Head Butcher
- Recruiter:
- MSC Cruises
- Category:
- Galley Jobs
- Position:
- Butcher
- Published:
- July 18, 2025
Where passion meets opportunity
Discover your journey into the extraordinary.
Your Purpose
Your Impact
• Previous experience in a similar position in an International Cruise Company, or in a busy 5-star hotel/resort with an international bar list.
• Basic knowledge on food safety.
• Possesses job and product knowledge, including knowledge of cocktail recipes, wine lists and bar setups.
• Possesses full knowledge of Bar menus, garnishes, and presentations
• Is aware of all events and activities on the ship and able to communicate to the guests.
• Ensures compliance with the company alcohol policy.
• Communicates effectively with the senior management.
• Possesses ability to lead and make decisions. Experienced in coaching.
• Must be cost and quality conscious.
• Computer literacy, knowledge of Fidelio/Otalio, POS and Crunchtime is an advantage
• Fluent in written and spoken English. Any additional European language is considered an advantage.
Your Journey So Far
• Minimum of 10 years in butchery in large operations.
• Communicate effectively with the senior management.
• Possess the ability to lead and make decisions. Good administrative skills.
• Experienced in coaching subordinates.
• Must be cost and quality conscious.
• Adhere to specific scheduled work hours yet be flexible if circumstances require it.
• Familiarly with relational database-driven inventory control systems.
• High School education or international equivalent. 3-year apprenticeship or Butchery Degree.
• Intermediate knowledge on food safety.
• Knowledge of Microsoft programs including but not limited to Outlook, Word, Excel. Familiar with relational database-driven inventory control systems.
• Fluent in written and spoken English.
Your Essentials
• Passport, visas, certificates as specified by the company and as required for exit from the port of origin and entry into the destination cruising area.
• Food Safety/HACCP certificate.
At Explora Journeys, we are redefining luxury ocean travel — where discovery, well-being, and a deep respect for the seas come together in harmony.
We seek passionate professionals who share our vision of a more immersive, transformative way to discover the world’s most inspiring destinations by sea.
Are you ready to turn your passion into something extraordinary? Join us at Explora Journeys, where an ocean of opportunities awaits. Your journey to the Ocean State of Mind starts here.
MSC Cruises
JOIN US AND SEE HOW MUCH YOU CAN GROW!
MSC Cruises has grown exponentially since 2003. In such a short time, we have built a fleet of 21 modern and most environmentally advanced ships!
With our constant expansion, our fleet will grow in capacity with the arrival of eight new ships in three different classes by 2027.
One of our latest ships – MSC World Europa – was delivered in 2022, inaugurating the World Class. It is our largest cruise ship to date, with a capacity of over 6,700 passengers, served by more than 2,000 crew members.
In 2022 we also inaugurated the MSC Seascape which features new immersive high-tech entertainment with innovative technology that provides guests with endless leisure options.
From 2023 MSC Cruises will enter the Luxury segment by launching its first of four Explora Journeys ships. The ships will be equipped with the best and latest environmental technology and bestowed with a highly-innovative design.
Career Opportunities
With four new mega-ships and four Luxury ships to be built and delivered between 2023 and 2027, the biggest and most important challenge for MSC Cruises is to find, recruit and train a high number of new crew members needed to provide the service, fun and safety that have become hallmarks of MSC Cruises.
This massive project is already well under way. The Human Resources Team is not only working to recruit the best talents but is also visiting our manning agencies and hiring partners around the world to ensure that the right people and facilities are in place to prepare this ‘army’ of new crew members for their life at sea.
We need motivated and ambitious crew members who work with passion and understand the value of a smile.
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