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Hotel chefs..how many hours do they normally work per week?

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It really does depend on the Hotel and their staffing levels.

In an ideal world it would be 9 - 10 hours, but in my world it is usually 12 going up to 15 on fridays and saturdays.

This link might give you an insight into our world :
http://www.chefsworld.net/chefs_forum3.a…

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• I am a former chef and have worked in Hotels for most of my career, here in Canada, Singapore, Japan and Jamaica, and it depends on the business at the hotel, station chefs in Europe tend to work more than those outside the EU, but as they work split shifts, lunch and dinner service, but also to in the EU and UK dinner is done and the washing up done by 10 pm, rarely is any place open past 10:30 pm. Now pubs may serve until 11.
  
  The day shift 9 to 2 and the the night shift 5 to 9:30 or 10 depending on the station, supervisors like the head chef and sous chef ar salary so they can work more for the same pay rate. I never worked past 12 pm in Canada and in the resorts we had 2 seating's 5 and 7 so we were off having a pint by 9 pm or shortly after, again it all depends on the place.
• I am a part time waiter and was talking to one of the chef's in the 4 star hotel that I work in about this earlier this week. She told me that in one day, she worked 16 hours, with just one 30 minute and one 15 minute coffee break. That day she said was unusual, but it does happen. Her standard shifts are: 8am (for breakfast) to 6pm, or 12pm to 10-30/11 (finish, depends on how many people and what else needs to be done), 5 days (or maybe 6) a week. It's very tough going, financially though it's quite a good career (btw she is a pastry chef). To answer your question, the total hours per week would probably work out at about 53 or 54 hours.
• My brother in law is a chef in a hotel and he works very long hours - about 50 at least a week. He also works shifts or split shifts and generally the hours are quite unsocial - evenings, weekends and early mornings and for not that great a money :-)
• A minimum of 48 hours per week as this is the EU directive but usually more. This will include long days, split shifts and late nights. Depends what level you are talking; executive, sous, commis?

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