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Event Kitchen Chef (m/f/d) - Wyniger Group / 100%
- 31 January 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Basel
Job summary
Wyniger Gruppe is a family-owned business in Basel, focusing on gastronomy and hospitality. Join a vibrant work environment that values quality and authenticity!
Tasks
- Plan and execute diverse, high-quality events and banquets.
- Lead kitchen teams, ensuring smooth operations and staff development.
- Create tailored menu concepts that meet quality standards.
Skills
- Culinary qualification with several years of leadership experience required.
- Strong organizational and planning abilities.
- Excellent communication and team-building skills.
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About the job
Wyniger Group<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">The Wyniger Group is an owner-managed company group based in the Basel region, focusing on gastronomy and hospitality. In addition to gastronomy and hospitality, it includes various cultural and craft businesses, a catering and a facility management company, as well as service companies. All businesses are individually managed and positioned under their own brand. They stand for quality and authenticity: Our motto is «refined enjoyment».</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><br></div><div style="text-align: justify;">For one of our concepts, we are looking for an experienced personality as an event kitchen chef who is responsible for the culinary implementation of the diverse events within the group.</div>
YOUR TASKS
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You take overall responsibility for planning, organizing, and implementing high-quality events of various types and sizes, from exclusive banquets and corporate events to cultural events, seminars, and customized special formats.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">During the events, you lead the entire kitchen area strategically and operationally, ensuring a first-class, smooth process at all stages. You professionally and personally lead the kitchen teams at various locations, take over deployment planning, and specifically promote the further development of employees, focusing on quality, efficiency, and sustainable team performance.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">You design, plan, and realize sophisticated menu concepts that take into account individual customer wishes, seasonal premium products, economic conditions, and defined quality standards, while simultaneously contributing to the continuous development of banquet documentation.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">In close, cooperative collaboration with event managers, project leaders, as well as selected external partners and service providers, you ensure a smooth and professional implementation of all processes.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px;">In addition, you actively design, structure, and optimize kitchen and work processes to ensure a modern, efficient, and future-oriented operation. You take responsibility for all administrative tasks in the kitchen area, including planning, coordination, controlling, and professional follow-up.</span></div>
WE ARE LOOKING FOR YOU
<p style="text-align: justify; ">You have completed training as a cook EFZ or an equivalent gastronomic qualification and bring several years of professional and leadership experience in a responsible role, ideally in the event, banquet, or large event environment. Leading, developing, and planning the deployment of employees are as natural to you as building strong, committed teams.</p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 15px;">You think strategically, act entrepreneurially, and take responsibility with clarity and decisiveness. A structured, independent, and reliable way of working is as central to you as a pronounced quality and service understanding. Even in complex, dynamic situations with high demands, you keep an overview and make well-founded decisions.</span></p><p style="text-align: justify; "><span style="font-size: 15px;">Resilience, flexibility, and a confident handling of changing requirements as well as irregular working hours in the event environment characterize you. You communicate confidently in German, both spoken and written; additional language skills are an advantage. A category B driving license completes your profile.</span></p>
WE OFFER YOU
<div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Only those who feel comfortable can achieve great things – we are convinced of that. At the Wyniger Group, we create an environment where you can develop, grow, and be part of a strong team. Respect, collaboration, and passion for our industry come first for us. Our benefits are more than just extras – they are our contribution to ensuring that you enjoy coming to work every day and can give your best.</span></div><div><br></div><ul><li>50% discount in all gastronomic establishments of the entire Wyniger Group for the whole family, 20% discount in all Wyniger Group stores</li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Attractive discount system: permanent discounts at Coop, Zalando, Manor, and many other well-known offers</span></li><li><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Member card with credit for consumption within our group (W-Card)</span></li><li>Christmas and employee parties, generous service anniversary gifts, birthday and other gifts</li><li>Coverage of training costs as well as internal language courses</li><li>100% salary during maternity leave</li><li>100% salary during paternity leave</li><li>Unpaid leave additionally possible by arrangement – employer covers social benefits during this time</li><li>Purchase of goods/wines at cost price (possible from larger orders)</li><li>Preferential conditions at Basler Kantonalbank</li></ul>
