**ONLY A FEW VACANCIES ARE REMAINING** We are currently only looking for two chefs, one Senior Host and one Senior Driver. Please make sure you have the relevant experience if you would like to apply. If you have any questions about jobs at Hunter Chalets, please email us via the contact details below, rather than sending us a LiveChat. Thank you!
We are now recruiting for this coming 2024/25 Winter season. Please see details of our application process below.
We are now recruiting our team for this winter, offering a range of ski season jobs for 2024/2025 in the resorts of Morzine and Les Gets. We are looking for candidates who ensure guest satisfaction is their number one priority. We are seeking enthusiastic and positive team players who want to work hard and enjoy the mountain lifestyle at the same time. You will work as part of a fantastic team to bring a first-class standard of service to our guests. The Portes du Soleil is an incredible resort with a massive ski area and working within it for the winter season is a fun, memorable and rewarding experience.
Ski season jobs 2024/2025
We know how important it is to have quality staff who buy into our company ethos. We therefore offer an extremely competitive package that includes, but is not limited to, the following:
- Competitive wage
- Quality accommodation
- Wi-Fi in accommodation
- Full Portes du Soleil lift pass
- Skis/board and boot hire
- Full pre-season training
- Airport transfers
- Branded Hunter Chalets uniform
- Food allowance
- 10% friends and family discount on direct chalet bookings
- Hunter Chalets pay for all successful UK applicants to have comprehensive administrative assistance for the entire visa, work permit and CDS application process
If you are interested in applying for any of the following ski season jobs for 2024/2025, please send the following to jobs@hunterchalets.com
- CV – please ensure this is up to date
- Covering letter – detailing why you are specifically suitable for the position you are applying for
- Photos – see chef section for extra requirements
Please note that all applicants must be fluent in English (minimum level C1 for non-native speakers).
Working for Hunter Chalets
Frances Attwood
Chef
“I’d never worked in a chalet before and was excited, but not quite sure what to expect. Training in the first few weeks was great and made me gain confidence and know-how for the upcoming winter season. I had the best time in Morzine with Hunter Chalets, and made friends and memories for life. I enjoyed it so much that I returned for a second year!”
Imogen Asser
Chalet host
“I was a chalet host and found that we had a great team atmosphere. At times, the work was hard but it was always very rewarding and fun. The combination of different shifts really complimented the seasonaire lifestyle, ensuring that you get a lot of skiing in, but also a couple of lie-ins a week. I was also able to meet lots of like-minded people who I am fortunate to still be friends with today.”
Joe Silson
Driver
“I worked as a driver for Hunter Chalets. It was a great experience, as I enjoyed the interaction with both the guests and fellow employees and feel I made friends for life. This experience also gave me the opportunity to snowboard for the first time, as well as the experience of living away from home. I wouldn’t hesitate to recommend Hunter Chalets as an employer.”
Professional chefs
We are seeking highly motivated, innovative, professional chefs who are able to work autonomously within a private kitchen of a luxury ski chalet. You will be responsible for menu creation, allowing you to express your individual style and flair within a fine dining style of service. The role is demanding but extremely rewarding, which allows you to directly impress your guests with five-star service. You will be responsible for breakfast and evening service five days a week, as well as preparing an afternoon cake to leave for guests. Continental and cooked breakfasts are offered and evening service includes canapes, amuse-bouche, a starter, main, dessert, cheese and petit fours. Three other chefs will complete the company chef team and you can work together to prepare, budget and plan, however, each chef is responsible for running their own kitchen and meal services within a chalet.
Working for a luxury company, we expect our chefs to be absolutely professional in every way. You will be working in a guest-facing, open-plan kitchen and must be presentable, confident and calm at all times. Whilst we offer a fine dining service, guests take the chalets on a private use basis and are free to request changes to menus within budget and reasonable planning time for the chef. Examples of previous requests are sushi, Indian, Mexican and barbecue-style nights.
*Chefs must send recent photos of food creations, sample menus and links to any appropriate social media accounts such as (e.g.) your Instagram chef account with their application.
