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Chef jobs in Switzerland

295 live chef roles in Switzerland, freshest first, 4 fully remote. Backfilled from company career pages and public boards, refreshed nightly; each links out to apply at the source. See which of these your skills already reach.

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Working in Switzerland, from these 295 postings

Workload, language and place, read from the postings themselves. Swiss employers write the workload into the title and name the language they need; both are counted here, nothing is inferred.

34%Open below 100% (of 103 stating a workload)
FrenchLanguage asked for most (31 state one)
ZürichMost named location (27)

Language stated in the posting

Postings that name the language explicitly. The rest usually assume the canton’s own language.

Workload stated in the title

  • 100%68
  • 80 to 100%16
  • 80%11
  • 90 to 100%3

A range ending in 100% means full time is offered and less is negotiable.

Routes into chef

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Quick answers

How many chef jobs in Switzerland are open right now?

295 live openings, refreshed with the nightly scrape; the newest was posted Sep 16. A page like this only exists while it clears a minimum of live listings, so the count is real inventory, never padding. Every preloaded search: browse the board.

Can I get a chef job from an adjacent career?

Measurably, yes. The closest measured pivots in: cook (63% skill readiness). Each route page lists exactly which skills carry over and which are missing.

Do I need French for chef roles in Switzerland?

31 of the 295 chef roles here state a language requirement in the posting, and French is the one asked for most (17 postings; English in 14, German in 13). The other 264 say nothing explicit, which in Switzerland usually means the local language of the canton is assumed. A posting written in English is not counted as requiring English; only the stated requirement is. The language pages: french-speaking jobs in switzerland, english-speaking jobs in switzerland, german-speaking jobs in switzerland.

Are part-time chef roles common in Switzerland?

Swiss postings state the workload in the title as a percentage of a full week, and 103 of the 295 chef roles here do. 35 of those open the door below 100 percent, 68 are full time only. The commonest stated ranges: 100% (68), 80 to 100% (16), 80% (11), 90 to 100% (3). A range like 80 to 100 percent means the employer will take four days a week; it is a real option to negotiate, not a formality.

Where in Switzerland are the chef roles?

By the location named in the posting: Zürich (27), Geneva (23), Lausanne (14), Neuchâtel (10), Bern (9), Gstaad (8). 4 of the 295 are fully remote. Cantons differ in language and in permit practice, so the city is worth checking before the salary.

Which of these jobs do my skills already reach?

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Listings backfilled from re-displayable sources (company career pages, remote-job boards, and public-sector postings), freshest first, refreshed with the nightly scrape. A sample is shown here; see the full filtered board. Each links out to apply at the original posting; salary shown where the posting states it.

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