Run your own restaurant at a lighthouse in Arctic Norway

Position: Executive Chef

Season: March - November 2027

Littleisland Lighthouse is a lighthouse station on Litløya, off Bø in Vesterålen, reached by the station's own boat. There are no roads, no cars and no shops. There are five suites accommodating up to ten guests. In our in-house restaurant, Havets Nabo, the four tables are all facing the Norwegian Sea.

We are looking for a chef who wants to farm and forage as well as cook, and who is open for a long term collaboration.

As chef, you are also the station's main farmer and forager, with its own garden, potato field, and chicken coop to keep. You plan each day's menu around the season, the catch and the weather.

  • • You cook the main meals and talk dinner through with the guests at breakfast

    • Fish comes from local fishermen, cheese from Lofoten and lamb from wild sheep, and you build your own relationships with farmers on the surrounding islands

    • You forage the island and its shore, and fish when the sea allows it

    • You take the harvest further by preserving, curing, air-drying and smoking it

    • In the first year you run the kitchen alone, with days off planned around the guests

    • A start date no later than 1 March 2027, so you have time to meet suppliers and build the menu before the first guests arrive in April

  • • Cook at a steady, high level, with taste and consistency counting for more than titles

    • Are self-reliant, and keep the kitchen supplied on the days the boat cannot cross

    • Comfortable cooking in front of guests in an open kitchen and telling them about the local produce

    • Broad experience at cooking at a high level

    • Preferably knowledge with Nordic cuisine

    • A person who enjoys friluftsliv

  • • A season from March to end of November, reopening on 1 April 2027

    • Pay set close to a full annual salary for the season, so the winter closure becomes a long break of your own (negotiated based on experience)

    • Board and lodging provided on Litløya, allowing you to save most of your income

    • Accommodation on the mainland as well, for days off and rest away from the island

    • Live on a beautiful, quiet island with panoramic views of Lofoten, with full access to use the island and enjoy outdoor activities in your free time

Applying as a couple

If your partner would also like to work on the island, we could potentially facilitate for a couple. Your partner could have their own contract and that would be assessed separately.

How to apply

Please send an email containing a motivational letter with your background and interests as well as your CV to Elena. We will invite shortlisted candidates to a video interview in December and a paid stay of two to three days on Litløya in January 2027.

Apply here