Chefs for the 2024 season

Are you looking for a seasonal job that gives you a combination of valuable experience and growth opportunities as well as direct access to spectacular nature and the chance to meet great people from all around the world?

Norway’s best AS is hiring for several positions as chefs at our hotels and restaurants in Flåm, Aurland and Lærdal for the Season 2024. 

We are hiring for the following properties:

Fretheim Hotel, Flåm

Heimly Guesthouse, Flåm

Hotel Aurlandsfjord, Aurland

Sognaporten, Aurland

Check out our website for more information about our properties or contact us for a talk!

Our different properties have different concepts but the red thread through all our restaurants is the core of our Food Philosophy: Locally produced and in season.

Working as a chef with us, you will join highly skilled teams of chefs and pastry chefs with diverse backgrounds. We all share the passion for good food and produce and value sharing our knowledge and experience.  In our restaurants we provide our guests with excellent food with a local story and a beautiful backdrop.

Work period: April/May - September/October

The work periods will vary and will be discussed individually. 

Work tasks and responsibilities will include:

• Providing excellent food experiences
• Being a great team-mate
• HACCP compliance
• Focus on reducing food waste

Requirements for the position  

• Permission to work within the EU 
• Formal training as a chef (documented results and long experience can compensate for lacking training)
• Relevant work experience
• English, communicative level

What we offer

Working with us, you will join an open, warm, and friendly work environment with committed and caring colleagues in one of Norway's leading tourism companies. Providing opportunities for personal and occupational growth. Our destinations are surrounded with spectacular nature, giving us a great variety of activities to do in our free time. Hiking, biking, and skiing in the mountains, kayaking in the fjords, enjoying the great foods of the region, just to mention a few.

Some of our benefits include:

• Competitive salary
• Good pension and insurance schemes
• Affordable and good quality housing in our own staff houses or Assistance to find housing in the district
• Great discounts on accommodation and food and drink at all our hotels and restaurants/Cafés
• Free ski card in our Ski destination Myrkdalen
• Free access to gym
• Favorable discounts and offers on Norway’s best products and activities

 

Norway's best AS has positioned Flåm and Myrkdalen through spectacular nature based experiences for over 20 years. With lighthouses such as the Flåmsbana and the Nærøyfjord, Flåm has become one of the biggest tourist destinations in Norway, and the powder paradise Myrkdalen has the most extensive ski destination in Western Norway. Today, the company has activity in Flåm, Aurland, Myrkdalen, Geiranger, Hardanger and Lofoten. Norway’s best AS is owned by Norway's best Group AS, which in 2019 had a turnover of more than NOK 1 billion, more than 500 full-time and part-time employees and more than 1.7 million guests. Norway's best Group AS owns Myrkdalen Fjellandsby 100%, 50% of Flåmsbana and 50% of The Fjords. In addition, the company owns and operates four hotels, 14 restaurants, two bakeries and runs souvenir shop and the Flåmsbana museum.

In Norway's best AS, we value nature, environment, and the local communities we operate in. By doing our utmost to reduce our environmental impact and support local value creation, we want to be a positive contributor to a better society both locally and globally and help lead the tourism industry in a more sustainable direction. Our employees are the core of the business, and we want to create an inclusive and equal environment with safe workplaces.