Chef responsibilities
- Menu creation
- Preparing and serving breakfast, afternoon tea and an evening meal five days per week
- Preparing afternoon tea in advance of your two days off to be left for guests
- Budgeting for and procuring supplies
- Accounting and budget sheet submission weekly
- Catering to all varieties of food preferences/allergies/intolerances
- Catering for children’s meals if required
- Maintaining all health and safety standards and regulations
- Set up and shut down of kitchen, including stock takes and inventories
- Overall care of kitchen and kitchen equipment, including daily cleaning
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Chef requirements
- Extensive work experience in a fine dining restaurant – Michelin star or Rosette preferred or private chef experience working in the luxury sector
- Professional catering and food hygiene and safety qualifications
- Highly professional, presentable and punctual
- Able to work in an open environment with a positive and calm demeanour
- Positive, energetic team leader who will support and encourage chalet hosts
- Adaptable and flexible towards guest requirements and changes
- Organised, self-sufficient and self-motivated
Want to know more? We interviewed chef Craig to find out what it’s like to be a Hunter Chalets chef.
Working for Hunter Chalets
Craig Smith
Chef
“After working a ski season many years ago, I decided to try working as a private chef in a chalet. I was a bit nervous about working directly in front of the guests, but after the training, I felt a lot more confident! After the first week of guests, I found it more relaxed and the management team was always there if we had any questions. I also had some great hosts working alongside me, made friends and had the best time snowboarding! I returned for a second season!”
Emily Shannon
Chalet host
“I am delighted to say Hunter Chalets is a great company to work for. As a chalet host, I was granted opportunities such as cocktail classes during the training week, which simply demonstrates how they go above the standard of other employees. Fin and Wendy are very supportive and made the transition from moving away from home exciting. I fully recommend working for this five-star company.”
Rory Hardie
Driver
“My winter season was made very special thanks to Hunter Chalets. We were looked after exceptionally well. As a driver, the role was diverse and busy. A highlight was getting to know the guests each week. Central to the role was being on the ball with the logistics of each pick-up, as guests need to be delivered to their chosen location quickly. Fin and Wendy were an absolute pleasure to work for. They oversaw activity across the resort and kept morale high throughout the season. If you want to return home at the end of April having had a sensational season and strong sense of achievement, Hunter Chalets is the company for you.”
Senior chalet host
We are seeking experienced senior hosts to manage the everyday running within our catered chalets. As a senior chalet host you will be using your experience and initiative to ensure that each guest has a flawless holiday. You will be expected to go above and beyond for the guests and your team. This is a hands on role where you will lead by example. You will be involved in all aspects of service and cleaning and will ensure that your chalet team follow your standards and exceed your expectations. We are looking for highly motivated, positive and confident individuals who thrive in the buzz of the hospitality sector and all that it brings.
Senior chalet host responsibilities
- Liaising with chalet owners and future guests to prepare for their visits
- Managing and caring for every aspect of the chalet as if it were your own home
- Supervising the team within your chalet including the chef, hosts and drivers
- Setting the standard within your chalet and being the driving force for the smooth operation of it
- Leading by example; you will undertake all aspects of service and cleaning, as with the chalet host role
- Maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, service and enthusiasm within your chalet
- Completing checks on your team, setting them goals and following through on actions
- Ensuring chef presentation standards and cleanliness are of the highest quality every day
- Holding weekly meetings with senior staff to discuss previous and forthcoming weeks
- Stock takes, inventories, admin updates, general organisation
- Your ultimate goal is ensuring that every guest leaves with their expectations exceeded and wanting to come back next year
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Senior chalet host requirements
- Minimum 2 previous chalet hosting seasons or continual professional career in hospitality, such as hotel, restaurant or bar work in a senior position
- Highly professional, presentable and punctual
- Team leader, motivational and a driving force for work ethic
- Excellent eye for detail, meticulous about cleanliness and presentation and a desire to constantly improve
- Confidence and initiative to pre-empt guest requests, find out about the resort quickly and suggest activities that will add to your guests’ experience
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist guests’ requests at all times
- Excellent references from previous chalet/hospitality roles
- Must have own laptop with Word and Excel
- Fluent English
- French (desirable)
- Driver’s licence (desirable)
Senior driver
Our drivers make up a large proportion of our team and our 24-hour driver service is one of the most loved elements of our guests’ holidays. We are seeking Senior drivers who are experienced in managing a team to lead our driver team. These candidates should be extremely organised, positive, sociable people who can think on the spot and maintain a calm demeanour in what can sometimes be a demanding and busy role. Senior drivers will handle all guest calls for our 24-hour driver service and so we are looking for people who have customer service as their number one priority. This is a fun, sociable and rewarding role that requires you to be quick thinking, practical and proactive.
