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Head Chef
Role summary
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The Head Chef leads the hotel’s culinary operations, ensuring consistently high food quality, presentation, hygiene, and guest satisfaction. Requirements typically include substantial experience as a Head Chef, Executive Sous Chef, or senior kitchen leader in an upscale hotel or resort; formal culinary training; strong knowledge of international cuisine, food safety, HACCP, menu planning, costing, and inventory control; and proven leadership skills. The successful candidate is expected to manage kitchen teams, develop menus, control food and labor costs, coordinate with restaurant and banquet departments, train colleagues, maintain safety standards, and deliver creative, commercially successful dining experiences. Flexibility, organization, calm decision-making, and a passion for hospitality are essential.
Can I work in the Philippines?
Never pay anyone for a visa or a job offer. A real employer pays the permit costs and never asks you for money.
How it works
How it works: The employer files a work permit (Alien Employment Permit) after a local-first job notice, then a 9(g) visa; hotels get permits for specialists, not line staff.
Watch for: From 11 November 2026: job notice online, decision in 10 working days. Filing is online only, at the labour department's central office, since 2026.
Official source: Bureau of Immigration: Pre-arranged Employment Visa (9G). Checked November 2026.
What the job usually comes with in the Philippines
Usual for the Philippines, varies by employer. Checked November 2026.
| Housing | Not in city hotels; island resorts (Boracay, Siargao) may give shared staff quarters |
|---|---|
| Meals | Duty meals in the staff canteen |
| Flights | Senior packages only |
| Service charge | All of it shared equally among staff except managers (by law); the amount varies by hotel |
| Contract | Probation up to 6 months (by law); foreigners' contracts follow the permit, 1 to 3 years |
| Leave | 5 days after 1 year; 10 regular holidays; 13th-month pay (by law) |
| Income tax | 0% to PHP 250,000 a year (about USD 4,000), then 15% to 35% |
Senior staff often get more than line staff, for example a single room or a yearly home flight. Ask the employer what the job includes before you accept.
Guidance, not legal advice. Rules change; your employer confirms the details for your case.
About Swissôtel Clark Philippines
Swissôtel Clark Philippines is an upscale international hotel located in Clark Freeport Zone, Pampanga, a growing business, leisure, and aviation hub north of Manila. The property operates under the Swissôtel brand, part of Accor, one of the world’s leading hospitality groups. Swissôtel is known for combining contemporary Swiss-inspired design, wellbeing-focused experiences, attentive service, and efficient hospitality standards. A hotel of this profile typically serves corporate travelers, international visitors, families, events, and local guests through accommodation, restaurants, banqueting, wellness, and meeting facilities. Employees benefit from working within a multicultural environment supported by Accor’s global systems, training opportunities, and career mobility. The Head Chef would contribute directly to the hotel’s dining identity, operational performance, guest experience, and development of a strong culinary team.