Head Chef / 100%
Wyniger Management AG
Birsfelden
Key information
- Publication date:04 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Birsfelden
Job summary
Das Waldhaus beider Basel ist ein einzigartiger Ort mit Seele. Hier vereinen wir Gastronomie mit Tradition und Menschlichkeit.
Tasks
- Leitung der Küche und Gestaltung des kulinarischen Angebots.
- Verantwortung für Qualität, Hygiene und Kostenkontrolle.
- Führung und Entwicklung des Küchenteams mit Herz und Empathie.
Skills
- Abgeschlossene Kochausbildung und Führungserfahrung wünschenswert.
- Leidenschaft für regionale und saisonale Küche.
- Strukturierte und lösungsorientierte Arbeitsweise.
Is this helpful?
The Waldhaus beider Basel is not an ordinary restaurant. It is a place with soul. Nestled between the Rhine and the forest, we combine upscale gastronomy with down-to-earthness, quality with humanity, and tradition with curiosity.<div>We are hosts for everyone. From hiking groups to wedding parties, we stand for honest craftsmanship, authenticity, and regional cuisine. </div>
Your mission
As the head chef of the Waldhaus, you take on the culinary leadership and shape the signature of our kitchen. You lead your team with heart, clarity, and passion as a coach, doer, and role model. <span style="font-size: 15px;">Your focus: <b>Quality. Profitability. Humanity</b>.</span>
What you will achieve with us
• Overall responsibility for kitchen operations – from production to calculation, purchasing, hygiene, and quality control.<div>• Design, further development, and presentation of a seasonal à la carte and banquet offer that delights guests.</div><div>• Sustainable optimization of goods costs through creative offer design and local supply chains.</div><div>• Operational planning with Mirus, regular team meetings, and close cooperation with management, service, and administration.</div><div>• Responsibility for hygiene and HACCP standards, inventory lists</div><div>• Co-responsibility for the training of our apprentices.</div><div>• Co-shaping our culinary vision – from the St. Jakob tavern to the chalet and the bistro.</div>
What you bring: As a person and leader
<div style="text-align: left;">• You are a leader with heart, mind, and passion for craftsmanship.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• You lead with clarity, respect, and empathy on equal footing. Your team is your core: you promote, motivate, and develop people rather than just lead them.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• With your structured, solution-oriented working style, you keep an overview even in hectic moments and make decisions calmly and with foresight.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• You have completed training as a cook EFZ (or equivalent) and preferably have leadership experience as a sous chef or head chef.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• Your passion for regional and seasonal cuisine is combined with a solid understanding of business contexts, calculation, and inventory management.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• As a person, you are authentic, loyal, and resilient – someone who inspires, takes initiative, and builds trust.</div><div style="text-align: left;">• You live what you expect from others – with enthusiasm, responsibility, and genuine joy in development.</div>
What 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);">At Waldhaus, it’s not just about what we cook, but how we treat each other.</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Our principles are:</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">🍃 Honesty: Communicate openly, address mistakes, take responsibility</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">🤝 Respect: Every person counts, regardless of position or origin</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">🕰️ Reliability: Commitments count, processes are lived</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">🔥 Quality: We cook with ambition and love for detail</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">🌞 Equality: We meet with respect and trust</span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);"><br></span></div><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);"><b>What to expect</b></span></div><ul><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">4-day week in an annual working time model</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Responsibility for kitchen, apprentices, and office team</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Close cooperation with management, service, and hotel management</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">Room for creativity, design, and personal signature</span></li><li style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);">The chance to actively shape the culinary future of a Basel traditional house<br><br></span></li></ul><div style="text-align: justify;"><span style="font-size: 15px; background-color: var(--bs-offcanvas-bg); text-align: var(--bs-body-text-align);"><b>B E N E F I T S</b></span></div><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 greatness. 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><span style="font-size: 15px;">50% discount in all gastronomic establishments of the entire Wyniger Group for the whole family, 20% discount in all Wyniger Group stores</span></li><li>Free meals</li><li>Free annual public transport subscription or Reka-Card credit worth CHF 500</li><li>Free parking</li><li>Attractive discount system: permanent discounts at Coop, Zalando, Manor, and many other well-known offers</li><li>Member card with credit for consumption within our group (W-Card)</li><li>Christmas and staff parties, free after-work drinks, and generous service anniversary 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>Attractive pension fund conditions for part-time employees</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>
About the company
Wyniger Management AG
Birsfelden