Senior driver responsibilities
- Managing our fleet of vans – carrying out regular checks to ensure the vehicles are always in perfect condition for our guests
- Maintaining and cleaning company vehicles to an immaculate standard inside and out and reporting on issues
- Setting the standard within the driver team and being the driving force for the smooth operation of it
- Leading by example; you will be expected to undertake all aspects of the resort driver role when required
- Maintaining the highest standards of cleanliness, service and enthusiasm within the driver team and ensuring the driver adhere to these standard too
- Encouraging, guiding and motivating your team, setting them goals and following through on actions
- Stock takes, inventories, admin updates, general organisation
- Management of the driver team’s account and petty cash
- Ensuring guest safety and comfort at all times
- Stepping into a resort drivers role when required at busy time or in the event of sickness or injury in your team
- Coordinating with all drivers on all guest lift requests
- Planning ahead and organising scheduled pick up and drop offs
- Your ultimate goal is ensuring that every guest leaves with their expectations exceeded and wanting to come back next year
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Senior driver requirements
- Minimum 2 previous seasons or continual professional career in customer service in a senior position
- Management experience
- Be able to maintain a level head when under pressure and in peak periods
- Highly professional, presentable and punctual
- Team leader, motivational and a driving force for work ethic
- Excellent eye for detail, meticulous about cleanliness and presentation and a desire to constantly improve
- Confidence and initiative to pre-empt guest requests, find out about the resort quickly
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist guests’ requests at all times
- Excellent references from previous roles
- Must have own laptop with Word and Excel
- Fluent English
- French (desirable)
- Driver’s licence
- Minimum age at start date 21 years old
- Minimum 3 years’ driving experience
- Trade or practical/handyman experience (desirable)
Resort driver
Our drivers make up the majority of our staff and provide one of the most customer-facing roles within the company. We are seeking positive, sociable people who can think on the spot and maintain a calm demeanour in what can sometimes be a demanding and busy role. Drivers are in constant contact and interaction with our guests and we are looking for candidates who have customer service as their number one priority. This is a fun, sociable and rewarding role that requires you to be quick thinking, practical and proactive.
Resort driver responsibilities
- Ensuring guest safety and comfort at all times when driving
- Driving guests to and from ski lifts, restaurants, bars, shops etc.
- Packing the vans with guests’ skis and equipment
- Dropping guests at lessons, activities and ensuring they are prepared
- Maintaining and cleaning company vehicles to an immaculate standard inside and out and reporting on issues
- Coordinating with all drivers on all guest lift requests
- Planning ahead and organising scheduled pick up and drop offs
- Assisting with cleaning and maintaining all hot tubs, pools and outdoor areas
- Snow clearing from all parking spaces and chalet outdoor areas
- Firewood delivery and stocking
- Chalet maintenance and reporting of issues
- Taking calls from guests on the driver phone when required
- Assisting with chalet changeovers when required
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Resort driver requirements
- Highly professional, presentable and punctual
- Friendly, sociable and positive attitude
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist guest requests at all times
- Previous van/minibus driving experience (desirable)
- Previous work in luxury chalet sector, yachts or private households (desirable)
- Customer-facing / hospitality experience is essential
- Fluent English
- Clean driver’s licence
- Minimum 3 years’ driving experience
- Trade or practical/handyman experience (desirable)
Chalet host
We are seeking chalet hosts to assist with the everyday running of our catered chalets. You will help ensure that each guest has a flawless holiday. You will be expected to go above and beyond for the guests and assist your senior chalet host. This is a hands-on role where you will lead by example. You will be involved in all aspects of service and cleaning to a very high standard. We are looking for highly motivated, positive and confident individuals who thrive in the buzz of the hospitality sector and all that it brings.
