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【Germany・Munich】Recruiting Head Chef! A Japanese restaurant in Munich that’s deeply rooted in authentic Japanese cuisine. [German language skills not required!][Five‐day workweek]

Full-time
Location shown after your application is approved ・ Germany, Munich
・Monthly Salary: Take-home pay: around 2,500~3,100 euro (about 291〜361K JPY, as of September 2019) + Monthly share of tip. ※ This is just an estimate -- your actual offered salary will vary depending on skills and experience ・Housing: as of September 2019 we offer a fully equipped small apartment with modern furniture.  Cost: around 750 Euro, all-inclusive (except Wifi),  Cost will be deducted from salary. ・Visa support: yes ・Insurance: Yes ・Daily meals at work ・Company mobile phone (Apple iPhone) with phone contract
Posted: 2026-01-17

Job Description

While the owner may be German, he is passionately committed to Japanese culture and cuisine.
He hopes to offer Japanese food that meets the tastes of German customers without sacrificing the quality of Japanese authenticity.
This restaurant has been thriving in Munich for over ten years and is getting great reviews.

The concept of this restaurant is [Sushi].
We mainly offer sushi and other general Japanese cuisine.

As head chef, you will be overall responsible for the following operations in order to assure the sustainable development of the restaurant and the development of new businesses in the future.
・Menu development and creating a catalogue of our recipes
・General preparation, Cooking appetizers / main dishes, dessert, etc.
・Maintaining our high quality standard of Sushi, Sashimi, and other dishes
・Quality, hygienics- & inventory management
・Team-building/ team-management/ teaching / staff training, etc

Our kitchen staff is Japanese.
Our full-time hall staff is Japanese, part-time hall staff is not Japanese.

Requirements & Notes

<Restaurant Introduction>
・Restaurant size:
 Indoor seating and terrace: 40 seats

・Hours of Operation
 Monday - Saturday: 12:00-14:00 (lunch menu)
 Monday - Sunday: 18:00~23:00 / Last call at 22:00 (dinner menu)

・Shift system:
 3 days split shift: 11.00 - 15.00 and 17.30/18.00 - 23.00/23.30
 2 days normal shift 15.30/16.00 - 23.00/23.30

・Menu and events:
 Lunchtime: small lunch menu
 Dinner: bigger dinner menu
 Special menu’s (3-5 dishes), regularity depending on time and special idea’s of our kitchen team
 New Year's Eve: 2-3 special 5-course menu
 Valentine’s day: 2 different 4-course menu
 Sake/Japanese Whisky/Japanese Gin tasting events with special adapted Foodpairings (6-8 Events per year- depending on time and enough staff members in our kitchen team)
 Christmas special dinner menu 4 course
 Caterings, if booked (p.e. we made the catering for the German Launch of Suntory Haku Vodka in April 2019)

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Job Summary

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Country / Region

Germany, Munich

Employment Type

Full-time

Salary

・Monthly Salary: Take-home pay: around 2,500~3,100 euro (about 291〜361K JPY, as of September 2019) + Monthly share of tip. ※ This is just an estimate -- your actual offered salary will vary depending on skills and experience ・Housing: as of September 2019 we offer a fully equipped small apartment with modern furniture.  Cost: around 750 Euro, all-inclusive (except Wifi),  Cost will be deducted from salary. ・Visa support: yes ・Insurance: Yes ・Daily meals at work ・Company mobile phone (Apple iPhone) with phone contract

Income

Take-home pay: 30,000~37,200 euro (about 3.49~4.32million JPY, as of September 2019)

Holidays

・Monthly working hours: about 170-190 hours ・Annual paid time off: 20 + 5 days holiday in the 1st year, increased in the 2nd year ※ Germany strongly enforces their labor laws, and paid holidays are always granted ・Shift system: if you need to attend a German language school, we will help provide you the flexibility in your schedule to do so

Requirements

<Experience・Skills> ・Over 10 years of experience as a Japanese cuisine chef, also in an upscale Japanese Restaurant. ・Long experience and very good skills in high- quality Sushi and Sashimi and naturally how to handle fish. ・Excellent team management and team building and people skills - especially for Japanese staff ・Japanese: native level ・Other language: not required (English is welcomed) <Desired Traits> ・Someone who is passionate about cooking and has high focus on quality ・Someone who is considerate of others and encourages teamwork ・Someone who fulfills his duties with high responsibility ・Someone who is full of challenge spirit ・Someone who wants to work for us for at least 2 years