Head Chef 80-100% - New Opening (Jan 26)

Senevita is the largest integrated provider of services for the elderly and employs around 4,000 people. Outpatient and inpatient services seamlessly merge. While the Senevita locations stand for independent assisted living and comprehensive care, Senevita Casa is the leading provider of private home care services throughout Switzerland.

In January 2026, Senevita Birsgarten will open in Reinach /BL. We offer a total of 88 care places (22 protected department), 52 apartments for assisted living, and a restaurant in an idyllic location with very good public transport connections. We are looking for a motivated and team-oriented personality as of December 1, 2025 or by arrangement for the position of

Head Chef 80-100%

Actively shape our new operation and your team.

You will play a significant role in introducing processes to establish services and quality at the highest level. You can expect a new and modern working environment, as well as the opportunity to sustainably shape and influence your team and the home for our residents.

• Building, recruiting, onboarding, and leading employees
• Setting up and organizing the kitchen
• Personnel and professional management of kitchen processes
• Significant influence on the working atmosphere as well as the host role and service readiness
• Designing menu plans with fresh and seasonal products for our restaurant and care departments (residents, external, and staff)
• Responsibility for all diets and special dietary forms
• Compliance with the hygiene concept and the regulations of the federal food ordinance
• Responsibility for inventory management (goods receipt/check, storage, preparation)
• Monitoring and adherence to the budget
• Continuous adjustment and further development of the area and overall operation together with the hotel management
• Managing duty and vacation planning, employee discussions, etc.
• Responsibility for training and supervising apprentices

• Completed training as a cook/EFZ, ideally with further training as a certified head chef and/or federal certified master chef
• Several years of leadership experience (preferably in the healthcare sector)
• Experience in diet kitchen, ideally training as a diet cook
• Flexible, resilient, and team-oriented personality
• High professional, social, and self-competence
• High quality awareness, enjoyment of fresh products, passion, and creativity
• Good MS Office skills (Excel, Word) and gastro systems/programs
• Good German language skills in spoken and written form

• New opening in a modern house and work environment with public transport connection
• Extensive work tools (concepts, process instructions, etc.)
• New and modern infrastructure (building, IT, etc.)
• A varied and responsible field of tasks
• An appreciative leadership culture and internal training
• Extensive training opportunities
• Attractive discounts/partner discounts/benefits (meals, job ticket/season ticket, supplementary insurance, etc.)
• Good social benefits and at least 5 weeks of vacation (6 weeks from age 50 and 7 weeks from age 60)

Take the chance to create something new with us!

We look forward to meeting you! Together we shape the future and offer our residents and employees high-quality services.

Send us your online application.

If you have any questions, please contact us by email:

Christian.schuepbach@senevita.ch