What Restaurants Offered Japanese Chefs in the Netherlands: Recent Positions and Packages (2026)
Since January 2025, restaurants in the Netherlands have opened positions for Japanese chefs through Washoku Agent. This page shows each of them as the restaurant posted it: the role, the concept, the city, the pay and what else the package included, the hours, and what the restaurant asked for. Restaurant names are not shown. It is written for owners in the Netherlands who are planning a hire and want to see what others offered before they set their own package.
Positions restaurants in the Netherlands opened since 2025
Head chef for a new-concept sushi omakase restaurant of 12 to 14 seats in Amsterdam, run by a company that also operates a cafe and a cocktail bar izakaya.
| Position | Head chef |
|---|---|
| Concept | Omakase sushi |
| Location | The Netherlands |
| Base pay offered | EUR 5,500 to 6,000 a month / about JPY 13.0 million a year |
| Also in the package |
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| Hours and days off | 8 to 9 hours a day with breaks, 5 days a week, 8 days off a month |
| What the restaurant asked for |
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Sushi chef with head chef duties at an omakase sushi restaurant in Amsterdam: menu development, building operations, keeping quality, cooking and staff training.
| Position | Junior chef |
|---|---|
| Concept | Sushi |
| Location | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Base pay offered | EUR 4,500 a month |
| Also in the package |
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| Hours and days off | 8 to 9 hours a day with breaks, 8 days off a month |
| What the restaurant asked for |
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| Start | To be discussed |
Head chef for a new izakaya opening in Amsterdam: menu development, building kitchen operations, keeping quality, cooking and staff training.
| Position | Head chef |
|---|---|
| Concept | Izakaya |
| Location | Amsterdam, the Netherlands |
| Base pay offered | EUR 4,500 a month |
| Also in the package |
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| Hours and days off | 8 to 9 hours a day with breaks, 8 days off a month |
| What the restaurant asked for |
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| Start | Negotiable |
Before you set the package for the Netherlands
The postings above show what owners offered, not what the market requires. Our guide to hiring and managing Japanese chefs in the Netherlands adds the visa route, the official salary floors and what a chef from Japan needs on top of the base pay. Japanese Chef Salary Abroad compares advertised salaries in six countries, and the overview of positions by country shows how the Netherlands compares with the others.
Frequently asked questions
Why are the restaurant names not shown?
Owners share their plans with us in confidence, often before an opening is announced. We show the role, concept, city and package so the information is useful to other owners in the Netherlands, and we give the restaurant's name only to the chefs we introduce.
Are the positions marked Open still available?
Open means the restaurant was still searching when we last updated this page from our records. Closed means the search stopped. Filled means the position was filled through Washoku Agent.
Can a chef apply through this page?
No. This page is for restaurant owners. Chefs find our positions in Japanese at washoku-agent.com/jobs, where each posting has its own application route.
Why do the packages differ so much?
The role, the concept, the city, whether housing is included and the visa route all move the figure. Our guide Japanese Chef Salary Abroad puts advertised salaries from six countries side by side, and the hiring guide for the Netherlands explains the visa route and what a chef from Japan needs on top of the base pay.
We are planning a similar position. What happens next?
Tell us the country, concept, role and timeline through the contact page. We reply with the visa route, the package the market expects and the profile of the chefs in our registered pool who fit.
Not ready to hire full-time? Start with a project: a Japanese chef can develop a menu or train your team for a few weeks. See how a project works.
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