Chalet host responsibilities
- Preparing for and serving breakfast, afternoon tea and evening service
- Preparing for and serving children’s meals if required
- Making and serving all drinks, including cocktails and coffees
- Daily housekeeping, continual upkeep of chalet aesthetics
- Weekly changeover cleaning and preparation for new guests
- Cleaning self-catered properties or any other property as required
- Liaising with the chefs and drivers to provide a seamless service to guests
- Providing a positive, friendly, anything is possible approach to guest requests
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Chalet host requirements
- Highly professional, presentable and punctual
- Friendly, sociable and positive attitude
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist guests’ request at all times
- Minimum age at start date 21 years old
- Previous hospitality experience (desirable)
- Previous work in luxury chalet sector, yachts or private households (desirable)
- Previous housekeeping experience (desirable)
- Fluent English
- Driver’s licence (desirable)
Resort assistant
The role of resort assistant is our most varied role at Hunter Chalets. You will be part of a small team that will assist our resort managers, senior hosts and senior drivers in the smooth running of the resort. A large part of this role will be looking after our self catered properties and preparing these each week for our guests. We are seeking fast workers with absolute attention to detail. You will be responsible for weekly changeovers within any of our properties, which requires you to clean the property after the guests leave in the morning, ready for the new guests arriving in the afternoon. You will also be required in peak weeks to take on the driving shifts to assist our resort driver team, therefore, you should be a confident driver. There is a great deal of organisation, self-motivation and pride required for these roles and, as such, we are looking for candidates who genuinely enjoy being part of a team, cleaning and who will look after our properties and vehicles as if they were their own. For the majority of the time you will work in pairs so the job is perfect for friends or couples wanting to work together.
Resort assistant requirements
- Exceptionally high standards of presentation
- Acute attention to detail
- Self-motivated and driven personality
- Previous housekeeping experience (desirable)
- Previous work in luxury chalet sector, yachts, private households or 5-star hotels (desirable)
- Minimum age at start date 21 years old
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist other staff and clients
- Positive, flexible person who can adapt easily to different tasks asked of you
- Able to work in a quick and efficient manner
- Driver’s licence
- Fluent English
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Housekeeper
We are seeking housekeepers who are fast workers with absolute attention to detail. You will be responsible for weekly changeovers within any of our properties which requires you to clean the property after the guests leave in the morning, ready for the new guests arriving in the afternoon. For most properties you will work in pairs to do this so the job is also suitable for friends or couples wanting to work together some days of the week. There is a great deal of organisation, self-motivation and pride required for our housekeeping roles and as such we are looking for candidates who genuinely enjoy cleaning and preparing a luxury property for new guests and who will look after our properties as if they were their own.
Housekeeper requirements
- Exceptionally high standards of presentation
- Acute attention to detail
- Self-motivated and driven personality
- Previous housekeeping experience
- Previous work in luxury chalet sector, yachts, private households or 5-star hotels (desirable)
- Pro-active, eager to please and willing to assist other housekeepers/staff and clients
- Able to work in a quick and efficient manner
- Fluent English
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Part-time cleaner
We are looking for local part-time, self-employed cleaners who have an excellent eye for detail and a thorough and efficient method of cleaning. You would be responsible for weekly changeovers and/or daily cleaning. This position does not come with a package.
Part-time cleaner requirements
- Previous cleaning experience in chalets or hotels – Hunter Chalets standards training will be provided
- Auto entrepreneur status
- Chalet changeover experience
- Positive, hard-working and punctual
- Professional and presentable at all times
- Available to work every Sunday during the season or just in peak weeks: Christmas, New Year and February
- Working as a team player, understanding the need to assist and help colleagues when necessary
Couples
We have had many couples in our teams over the years in various combinations of our roles:
- Chef couples working in neighbouring chalets
- Senior Host and Senior Driver
- Host and Driver
- Joint Senior Hosts
- Chef and host
- Chef and Senior Host
- Housekeeping/Resort Assistant couple
- All combinations are possible!
This year, we are adding a new concept to our offering with our Serviced Chalets where a couple or two friends will work in one of our chalets to provide a continental breakfast with eggs, afternoon tea, hosting and housekeeping. These new positions would be ideal for a couple or two friends that would like to work autonomously in a chalet, but do not have the culinary experience we require for chefs in our catered chalets.
If you are applying as a couple or together with a friend, please make this clear on your application. Depending on the positions applied for, you may be interviewed together or individually.
