What is required?
- At least 1 year of experience in a professional kitchen
- Obtained Basic Food Hygiene Certificate is an advantage
- Good command of the English language, both verbally and in writing. Proficiency in other languages is a plus
- Ability to work under pressure
- Preferably living near the hotel due to early shifts
What will you get?
- A salary of €2.275 gross per month
- A contract varying from on-call basis to 38 hours per week
- 25 vacation days (based on a full time contract)
- Travel allowance up to €170.00 per month
- Training options varying from foreign languages to first aid courses
- For yourself: 30 hotel nights per year in Hilton Hotels worldwide for €40.00 per night + great discounts for friends and family
- Up to 50% discount at our in-house Coffee Store and various restaurants in Amsterdam
- Discount on in-house Food & Beverage
- Free use of the in-house fitness area
- The option to lease a VanMoof for 1 Euro per day
- Staff clothing and free in-house dry cleaning
What will you do?
- 45% Cooking for breakfast the next day
- 15% Cleaning kitchen and materials
- 15% Cooking for the breakfast buffet
- 10% Clearing orders
- 10% Helping colleagues with banqueting
- 5% Consultation with colleagues
This vacancy has been created based on interviews with employees to help you get a realistic preview of the job.
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Dirk Peters
HR Manager
Vacancy
As a Breakfast Kitchen Assistant at DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station you are responsible for taking care of the breakfast for all our guests. It is up to you to prepare all the food including all hot dishes and that they are ready on time. You check these hot items throughout breakfast times and make sure they are replenished. You also prepare all cold dishes such as fruit salads, yoghurt and cottage cheese. You make everything look attractive. You are also responsible for checking and clearing orders.
Once the breakfast buffet is closed to guests, you tidy up and clean the kitchen. You will store all cleaned items and make sure everything looks neat and tidy again for the next day. You will also do preparatory work for the next breakfast shift. If necessary, you help colleagues with banqueting activities, such as preparing staff meals.
You will be working in the Breakfast Team with currently seven other Breakfast Chefs. Two colleagues start at 5 AM and the third colleague at 7 AM. On the weekends, five Chefs are scheduled due to the volume of guests.
If you enjoy making guests happy with a rich breakfast buffet, and don't mind having to start work at as early as 5 AM on a regular basis, then this is the job for you.
Working week
A nice working day is usually on the weekend, because there are a lot of guests that I can provide with breakfast. It always gives a satisfied feeling when the guests are feeling happy with tasty and fresh food.
During a busy day, there is a lot of demand for one ingredient that we don't have enough of in stock. This means that guests have to wait longer for their breakfast or order something else, and this is of course not the ideal situation.
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- Break
- Preparing breakfast for the next day
- Consultation with Sous Chef
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Restocking breakfast buffet
- Restocking breakfast buffet
- Consultation with colleagues
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Cleaning up orders
- Helping with banqueting
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- Break
- Cleaning and tidying up kitchen
- Preparing breakfast for the next day
- Consultation with Supervisor
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Restocking breakfast buffet
- Prepare breakfast buffet
- Consultation with colleagues
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- Break
- Cleaning and tidying up kitchen
- Preparing breakfast for the next day
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Restocking breakfast buffet
- Prepare breakfast buffet
- Consultation with colleagues
- Cleaning up orders
- Helping with banqueting
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- Break
- Cleaning and tidying up kitchen
- Preparing breakfast for the next day
- Consultation with other Breakfast Chef
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Restocking breakfast buffet
- Cleaning and tidying up kitchen
- Cleaning up orders
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- Break
- Preparing breakfast for the next day
- Cleaning and tidying up kitchen
- Cooking for breakfast buffet
- Prepare breakfast buffet
Firsthand experience
Growth
Various training courses are offered by the hotel. This can vary from social hygiene and food safety trainings, to a wine course or a first aid course. Whatever may pique your interest, may just very well be in the books for you.
Working at DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station
DoubleTree by Hilton Amsterdam Centraal Station has been one of the capital's most iconic hotels for over ten years. The hotel is centrally located and offers stunning views, extraordinary service and multiple food & beverage restaurants. The hotel is best known for its award-winning rooftop bar, but also features fifteen meeting rooms, an inhouse Coffee Store and one of the best grill restaurants in town, called Eastwood Beer & Grill. The team of DoubleTree is extremely diverse and full of energy and enthusiasm. This is very much needed, since during a busy weekend the hotel welcomes over 1.000 guests per day!
- More than 170.000 employees worldwide
- Active in over 120 countries
- 50% / 50%
- Average age 30
- Depends on function and department
- Remote work negotiable for office positions
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