect from our hiring process

We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

The hiring process typically includes a video interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.

Stay vigilant: Nestlé will only contact candidates via official company email addresses and will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information at any stage of the hiring process.

Ready to #Breakthrough Together?

Apply now and shape the future through scientific breakthroughs and innovation.

Location:

Vers-chez-les-Blanc, Switzerland
Work model:

Office-based / Full time
Contract type / duration:

Limited contract – 12 months

Shape the future through scientific breakthroughs and innovation.

As a Chef de Partie / Cook at Nestlé Research, your mission is to deliver high-quality food preparation and service within your assigned kitchen section, ensuring consistency, efficiency, hygiene, and excellent standards every day. You’ll make a difference by collaborating closely with the Sous Chef, Head Chef, kitchen team, apprentices, and the wider Food and Beverage community. This is your opportunity to turn ideas into sustainable and innovative solutions for people, pets, and the planet.

How you’ll make an impact as a Chef de Partie / Cook

• Delivering consistent, high-quality dishes that meet recipe standards, presentation expectations, and portioning guidelines.
• Ensuring smooth service execution by preparing your station efficiently and staying ready throughout service periods.
• Maintaining excellent food safety and hygiene standards through disciplined, clean, and organized daily practices.
• Optimizing ingredients, stock planning, and ordering to reduce waste, respect budgets, and support operational needs.
• Contributing ideas for menu development and kitchen improvements that enhance quality, efficiency, and customer experience.
• Supporting colleagues, apprentices, events, and cross-team activities with reliability, professionalism, and a strong team mindset.

What will make you successful

• Bringing at least 6 years of professional kitchen experience in fine dining or luxury environments, with exposure to high-volume operations and banqueting.
• Applying solid food safety, hygiene, and workstation organization practices in a fast-paced kitchen environment.
• Using time management, cost awareness, stock anticipation, and waste reduction practices to support efficient operations.
• Collaborating with a positive, hands-on, and reliable approach while supporting knowledge sharing with junior team members.
• Communicating fluently in French; good command of English.
• Bringing collaboration, fresh thinking, bold questions, respect, and a positive, wellbeing-oriented mindset.

At Nestlé Research, we place people at the core of everything we do.

Our benefits are designed to support your growth and wellbeing, so you can thrive at work and in life:

• Paid holidays beyond legal requirements
• Learning and development opportunities to grow your career
• Performance based bonus
• Healthcare contribution and access to the Employee Assistance Program
• Strong employer contribution to your pension plan
• Generous parental leave and comprehensive family support solutions
• Attractive employee discounts across various products and services

What to expect from our hiring process

We are committed to an inclusive and respectful hiring experience and are happy to provide reasonable accommodations if needed. Our workplaces are fully accessible and supported by a strong safety culture, with modern installations and procedures to ensure a safe environment for everyone.

The hiring process typically includes a video interview with Talent Acquisition, an interview with the hiring team, and a final discussion and offer. We review applications as they are received and close the role once a strong list of relevant candidates is identified, so we encourage you to apply early. All information is treated confidentially.

Stay vigilant: Nestlé will only contact candidates via official company email addresses and will never ask for payments or sensitive personal information at any stage of the hiring process.

Ready to #Breakthrough Together?

Apply now and shape the future through scientific breakthroughs and innovation.

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