Applying for a ski season job
If you are interested in applying for any of the above ski season jobs for the 2024/2025 winter season, please send your CV, covering letter and photos (see extra requirements for chefs) to jobs@hunterchalets.com Please note that all applicants must be fluent in English (minimum level C1 for non-native speakers).
FAQs – all roles
Q. I am passionate about cooking but have no culinary qualifications/training/experience, can I apply for a chef position?
A. Unfortunately not. We only hire professionally trained chefs with excellent restaurant or private chef experience. Our Couple position in one of our serviced chalets might be more suited to you where you will be preparing continental breakfast and afternoon tea for our guests.
Q. As a chef will I be working in a commercial kitchen?
A. The chalet kitchens are open-plan residential kitchens which have been purpose-built for catering with, for example, double ovens. We also provide equipment such as sous vides, table-top fryers and ice-cream makers. You will be expected to bring your own knives.
Q. As a chef how do I budget and where do I source ingredients?
A. You will be given a set budget per person per day and it is your responsibility to manage that budget throughout the season with guidance from our management team. There is an excellent range of providers within Morzine and the surrounding towns where the majority of ingredients will be sourced.
Q. Will I work in the same chalet for the whole season?
A. Our chefs, senior hosts and hosts will most likely work in one chalet for the majority of the season, however, there will be some weeks when you will work or be sent to assist in a different chalet depending on guest movements and weekly bookings. You should be flexible and adaptable to change in this respect.
Q. Will I get to ski/snowboard much?
A. Absolutely! We want our team to enjoy everything the mountains have to offer. Morzine is a fantastic place to spend a winter season and we provide you with a ski pass so you can make the most of it! We want everyone to come to work hard and ski hard!
Q. I have never skied/boarded before, does that matter?
A. No, not at all. We have had previous staff who have never been on snow before and we have had staff who have done many seasons before. Either way, by the end of your season you will be a natural! You can take advantage of lessons when you arrive but we would advise that you try to get some experience before you come, purely from a social point of view so that you can join the others who can ski right from the beginning.
Q. I don’t have any previous hospitality or house-keeping experience, can I still apply for a senior host position?
A. Not for this position. This role requires experience and will suit someone who has an existing career path in hospitality and an ambition to progress within this sector. Please see our chalet host and driver positions, which do not necessarily require previous experience.
Q. I don’t have any previous hospitality or house-keeping experience, can I still apply for a host position?
A. Yes, we provide full training at the start of the season so you will be trained on all aspects of service. That said, it would be ideal to gain some experience working in a high pressure busy environments such as a bar or popular restaurant to give you some valuable work experience.
Q. Will I be working along the typical catered chalet ‘split shift’ style?
A. No. At Hunter Chalets we offer a 24hr service to our guests, therefore our staff work different shifts on different weeks, including split shifts and day shifts. Having worked chalet seasons ourselves we have developed what we believe to be the most enjoyable way of working for our staff. Working different shifts gives you variety in the job, as well as meaning you not only have days when you can ski/board but you also have days when you will be able to go out at night or have an all important long lie-in!
Q. Is it possible to apply as a couple for your ski season jobs?
A. Yes, absolutely! We have had many couples in our teams over the years. If you would like to work together then one of our Serviced chalet host positions would be ideal where you host one of our properties together without the need to cook dinner. Or working together as one of our resort assistants. Alternatively we have had many couples that have worked as chef/senior host. Senior driver/senior host or resort driver/host, your shifts may be slightly different but we always ensure you have at least one day off together each week.
Q. I don’t have three years driving experience, is it possible to apply for a resort driver position?
A. We prefer our drivers to have three years experience minimum, however, if you have had a job that has required you to drive regularly and/or drive minibuses, vans or HGVs, we would be open to discussing the role with you. Please state as such in your covering letter.
Q. As a driver will I be working at/for one chalet?
A. No, our drivers service all of our properties and therefore have the most customer-facing role in the company. You will meet and interact with guests from all of our catered and self-catered properties.
Q. As a driver will I be collecting guests from the airport?
A. No. Our drivers provide an in-resort service, taking guests to and from destinations within the resort. We use professional transfer companies for our airport transfers, so you will not be required to do this.