Buffet chef

SantaPark Arctic World is a Finnish hospitality and experience company with a big heart and passion for excellence. We excel in creating extraordinary experiences for our guests with our unique locations: SantaPark - Christmas Theme Park, exclusive Santa Claus Secret Forest – Joulukka, Hidden Arctic Cloud Villas, Aino Private Island, Lapland Luxury DMC and award-winning Arctic TreeHouse Hotel.

Our mission is to make every moment of our guests stay a lifelong memory. We also wish our team to have a great working experience and every day embark on a new adventure - creating, learning and developing with us!

Are you our new Buffet / Lunch Chef? (Main season 10/2026-1/2027)

SantaPark - The Home Cavern of Santa Claus is an indoor Christmas-themed park filled with activities, attractions, and experiences. One of the main attractions is Kota Café, where customers can enjoy a delicious buffet lunch. This ensures that visitors can spend the whole day in the park with a full belly!

SantaPark Kitchen Team is the one that keeps the buffet station in order. While working as a Buffet Chef, you can bring your skills, interests, and experiences to life and let your Inner Kitchen Elf shine!

Duties include:

• Preparation and cooking
• Quality control
• Maintaining buffet stations
• Maintaining cleanliness
• Following safety procedures and regulations and rules

General requirements:

• Culinary skills
• Previous experience from restaurant work (minimum of 3 year)
• Hygiene pass
• Suitable educational background
• Fluent English language
• Ability to legally work in Finland
• Capable of completing work tasks independently as well as working in a team
• Ability to take responsibility and maintain the highest level of standards
• Good communication skills

Considered as an advantage:

• Additional languages
• Ability to read different situations and adapt to them
• Eye for detail
• Organisational and timing skills

What to expect:

• A fun international work environment
• A once-in-a-lifetime opportunity to work in the capital of Finnish Lapland
• Job-specific work training prior to the start of the season
• Hourly salary (+supplements, holiday compensation)
• Collective Agreement for the Hotel, Restaurant and Leisure Industry (Sundays and official holidays are double paid in Finland)
• Flexible working hours from Monday to Sunday with alternating days off
• Average work hours 90 h/3 week, during the season the amount is usually higher
• Day and evening shifts
• Company benefits (check the career page)
• Supported accommodation