Head Chef 80-100%
Basel
Key information
- Publication date:06 September 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Basel
Job summary
Join ST. ELISABETHEN, a unique nursing home in Basel. Enjoy a supportive work environment and great benefits.
Tasks
- Lead a dedicated kitchen team in preparing creative meals.
- Ensure smooth operations and high-quality service in food preparation.
- Manage budget, staff scheduling, and training for apprentices.
Skills
- Completed chef training and leadership experience required.
- Strong communication skills in German are essential.
- Experience in diet cuisine and HACCP guidelines is a plus.
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The St. Elisabethen retirement and nursing home, uniquely located in the Hirzbrunnen district, is a Basel foundation founded in 1903. We offer 73 residents with varying care needs across 5 departments a continuous care system and the opportunity to spend their later years in a family-like environment.
Due to retirement, we are looking for a:
Head Chef 80-100%
to lead our kitchen team starting December or by arrangement.
You bring:
- Completed basic training as a cook EFZ
- Further training as a head chef FA or certified head chef
- Professional and leadership experience (preferably in healthcare)
- Ideally experience in dietetic cooking, or already training as a diet cook
- An independent, reliable, quality-conscious, team-oriented personality with high social competence
- You are motivated and service-oriented to take on and perform the tasks
- Very good oral and written German skills required
- Good PC and MS Office user skills
Your main tasks:
- Committed preparation of creative dishes considering special diets
- Ensuring smooth workflows in the catering area
- Maintaining services and quality at a high level
- Consistent application of HACCP guidelines and food regulations
- Management of duty and vacation planning as well as employee discussions
- Shaping and promoting optimal teamwork
- Leading the 10-member kitchen team
- Budget control and compliance
- Process-oriented thinking and leadership
- Participation in the continuous improvement of our offerings
- Co-responsibility for internal and external events
- Supervision and support of trainees
- Responsibility for ordering and inventory management
We offer you:
- 7-day operation with nearly 100 employees from diverse cultures
- Exciting, demanding, and varied tasks in a responsible work environment
- Appreciative leadership culture
- Development and training opportunities
- Good public transport connections
- Fair compensation according to cantonal guidelines and Curaviva Basel-Stadt
Are you interested?
Then we look forward to getting to know you. Please send your complete application documents with photo by email to: bewerbungen@elisabethen.ch or by post to: ST. ELISABETHEN, Retirement and Nursing Home, Tim Grieder, Allmendstrasse 40, 4058 Basel.
Please understand that we only consider and respond to complete application documents and refrain from offers through employment agencies.
We only guarantee the return of application documents within Switzerland.
