Kitchen Assistant / Cook / Kitchen Worker

Employer: Vietologie Oy / Ravintola Vietologie

Business ID: 3578573-3

Location: Runeberginkatu 59, 00260 Helsinki

Job title: Kitchen Assistant / Kitchen Worker

Finnish title: Keittiöapulainen / keittiötyöntekijä

Employment type: Full-time, permanent / indefinite contract

Kokoaikainen / toistaiseksi voimassa oleva

Working hours: Full-time, 40 hours per week, 5 shifts per week, approximately 7–9 hours per shift.

Salary: EUR 1,933/month, or the applicable minimum salary under the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry Collective Agreement if higher, plus applicable TES supplements.

Start date: As soon as possible / by agreement.

Work tasks

As a full-time Kitchen Assistant / Kitchen Worker at Ravintola Vietologie, your duties include mainly kitchen work, cooking support, and chef assistant tasks.

Your responsibilities include:

– Daily food preparation, including washing, peeling, slicing, chopping, portioning, and preparing vegetables, herbs, meats, sauces, broths, noodles, rice, and other ingredients according to restaurant recipes.

– Supporting cooking and chef assistant duties during lunch and dinner service.

– Setting up and stocking kitchen stations before service.

– Assisting with plating and assembling dishes efficiently.

– Dishwashing and cleaning kitchen tools, equipment, workstations, floors, and storage areas.

– Following hygiene, allergen, food safety, and self-monitoring procedures.

– Receiving deliveries, checking ingredient quality, organising storage, and following FIFO stock rotation.

Requirements

– Relevant experience in a professional kitchen, restaurant kitchen, food preparation, or equivalent kitchen environment is preferred.

– Applicants with less experience may also be considered if they can demonstrate ability to perform the core duties safely and reliably.

– Ability to work full-time, 40 hours per week, according to the restaurant shift schedule.

– Sufficient English, Finnish, or Swedish for workplace safety, hygiene instructions, allergen communication, and teamwork.

– Ability to follow recipes, hygiene rules, allergen instructions, and food safety procedures.

– Legal right to work in Finland by the intended start date.

– Hygiene Passport is required where legally required for the duties. If the applicant does not yet have one, they must be willing and able to obtain it within the legally permitted timeframe.

Preferred skills

– Previous experience in a busy restaurant kitchen.

– Experience with Vietnamese or Southeast Asian ingredients, dishes, sauces, broths, herbs, noodles, or preparation methods.

– Vietnamese language skills may be helpful in the current kitchen environment, but Vietnamese is not required and will not be used as a minimum selection criterion.

– Reliability, punctuality, organisation, and willingness to learn Vietologies recipes and procedures.

How to apply

Please apply by email only and in English! Applications sent via Messenger, WhatsApp, or other social media channels will not be reviewed.

Email: vietologie@gmail.com

Please include:

– CV;

– contact details;

– brief summary of relevant kitchen or food preparation experience;

– availability and possible start date;

– information on your right to work in Finland;

– Hygiene Passport status, if any.

Recruitment steps:

1. Review of emailed CVs.

2. Short interview with suitable applicants.

3. If used, a limited job-related practical skills assessment arranged in accordance with applicable employment rules.

4. Final selection and notification.

Osaamisalue: Hotelli-, ravitsemus- & matkailuala