Executive Chef (w/m/d) - River Cruises
- Recruiter:
- sea chefs Human Resources Services GmbH
- Category:
- Galley Jobs
- Position:
- Executive Chef de Cuisine
- Published:
- October 16, 2025
Embark on the journey of a lifetime and make Europe’s rivers your home. Apply now to become part of sea chefs as…
Executive Chef (w/m/d) - River Cruises
WANDERLUST? Your river journey starts here!
Take the chance to explore some of Europe’s most beautiful ports and cultures: follow the Danube to Vienna, admire the Eiffel Tower from the Seine, or discover Amsterdam’s canals with your team. Historic old towns, local markets, and cultural highlights are waiting to be explored. With enthusiasm, motivation, and team spirit, you’ll unlock excellent career opportunities – and make friendships that last a lifetime. Since English is the main language on most of the river ships, the job posting is already provided in English.
sea chefs - your employer with various missions - whether ocean-going, expedition, luxury or river cruises. As an experienced partner in the hotel- and crew-management for international cruise lines, sea chefs offers unique career opportunities onboard cruise ships in the premium - and luxury sector.
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Your Job
This awaits you on your journey with us:
- Responsible for the entire galley sector - supervising and coordination of all works in the assigned department and delegating special functions in the galley
- Responsible for ordering and purchasing of food as well as cost and budget control and analysis in cooperation with Hotel Manager
- Planning and compiling menus according to the preset standards and budgets
- Implementation as well as continual maintenance and improvement of the quality standards
- Responsibility for the adherence of all relevant hygiene (HACCP), safety and environmental regulations in the galley and the careful handling of all equipment and machinery
- Always available as contact for guests regarding inquiries and complaints
- Motivation of galley crew to excellent service
- Delegating service and vacation schedules in the galley department (together with Hotel Manager)
Why sailing with sea chefs?
You can look forward to:
- Travelling the world
- Paid and organised travel
- International work environment
- Free accommodation & catering
- Exclusive crew areas
- Great career opportunities
- Development & training courses
- Paid insurance
- Free uniform cleaning
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Your course & your talents
Here's what you bring on board:
- Professional diploma as cook, preferably Chef de Cuisine’s diploma
- Experience as Chef de Cuisine in a variety of operations or internal qualification
- Supplementary courses and trainings
- Cost and quality awareness as well as experience in managing complaints
- Good knowledge of English language
- Specialist competence, ability to work under duress, reliability, creativity
- Well-groomed, self-assured and calm manner towards guests and crew members
- Quality of leadership, capable of motivation
Any questions about a job on board and/or our application process?
You can find comprehensive information and the FAQ on our website.
We look forward to receiving your application - regardless of your age, gender, nationality, ethnic origin, religion, ideology and/or sexual orientation. Please apply online only.
sea chefs Human Resources Services GmbH
Welcome aboard with sea chefs
sea chefs is an internationally experienced service provider in the areas of hotel, catering and crew management on board over 70 ocean-going and river cruise ships, employing around 15,000 crew members on board and more than 200 employees ashore.
The crew members on board the luxury and expedition fleet of Hapag-Lloyd Cruises, the Mein Schiff fleet of TUI Cruises, the cruise ships of Phoenix Reisen, and numerous renowned river cruise ships travel across all continents, oceans, and rivers of the world – and have a sea of opportunities to develop both professionally and personally.
Whether you’re an expert, a newcomer or a career changer, sea chefs is always looking for new crew members all year-round for all hotel and catering departments as well as for tourism, spa & sports, shops, entertainment and shore excursions.
Sounds promising? You can find all information about working and living on board, as well as exciting insights into the daily life of the crew at seachefs.com or on the sea chefs social media channels.
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